Originally Posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014 Construction Tales Article- Released Tuesday in Westchester & Putnam New York Examiner Newspapers!! Hello everyone! Good morning from a rather sunny day in New York!  I just got off the phone with Bill Primavera who writes a column for the Home Guru section of the Examiner News.  He is releasing an article on Tuesday about my book and announcing my new job as a real estate agent in Westchester/Putnam County with William Raveis out of the Yorktown Heights, New York office.  I look forward to working with the Home Guru team! Here is the link to the Examiner News and Home Guru articles: http://www.theexaminernews.com/tag/home-guru/ I will be posting the article as soon as it comes out, of course! Check out my teen and adult versions of Construction Tales that are available on Amazon/B&N/iTunes (adult version) Have a great day to everyone! Cheers! Leslie M. Jasper

Originally Posted: Friday, April 4, 2014 Reaching Out to Local New York High Schools- Available for Book Talks!! Hello everyone! Yes, we are coming up on the weekend!  It is a good mental hurdle.  However, it never means that I kick my feet up and do nothing.  I am not wired that way.  I can only lounge around if I am sick or physically located on a beautiful island somewhere tropical.  I am in the middle of job hunting for a project manager position for a NYC electrical contractor.  In addition, I will be joining the Home Guru Team for William Raveis out of Yorktown Heights, New York helping clients to hunt down real estate in my spare time.  I just studied for the past 2 weeks to get my real estate license that I let lapse for a few years in this recession.  Yes, writing and promoting a book is not enough of a hustle for me.  I fell behind after a few years of no work and a recession that gave me plenty of unemployment.  I did use that block of time of no work to write th

Originally Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician- NOW AVAILABLE IN 50 COUNTRIES ON iTUNES!! Hello everyone! I am excited and proud to say that my adult version of the book entitled, Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician is now available in 50 countries outside the U.S.!!! I cannot wait to hear reviews from people outside the U.S.!! That is very important to me to gain an international reader base and a different perspective besides my current domestic one!  Here is a list of the countries you can now get the book on iTunes: Argentina Australia Belgium Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Columbia Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Guatamala Honduras Hungary Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Romania Sl

Originally Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Construction Tales: A Young Person's Guide to Accomplish Anything in Life- Now on Nook for Barnes&Noble!!! Hello everyone! I am super excited to announce that my censored teen verison of my book entitled, Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey to Become an Electrician is now on Barnes & Noble for Nook!!  The edited copy is entitled, Construction Tales: A Young Person's Guide to Accomplish Anything in Life.  The book is meant to inspire young people that they can accomplish their goals.  This is no matter how hard they seem and how difficult it appears to be at the time.  The story is intact while I eliminated any drinking or adult content stories.  I am hoping to inspire boys and girls from all walks of life around the world to shoot for the moon to make their dreams happen!  Please share reviews on Amazon and Barnes&Noble to help other readers out!  Thanks for reading as always! Cheers! Leslie M. J

Originally Posted: Sunday, March 23, 2014 Construction Tales: A Young Person's Guide to Accomplish Anything in Life Hello everyone! I just submitted my deeply edited teen version of my book entitled, Construction Tales: A Young Person's Guide to Accomplish Anything in Life for Amazon review.  It should be readily available on Amazon this week!  It is geared to help teens understand that even the most difficult goals can be accomplished with strength, smarts, and determination.  I am hoping to inspire and motivate young readers from all walks of life around the world!  I will be sure to let you know when it becomes available online.  I have to work to get it on Nook, Kindle, and iTunes soon!  Thanks for reading and have a great weekend! Cheers! Leslie M. Jasper

Originally Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Walking Away From The Tools Hello everyone! After a 2 1/2 year run with my last shop, we ran out of work.  I was sad to have to take my termination slip and walk away from my job.  The level of unemployment in Westchester, New York is so high, I am looking at over 2 years before I can return to work with the tools.  I started my college education journey back in 2009 since I saw the handwriting on the wall.  I plan to use my MBA in business and work experience to land a project manager job in New York City.  I am in the process of going out on interviews.  One shop is promising so far.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will land something soon.  I have plenty of work and projects to keep me busy in the meantime.  I am going back to get my New York real estate license so I can do that on the side.  One must have multiple hustles in order to survive in New York.  I am also a writing coach/teach OSHA.  Going in right now to work

Originally Posted: Thursday, March 6, 2014 Writing A Young Adult's Version of Construction Tales!! Hello everyone! I am editing my book (severely!) to create a young adult's version of Construction Tales!!  After some thought, I know that I can tailor the book so that I can inspire young people to do anything they want to do in life!  My story can be a source of inspiration for both boys and girls from all walks of life!  I have to remove the dirty stories, strong language, and talks about drinking or anything else that is deemed inappropriate!  I also plan to write a simple version of the adult book for small children as well.  That will come in the future.  The title of the young people verison of the book is: Construction Tales: A Young Person's Guide to Accomplish Anything in Life! As soon as the book becomes available on Amazon, I will be sure to let my readers know about it!  I thank you for reading my blog as always!  Shouting out to blog readers from the