The Department of Homeland Security
asked to review the book before its release.

Little Red Cat Publishing of Mountain View, California featured Cynth'ya's poetic essay, "b-lov'd-1" to be included in Biving's book, "Letters to America."

The 80-page collection, (composed of Bivings opening essay proceeded by more than 30 authors from around the world) was an all-volunteer effort based on the question, "if you were going to write a letter to America at this time, what would you say?"

The creator of the series, Author Rosiland Bivings, describes the books letters as "the power of the people's voice. . . to insure liberty and justice for all" in the form of commentary, satire and citizen feedback on national and global involvements. The Department of Homeland Security asked to review the book before its release.

The book can be ordered through any independent bookseller.

Ordering ISBN number is 0-9726375-6-7. The cost is $12.95.

Anyone wishing to submit essays for the 2004 Summer volume of Letters To America, please check the website found in the press release below.

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PRESS RELEASE!

New Book Reveals Current Sentiments of a Nation

January 5, 2004, Mountain View, CA…Writer and entrepreneur, Rosiland Bivings, took the pulse of a nation without censor or media polls. The results of her research can be found in a new book, Letters To America. It is a compilation of letters submitted by ordinary Americans to a question she posed on Internet discussion groups and to those on her mailing lists.

The question posted was “if you were to write a letter to America about your life and feeling at this time, what would it say? The letter could be no longer than 1,000 words. The responses flooded in, and were not only letters but also poetry, prose and very heartfelt words. They came from young and old, from California to New Hampshire.

“The Mainstream newspapers and media typically edit or omit most opinion letters sent to them. This book contains uncensored and emotional words that probably would never have made it to print. I am very surprised and so pleased with the response”, says Bivings.

This is a far cry from her regular everyday business--golf. Bivings owns and operates a golf travel and event company call Fore Women Golfers. However, politics is not foreign to her. She has been a candidate for city council where she resides, serves in the community on non-profit boards and is a champion for several causes that benefit community residents.

Some of the authors are very critical but most are very patriotic. Others talk patriotically of frustrations they see in America. Each letter takes the opportunity to exercise freedom of speech and remind us of what America is all about.

Corporate CEO, Iris Harrell of Mountain View, CA begins her letter with “I have cherished the freedoms you have birthed and great struggles with no mentor to model after.”

Paul Buckner from Brooklyn, New York starts his submission with “A letter to be slipped under America’s pillow or placed upon the kitchen table as one slips out of the door.”

The authors were also offered the opportunity not to use their own name. Bivings says, “Each and every one of the authors used their name and were very proud to do so.”

The book is the first in a series Rosiland Bivings plans to publish.

The second volume is scheduled for the summer of 2004. She hopes celebrities and politicians will read these letters and submit letters themselves. She is currently taking submission for the Letters To America 2004 by regular mail and on the web site.

Letters To America can be purchased at http://www.letterstoamerica2004.com for $12.95 plus $2.95 S&H. Check or money order purchases can be sent to: Jon Bevelin Enterprises, Letters To America, 2484 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA 94043. Please note that for mail orders, sales taxes will be added.