A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers: Stories That Celebrate Love, Loyality, and Companionship

by Colleen Sell

Presents a collection of inspirational stories that highlight canine love and devotion.

Genres: Animals, Dogs, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Colleen Sell is a freelance writer and editor with expertise in book and magazine development and a passion for storytelling. Her professional experience also includes content development & management and marketing communications development & management.

Since 1999, Colleen has provided writing, editing, ghostwriting, proofreading, editorial development, content management, publishing consulting, and book-proposal development services to authors, entrepreneurs, publishers, businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

Colleen has co-authored eight nonfiction books, including 10-Minute Zen and The Everything Kids’ Gross Cookbook, and ghostwritten more than a dozen books, including the best-selling One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine and One Simple Idea for Startups & Entrepreneurs. She was editor and anthologist of the bestselling Cup of Comfort™ book series for 10 years, during which she compiled and edited 38 anthologies of essays as well as an annotated cookbook. The Cup of Comfort series, which was retired in 2011, has sold more than 2 million copies to date.

A proficient developmental editor, line editor, and copyeditor, Colleen has edited more than 150 published books, both fiction and nonfiction, in a wide range of categories.

Colleen is currently Editor-in-Chief of GRAND: The Digital Magazine for Grandparents (a part-time freelance position), and was previously Editor-in-Chief of two award-winning consumer magazines and an associate editor of a national business journal. In addition, her articles and essays have appeared in dozens of consumer and trade periodicals.

Reviews

[Horace Mann Family Reading Challenge · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of short stories from readers throughout the world about their interactions with their dogs.  While I loved a number of the stories, I was a little disappointed in some of the ones that were chosen, i.e. I am certain that there were better stories out there to choose from.  I have read books like this before and often the stories are grouped according to topic.  This book was not organized that way and often there would be stories with funny antics mixed in with ones that were more heartbreaking.  I prefer when they are grouped according to topic.  While I still enjoyed reading this and think it is a good book for dog lovers, I have read better. L.M.

[Cathy Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, yeah, my story's in this book, but a girl's gotta believe in herself, doesn't she? It's a great book for people who love dogs (natch) and it's one of those books that makes a great gift.

[Loree · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a feel-good book with touching and humorous stories of people and their dogs. Dogs are amazing creatures that can add so much to our lives and this book just points that out.