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Michael Delaware

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Michael Delaware (1965 - present)is an Arizona native who now resides in Battle Creek, Michigan. He also lived in Georgia for 15 years where he worked as a craftsman, artist, salesperson, manager and owner of a stained and decorative glass door and window business.

He has lived in Michigan since 1999. He is a real estate investor and has been a licensed Realtor since 2006.

As an author, he has written numerous non-fiction books on real estate, sales management, small business marketing and spiritual growth as well as marketing advice for independent artists. He has been a writer for and editor of many independent and professional blogs, newsletters, magazines and journals since the 1980's. Additionally, he has written and published several c ...more

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August 2025 Event Schedule

My event schedule for August 2025 is quite full and growing day by day! Since my new book was released on July 8th (officially), I delivered three different speaking events in July, and attended several outdoor and indoor festivals. August is going to be even more exciting. I begin with…

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Michael Delaware’s books

Average rating: 4.14 · 152 ratings · 24 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Name is Blue: The Story of a Rescue Dog 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Victorian Southwest Michigan True Crime 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Sales Management: Lessons Learned on the Fly 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roamer: A Lost to Found Rescue Dog Story 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Sales Management: Revelations of a Goal Maker 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Sales Management: 75 Training Drills To Build Confidence, Excellence & Teamwork 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arts & Crafts Shows: The Top 10 Mistakes Artist Vendors Make... And How to Avoid Them! 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scary Elephant Meets the Closet Monster 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arts & Crafts Shows: 12 Secrets Every Artist Vendor Should Know 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living the Magic: A Walk on the Lighter Side 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michael Delaware wrote a new blog post August 2025 Event Schedule My event schedule for August 2025 is quite full and growing day by day! Since my new book was released on July 8th (officially), I delivered three dif Read more of this blog post »
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Michael Delaware rated a book really liked it The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very informative. The stories surrounding the vatican always see incomplete. Very interesting book.
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Michael Delaware rated a book really liked it The Irish Potato Famine (Ireland and Its Heroes) by History Nerds (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A very good tour through the history of Irish Potato Famine and its impact on the people of Ireland, and immigration around the world. I found it fascinating.
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Michael Delaware rated a book really liked it The Rise and Fall of Adolph Hitler by William L. Shirer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A more concise, yet very informative history of the Third Reich from William Shirer. It offers interesting insight into Hitler, and how he rose to power using socialist channels.
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Michael Delaware rated a book liked it Santa Claus in Oz (New Adventures in Oz, #2) by Richard Capwell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A fun story about the adventures and origin of Santa Claus from the creator of the stories of Oz.
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Michael Delaware rated a book it was amazing Killing Women: The True Story of Serial Killer Don Miller's Reign of Terror by Rod Sadler (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very well research. Rod Sadler delivers a very dark story about a Michigan serial killer.
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Michael Delaware rated a book liked it Conspiracies of World War II: Devious Plots, Sinister Saboteurs and Extraordinary Enigmas (Sirius Military History) by Alexander MacDonald	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A fascinating collection of stories from WWII and insight into a lot of the spycraft, and deception used to win the war.
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“Don't you see? You created this forest! It is your imagination that has given these trees the water to grow. It is your hopes that blazed a path through it. It is your dreams that give it the magic. All of this was created from within you!”
― Michael Delaware, Blue and the Magical Forest: The Power of Hopes and Dreams

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“You can't lie in a magical forest! It will ruin all the magic!”
― Michael Delaware, Blue and the Magical Forest: The Power of Hopes and Dreams

tags: forest, lie, lies, lying, magic, magical, ruin

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“He wagged his tail, and his whole body tingled. He realized the emptiness inside was not filled with happiness. Blue felt a glow within that was a result of more than just the warm sunshine on a spring day.
It was more than just the gentle tumble of the waterfall, or the wind or the sound of birds. It was much, much more he knew. He looked about him and he knew he had found what he had been looking for.
He had found more than his true heart's desire...
He had found a forever home!”
― Michael Delaware, Blue and the Magical Forest: The Power of Hopes and Dreams

tags: animals, birds, dogs, dreams, dreams-quotes, forever-home, goals, happiness, happiness-life, hearts-desire, inspirational, inspirational-life, rescue-dogs, tingle, tingles, waterfall

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Michael’s Quotes

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
― Mark Twain

tags: bookroom, books, libraries, wisdom

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“No horse named Morbid ever won a race.”
― Ernest Hemmingway

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“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
― Ursula K. LeGuin

tags: books, reading

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