Now that the wed­ding and hon­ey­moon are over, I want to share with you some impor­tant news, as there are many things I need to explain but didn’t want to share until today.

After much reflec­tion, we decided to make this infor­ma­tion pub­lic for a vari­ety of rea­sons. One is to offer our apolo­gies. Another is to cre­ate aware­ness about an incred­i­bly impor­tant issue.

First, the apologies.

You may be expect­ing us to see us speak at an upcom­ing event — such as the Focus 4 The Future in the UK this week­end, in Las Vegas at the World Inter­net Sum­mit, or in Bal­ti­more at the Inter­net Mar­ket­ing Main Event in September.

How­ever, we’ve decided to make some dras­tic changes to our plans for the next few weeks. And that includes can­celling our travel and speak­ing sched­ules for Sep­tem­ber and early October.

Here’s why…

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I’m sit­ting here in the hon­ey­moon suite, enjoy­ing break­fast with my beau­ti­ful bride on this, our sec­ond day as Mr.and Mrs. Fortin.

We’re still in com­plete awe of that most beau­ti­ful day. And I can’t wait to share that day with you. So I’ve posted pic­tures for you to see.

These can­did pho­tos were taken by guests who were gra­cious enough to send them over to me. While they may be can­did, they give you a pretty good idea of the immense beauty, over­whelm­ing hap­pi­ness and inde­scrib­able magic of that spe­cial day.

(Also, I want to thank every­one who made that won­der­ful day pos­si­ble and shared it with us.)

Click here to see the wed­ding pic­tures now.

… For the rest of August because I’m get­ting mar­ried! Yup, in less than 2 weeks, I will be say­ing “I do” to my Soul Mate Sylvie Char­rier, owner of Worka​holics​ForHire​.com.

You can get all the info right here: Miche​lAndSylvie​.com.

We’re soooo excited, it’s unbe­liev­able. The air is buzzing at the Fortin house­hold. Things are quickly falling into place, and we are all look­ing for­ward to the big day. For example…

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Last month, I’ve risen from the ashes.

You see, in the past year, I’ve been through highs and lows. I’ve dealt with the best copy I’ve ever writ­ten — while deal­ing with (and fir­ing) a whole bunch of vam­pire clients. I’ve quit solic­it­ing for copy­writ­ing work and seen a remark­able improve­ment in my health and well-​​being — while deal­ing with my sister’s wors­en­ing health caused by liver can­cer, dia­betes and lupus.

And the coup de grace:

I’ve gone through a bit­ter sep­a­ra­tion and a painful divorce (which is still under­way) — while start­ing to date the most won­der­ful woman in the world. She is unques­tion­ably, undoubt­edly, indu­bitably, irrefutably my Soul Mate. My best friend. My pil­lar. My Angel sent from above. My One and Only.

And last month, I made it offi­cial “live” on stage.

And got it on video…

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