» Hou. Chronicle: Osteen's time, your time (Diane Cowen)

The Chronicle has a brief Q&A with Pastor Joel about the new book. A snippet ...

Q: What can people do to overcome all the negative news around them?

A: You can start your day being grateful. Take time to get your mind going in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for. It's important to know what's in the news, but don't overanalyze it, and don't dwell on it.

Three segments from this morning ...

The new book's publicity round has officially snuck up on me ...

Houston's own Joel Osteen will appear live on FOX 26 Morning News to talk about his new book.

He is scheduled to appear in the 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. newscasts on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Video intro up at Amazon for Joel's new book: "It's Your Time."

Plus, an 11-minute Q&A on the book.

On Joel's site, you can read the first chapter and even pre-order a limited edition copy of the book.

Joel's next, due out on November 3 ....

I hadn't known about this before, but one little tidbit in a Forbes interview with Joel Osteen notes that his next book is out on November 3.

Ironically ... that's my birthday. Even more ironically ... the title of the book is "It's Your Time."