Editor's Corner March 2011

Author promotions coach Lynn Serafinn (http://spiritauthorscoach.com/) and I have networked together on several campaigns for prominent authors bringing books to the market through Amazon launches. I am thankful for her friendship and the role model she provides as a book marketer and spiritual mentor. Lynn interviewed Dr. Caron Goode and me on Garden of the Soul Radio Show in a discussion about how we pick up unwanted energy from people we love as well as from those we don’t even know. I complied when Lynn asked me to lead her listeners in a meditation to ground and center our energy as a way to raise our personal vibration. This demonstration inspired me to create more audios to help energy-sensitive people clear the energy fields and balance their chakras. The first audio is complete and you may listen to it here: http://tinyurl.com/48sn75p

Through Lynn, I’m involved in the Amazon book launch for Hay House author Dr. Roy Martina (http://emotionalbalance.com/book-launch/pre-launch.html). I’m giving 25 sample pages of my new book as a bonus gift to those who buy Roy’s book, Emotional Balance: the path to inner peace and harmony, on March 15. His book reveals a new way to deal with our self-sabotaging mechanisms, and teaches us how to return to our still point rapidly and easily when life knocks us off balance. This networking effort has not only given me exposure to literally thousands of people I would never have reached, it also put me in direct connection with another Hay House author, Dr. Eric Pearle, the legendary author of The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself. Dr. Pearle will be my guest on We Are One in Spirit Podcast April 28.

You are cordially invited to caravan as part of a virtual tour for my new book, Whose Stuff Is This? ~ Finding Freedom from the Thoughts, Feelings, and Energy of Those Around You. From audios to articles, there’s something for everyone! Here is the tour schedule.

Sunday, February 27 Michael David Lawrience interviews Yvonne Perry who shares methods to help highly-sensitive people shield themselves from detrimental energy http://www.emotionalhealthtips.com/

Monday, February 28 - The Shift Guru Barbara Joye will host an article by Yvonne titled "5 Steps for Developing your Intuition" http://shiftguru.wordpress.com/.

Tuesday, March 1 - Joanne Sprott will host Yvonne on Beyond Words Radio Show at Believe in the Moment radio http://www.believeinthemoment.com/bitm-radio.html.

Wednesday, March 2 - Carol Denbow will share an article titled “Why Yvonne wrote the book” on her blog, A Book Inside http://abookinside.blogspot.com/.

Thursday, March 3- @positivepresent Dani will post an article: "Psychology of Empathy" on her blog, Positively Present http://www.positivelypresent.com/.

Friday, March 4 - Irene Conlan @ieconlan has an article: "Setting Boundaries with People" to share on The Self Improvement Blog.

Saturday, March 5 - Shelagh Jones will be hosting an audio interview with Yvonne for her Spiritus blog.

Sunday, March 6 - Penny Ehrenkranz shares an article: "How Yvonne Published the Book" on One Writer's Journey http://pennylockwoodehrenkranz.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 7 - Doreen Pendgracs will be sharing an article from Yvonne titled: "Why I Chose to Self-publish My Book About Empathic Overload." See http://doreenisthewizardofwords.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, March 8 - Nickolove Lovemore Skyline Coaching Blog http://www.skylinecoachingblog.com/ has a video clip, an excerpt from the book, an article “Clearing Your Energy Field,” and a book review.

Wednesday, March 9 - Callie Carling shares a video, book review, and article on her blog, Empowered Healer http://www.empoweredhealer.co.uk/

Thursday, March 10 - Irene Conlan hosts Yvonne on The Self Improvement Radio Show.

Friday, March 11 - Dr. Caron Goode shares an interview with Yvonne & a video on the Academy for Coaching Parents International http://academyforcoachingparents.com/blog/

Saturday, March 12 - Dr. Caron Goode will be joining Shelagh Jones for an audio interview about the psychology of empathy. See Spiritus blog.

Monday, March 14 - Soulmate Coach Crystal shares an article about detaching politely http://www.soulmatecoachcrystal.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, March 15 - Lisa Jackson shares her question & answer interview on Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews http://lisahaseltonsreviewsandinterviews.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, March 16 - Pat Bertram has an article, “ Stories from an Empath,” on Dragon My Feet: http://dragonmyfeet.wordpress.com/

Thursday, March 17 has two stops: Elizabeth Bennett will post an article: “Empathy in Children and Teens” on http://www.peerabuse.blogspot.com/ AND Barbara Techel shares a YouTube video on Joyful Paws http://www.joyfulpaws.typepad.com/

Friday, March 18 - Barbara Joye will share her interview with Yvonne on her Creative Cafe Radio Show: www.blogtalkradio.com/shiftguru.

Monday, March 21 - Reno Lovison Marketing Communications Services presents an article “Authors Must Learn to Sell What They Write” on his Business Card to Business Blog: http://businesscardtobusiness.com/blog.

Tuesday, March 22 - Anne Lyken-Garner has a media release on http://www.abloggersbooks.com/

Wednesday, March 23 - Dr. Caron Goode presents a book excerpt and press release on her blog, Kids Who See Ghosts http://kidswhoseeghosts.com/blog/.

Thursday, March 24 - Faith Ranoli interviews Yvonne on Heart and Home Radio Show http://healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveHH.htm

Friday, March 25 - Vonnie Faroqui has an article on Ink Slinger's Whimsey blog http://inkslingerswhimsey.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 28 - Dr. Caron Goode shares a book excerpt on Raising Intuitive Children blog http://raisingintuitivechildren.com/blog/.



Yvonne Perry, Owner of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services
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List of Writing Contests

Mike Turner, director of The Nashville Writers Meetup Group sent me the following information about writing contests. I’ve never participated in any of these, so I can’t vouch for them. Anyway, I’m posting it here in case any of these interest you. Let us know if you win and we’ll post your award announcement here on our blog.

Good luck to all who enter! 

Yvonne Perry

CONTESTS (Fiction)

*WABASH PRIZE FOR FICTION Deadline: March 8 Reading fee: $10.  Short Fiction. Length: 10,000 words max. Prize: $1000, publication. Sponsor: The Sycamore Review, Department of English, 500 Oval Drive, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Details at http://sycamorereview.com/contest

*CNW WRITING COMPETITION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $5/ $10, members/ non-members for entries of 3,000 words or less. $10/ $20, members/ non-members. Prize: $100/75/50. Fiction. Sponsor Writers-Editors Network, P.O. Box A, North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590-0167. Details at http://www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests/Contest_Guidelines/contest_guidelines.htm

*TOBIAS WOLFF AWARD FOR FICTION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $18 for first story, $10 each additional prose piece. 8,000 word max. Prize: $1000. Short fiction, creative nonfiction. Sponsor: Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. Details: http://www.wwu.edu/bhreview/contests.shtml

*WESTMORELAND ARTS & HERITAGE FESTIVAL SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $10 for one story. 4,000 words max.  Prize: $125/100/75. Short fiction. Application needed. Sponsor: Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Short Story Contest,  252 Twin Lakes Road, Latrobe, PA 15650. Details:
http://www.artsandheritage.com/poetry-short-stories.htm

*PRAIRIE SCHOONER PRIZE BOOK SERIES: SHORT FICTION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $25 per entry. Collection of Short Fiction. Prize: $3000. Manuscript at least 150 pages long. Sponsor: University of Nebraska Press, 201 Andrews Hall, PO Box 880334, Lincoln, NE 68588-0334. http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/prizes/index.html#Anchor-GUIDELINES-5055

*THE PINCH LITERARY AWARD IN FICTION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $20 for first, $10 for each additional. 5000 words or less. Prize: $1500. Sponsor: Fiction Contest, The Pinch, Department of English, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-6176. Details: http://www.thepinchjournal.com/

*SO TO SPEAK ANNUAL FICTION CONTEST Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $15.  Short Fiction. Length: 4,500 words max. Prize: $500, publication. Sponsor: So To Speak, George Mason University, MSN 2C5, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA  22030. Details:
http://www.gmu.edu/org/sts/contests.htm

*ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE IN FICTION Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $15 (includes subscription). Short Fiction. Length: 25 pages maximum. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Sponsor: Arts & Letters Prizes, Campus Box 89, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA  http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.php

*GLASS WOMAN PRIZE Deadline: March 21 Reading fee: FREE. Short Fiction. Length: 5000 words  maximum. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Beate Sigriddaughter, 333 East 16th Avenue, #517, Denver, Colorado 80203. http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm

*GEMINI MAGAZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline: March 31 Reading fee: $4. Short Fiction. Length: no restrictions. Prize: $1000/$100. Sponsor: Gemini Magazine, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, Massachusetts 02558.  http://www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html

*GLIMMER TRAIN PRESS FICTION OPEN. Deadline: March 31 Reading fee: $20. Short story. Length: 20,000 word maximum. Online submission preferred. Prize: $2000 and publication, $1000, $600. http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html

*TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline: March 31. Reading fee: $15. Prizes: 1200/800/400.  Short Story/essay/prose. Length: up to 5000 words. Prize: $3,000. Sponsor:  Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Short Story Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Details: http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory

*BEVEL SUMMERS PRIZE FOR SHORT STORY Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: free. Prize: $250. Short stories up to 1,000 words. Sponsor: Bevel Summers/Shenandoah, Mattingly House, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450-0303. Details: http://www.wlu.edu/x32988.xml

*DIAGRAM CHAPBOOK CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $16. Prize: $1000. Length: 18-44 pages. Prose, Poetry, or a combination. Sponsor: New Michigan Press, 648 Crescent NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. Details: http://thediagram.com/contest.html

*PATERSON FICTION PRIZE Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: None. Novel or short story collection published in 2010. Prize: $1000. Sponsor:  Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College, One College Boulevard, Paterson, New Jersey 07505-1179. Details: http://www.pccc.edu/home/cultural-affairs/poetry-center/prizes
 
*THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $65. Prizes: $5000.  Published prose book. Sponsor Thurber House 77 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215 http://www.thurberhouse.org/program/adlt_prize.html
 
*TIFERET WRITING CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $20. Short Ficiton. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, 211 Dryden Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924-1108.  Details: http://www.tiferetjournal.com

*CONTESTS (Poetry)*

*49TH PARALLEL POETRY AWARD Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $18 for first set of 3 poems, $10 each additional entry. Prize: $1000. Sponsor: Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. Details: http://www.wwu.edu/bhreview/contests.shtml

*CAMPBELL CORNER POETRY PRIZE Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $3000. 20 pages of poetry. Sponsor: The Language Exchange, Campbell Corner Poetry Prize, Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708-5999.
http://pages.slc.edu/~eraymond/ccorner/pcontest/submit.html
 
*CNW WRITING COMPETITION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $3 per poem (CNW members), $5 (non-members). Prize: $100/75/50. Ind. Poems. Sponsor: Writers-Editors Network, P.O. Box A, North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590-0167. http://www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests/Contest_Guidelines/contest_guidelines.htm
 
*ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $15. Prize: $1,000. Ind. Poems. Sponsor: Georgia College and State University, Campus Box 89, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Details: http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.php
 
*WESTMORELAND ARTS & HERITAGE FESTIVAL POETRY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $10 for 2 poems. Prize: $125/100/75.Poetry. Application needed. Sponsor: Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Short Story Contest,  252 Twin Lakes Road, Latrobe, PA 15650. Details: http://www.artsandheritage.com/poetry-short-stories.htm
 
*PRAIRIE SCHOONER PRIZE BOOK SERIES: POETRY Deadline: March 16. Reading fee: $25 per entry. Collection of Poetry. Prize: $3000. Manuscript at least 50 pages long. Sponsor: University of Nebraska Press, 201 Andrews Hall, PO Box 880334, Lincoln, NE 68588-0334. http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/prizes/index.html#Anchor-GUIDELINES-5055

*ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE PRIZE FOR POETRY Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $10 for 1-3 poems, $15 for 3-6, $2.50 each addt’l. Ind. Poems. Prize: $1000. Sponsor: Tor House Foundation P.O. Box 223240 Carmel, California 93922. Details: http://www.torhouse.org/prize.htm

*NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE POETRY SOCIETIES AWARDS Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: Multiple contests, multiple fees, (too numerous to list here -see website). Prize: $25-1500 depending on contest. Ind. Poems. Sponsor: National Federation of State Poetry Societies http://www.nfsps.com/poetry_contests1.htm
 
*THE PINCH WRITING AWARDS IN POETRY Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $20. Individual Poems. 1-3 poems. Prize: $1,000. Sponsor: The Pinch, Department of English, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152. Details: http://www.thepinchjournal.com
 
*SLOPE EDITIONS: ANNUAL BOOK PRIZE Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $20 per entry. Prize: $1000. Manuscript (40-90 pages). Sponsor: Slope Editions, Medaille College, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY 14214. http://www.slopeeditions.org/index.cfm?p=p.24&title=Book+Prize
 
*THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVIEW POETRY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $20 for 1-4 poems. Prize: $500/100/50 and publication. Sponsor: The South Carolina Review, 611 Strode Tower, Box 340522, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0522. http://www.clemson.edu/caah/cedp/cudp/scr/poetry_contest.pdf

*DEANE RITCH LOMAX POETRY PRIZE Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $5 per poem (CWC members), $10 (non-members). 50 lines max. To become a member, attach $30 check (payable to Charlotte Writers Club) to entry. Prize: $100/50/25. Ind. poems. Sponsor: Charlotte
Writers Club, Poetry Prize, 616 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28203.  http://www.charlottewritersclub.org/Deane%20Ritch%20Lomas%20Poetry%20Prize.htm
 
*ANTIVENOM POETRY AWARD Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $1000. Manuscript. Sponsor: Elixir Press, P.O. Box 27029, Denver, CO 80227. Details: http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html
 
*THE FOLEY POETRY CONTEST Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: FREE. Prize: $1000 and publication. Individual poems. 30 lines max. Sponsor: America, 106 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019-3803. Details: http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10540
 
*FOUR WAY BOOKS LEVIS POETRY PRIZE Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: $28. Prize: $1000. Manuscript. Online submission preferred. Sponsor: Four Way Books, P.O. Box 535, Village Station, New York, New York 10014, United States. Details: http://www.fourwaybooks.com/contest.php
 
*WRITECORNER PRESS ANNUAL POETRY AWARD Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: $5, $3 each additional. Prize: $500/$100. Individual poems. Sponsor: Writecorner Press, P.O. Box 140310, Gainesville, FL 32614. http://www.writecorner.com/poetry_guidelines.asp
 
*AGHA SHAHID ALI PRIZE IN POETRY Deadline: March 31. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $1000 . Book length 48-64 pgs. Sponsor: The University of Utah Press, c/o The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry, J. Willard Marriott Library, Suite 5400, University of Utah, 295 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860  http://dld.bz/QYV3
 
*DIAGRAM CHAPBOOK CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $16. Prize: $1000. Length: 18-44 pages. Prose, Poetry, or a combination. Sponsor: New Michigan Press, 648 Crescent NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. http://thediagram.com/contest.html
 
*ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS Deadline:  April 1. Reading fee: $18, includes subscription. Prize:$1000/200/100. Up to 5 individual poems. Sponsor: Passaic County Community College, The Poetry Center, One College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179. http://www.pccc.edu/home/cultural-affairs/poetry-center/prizes

*SATURNALIA BOOKS POETRY PRIZE Deadline:  April 1. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $1500. Manuscript. Sponsor: Saturnalia Books, 105 Woodside Road, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003.  http://saturnaliabooks.com/?q=node/12

*WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: FREE. Prizes:  $1500/800/400/75. Humor—Indiv. Poems, one only. Sponsor: Winning Writers, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Submit online at: http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle

*TIFERET WRITING CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $20. Individual Poems. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, 211 Dryden Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924-1108.  Details: http://www.tiferetjournal.com/
 
*INDIANA REVIEW POETRY PRIZE Deadline:  April 16. Reading fee: $15 for 3 poems, includes subscription. Prize: $1000 plus publication. Sponsor: Indiana Review, Ballantine Hall 465, 1020 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103.
http://indianareview.org/general/prizes/poetprizeguidelines10.html
 
*ANNIE DILLARD AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICITON Deadline: March 15. *Reading fee: $18 for first essay, $10 each additional entry. Prize: $1000. Creative nonfiction. 8,000 words max. Sponsor: Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. http://www.wwu.edu/bhreview/contests.shtml
 
*CNW WRITING COMPETITION Deadline: March 15. *Reading fee: $5/ $10, members/ non-members for entries of 3,000 words or less. Prize: $100/75/50. Non- Fiction. Sponsor Writers-Editors Network, P.O. Box A, North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590-0167. http://www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests/Contest_Guidelines/contest_guidelines.htm

*ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $15 (includes subscription). Essay. Length: 25 pages maximum. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Sponsor: Arts & Letters Prizes, Campus Box 89, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA  Details: http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.php
 
*WATERMAN FUND ALPINE ESSAY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. *Reading fee: FREE. Prize: $1500 and publication, $500. Essay. Sponsor: The Waterman Fund, Box 1064, East Corinth, VT 05040-1064.
http://www.watermanfund.org/categories/essay_contest/2010_contest.php

*GLASS WOMAN PRIZE Deadline:** March 21* Reading fee: FREE. Nonfiction. Length: 5000 words  maximum. Prize: $600. Sponsor: Beate Sigriddaughter, 333 East 16th Avenue, #517, Denver, Colorado 80203. http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm

*TIFERET WRITING CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $20. Nonfiction. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, 211 Dryden Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924-1108. http://www.tiferetjournal.com

The Great WITS World Spins

by Barbara Sharp Milbourn

It’s no secret that giving clients our very best work, honoring their efforts, and seeing them as the fine human beings they are builds relationships that deepen, sweeten, and branch out in time. One day you see a way to connect your clients, one to the other in mutual benefit, and you experience the thrill of the great world spinning perfectly on its axis. I’ve recently enjoyed that day.

In 2008, Yvonne and I were copyediting and proofreading for a number of authors associated with Hal Leonard, a New York publisher. One of my clients was Jeff Rona, a talented musician in Southern California who composes soundtrack music for television and film and other things (see Jeffrona.com).

Out of the blue this year, he contacted me after reading my review on Amazon of WITS’ client Cherie Burbach’s 21 Simple Things You Can Do to Help Someone with Diabetes. His mother had contracted diabetes and there were questions.

Through our e-mail exchange, Jeff shared that he was recently remarried and his wife, a PR executive, was writing a book and might need a little help. I connected directly with her and invited her to share a few pages for evaluation at no charge. She did, and now I will work with her on her completed book proposal before it goes out. (Google Kelly Seal writer and former speed dating host.)

The relationship with the Ronas continued when I asked Jeff to recommend a screenplay writer for one of my non-WITS clients whose poorly ghostwritten book I recently edited and rewrote. (Google Jimmy Eugene On the Journey Back.) Jeff referred an accomplished screenplay writer, complete with bio and list of achievements, which I forwarded to my client’s team. Yesterday I heard things were in forward motion.

As if that were not enough, long-time WITS client, author, adventure travel writer, and nature photographer Linda Ballou (see Lindaballouauthor.com) and I have maintained our author/editor relationship over the years. We began on her historical novel Wainani High Cheifess of Hawaii and met in person after a year or so of working together. We discovered we were soul sisters in our reverence for beauty and the great outdoors. We’ve since completed her Lost Angel Walkabout: One Traveler’s Tales and continue our relationship on day-trip articles she submits regularly to the L.A. Examiner. Recently she dragged from her drawer a novel she wrote years ago for a young adult market. I have read it and we will discuss it when I travel to Southern California in March. On this trip, Linda and the Ronas will meet. Together Jeff, his wife Kelly, Linda, and I will hike Temescal Canyon.

Kelly’s book proposal will fly forth, Linda’s novel will come to fruition, Jimmy Eugene’s (Dr. Jimmy Pollard) book will become of movie, Jeff’s mother will get a handle on her diabetes, and the circle will expand and continue. I extend my special thanks to Yvonne Perry for her early vision of Writers in the Sky.

Barbara Milbourn is a Nashville-based freelance writer and Grammatika-certified editor focused on developmental and copy editing and proofreading. She is a member of Tennessee Writers Alliance, Toastmasters International, Tennessee Native Plants Society, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Cheekwood, and a local book club. Barbara serves as copy editor, proofreader, or book shepherd to those needing assistance with a preparing a book to be published.

Network with Us March 2011

Limelight Book Review to Launch April 2011


Ink Slinger's Whimsey [ISW,] in association with Writers in the Sky, is always seeking new and innovative ways to assist our clients with their online promotions. The Limelight Book Review is the most recent service directed toward assisting our clients in capitalizing on and utilizing the social media phenomenon created by YouTube.

About the Show

The Limelight Book Review is a weekly, video book review produced by and presented through the Ink Slinger’s Whimsey author promotions blog. Audiences will be introduced to new authors, learn additional and interesting facts about authors they have met before, and enjoy insightful reviews about the latest books on the market.

The focus of the show is to bring positive attention to up and coming or established authors

by . . .

• Sharing author bios and Internet URLs

• Featuring video book reviews with 4 and 5 star ratings

• Placement of video book reviews at http://inkslingerswhimsey.blogspot.com/ , Amazon.com, YouTube, on Videojug.com and other video related social media outlets

• Announcing author promotional and virtual tour campaigns

• Providing authors with video book reviews that can be used for online self promotion through social media

Promotional Offer

Presently, the Limelight Book Review is in the production stages while ISW builds a season of reviews and will launch at http://inkslingerswhimsey.blogspot.com/, in April, 2011.

As part of the promotional build up and preparation for the show's launch, the Limelight Book Review video reviews are being offered free to clients with the purchase of ISW's standard book review and the Writers In The Sky Podcast interview combined services.

Start building your video presence on the Internet by having our video review of your book featured on the Limelight Book Review. Submit your book for a free assessment now as the promotional offer is only good through April 30, 2011.

How Does My Book Become a Featured Review?

Books coming to ISW for written or video review services are assessed for entertainment value or social and cultural significance and literary quality, with grammatical and mechanical consideration. The review services are reserved for books receiving a four to five star rating. There is no charge for the assessment or if a book does not receive a high enough rating to be featured as a written review on the ISW blog or through the Limelight Book Review show.

Authors interested being featured through this promotional opportunity please contact Vonnie Faroqui via Ink Slinger's Whimsey at http://www.ink-slingers-whimsey.com/contact-us.php

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WITS team member Karen Reddick was recently named Executive Director of the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. An organization of over 250 members. Our mission is to help writers and authors self-publish high-quality, industry-standard books. See http://www.cipabooks.com/. Karen is the author of Grammar Done Right! Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition, an easy-to-understand grammar reference for all your grammar, usage, and style questions, and The A-Z Guide: The Best Ways to Work with a Virtual Assistant.

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PURCHASE paperback book, Whose Stuff Is This? Finding Freedom from the Thoughts, Feelings,and Energy of Those Around You at http://tinyurl.com/EmpathAmazon. The e-book version is available for Kindle, iPhone, iPad, and other digital reading devices.

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Stephanie Miller is reaching out to Mid-South creative writers to let you know she is taking submission for her environmental art/ deeply ecological horticulture magazine. This is a new magazine, and doesn't pay for submission yet. Check us out here to see if you want to participate in this growing community: http://www.photosynthesismagazine.com/agardenofwords.htm

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“Emotional Balance – Achieving Inner Peace” an uplifting and practical 4-day online event with a panel of 10 world-class speakers on the TRUE nature of energy, emotions, dis-ease, wellness and joy. Here are the time/dates for the telesummit:
Mon Mar 7th, Tues Mar 8th

Wed Mar 9th, Thur Mar 10th

from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST

Register FREE at: http://emotionalbalance.com/book-launch/telesummit.html

Each of these 90-minute calls will be a truly informative experience with ten of today's leading holistic doctors, healers, authors and speakers on the topics of the connection between energy and emotions and true wellness and dis-ease, including Dr. Eric Pearl, Jason Chan, Doug De Vito, Luis Angel Diaz, Dr Patti Conklin, Dr Ellen Cutler, Steve Taylor and Lissa Coffey. Lynn Serafinn from Spirit Authors will be co-hosting the event.

Even if you can’t make the live broadcast, if you sign up you'll be able to download the audio recording after the event is over.

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Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services is a team of highly-qualified writers and editors with many years of experience in writing for articles, books, ad copy, media releases, PR kits, Web text, biographical sketches, and newsletters. Editing, proofreading, book review, and book evaluation services offered individually and as packages. Find us online at http://www.writersinthesky.com/

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Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler’s Tales bagged the Bronze in the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) 2010 competition in the travel Narrative/Guidebook category! This awards competition, now in its 19th year, honors the “best of the best” in travel writing and photography.

“We were extremely pleased with this year’s (500) entries; they were outstanding, both in quality of work and range of coverage, “said Helen Hernandez, CEO of NATJA the second largest travel media association in North America.

NATJA also publishes Travel World International Magazine. Learn more about Linda Ballou, featured author and her winning book Lost Angel Walkabout, in her interview to appear in the spring issue. See http://www.natja.org/

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream, write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. Vist the website for details: http://www.dreamquestone.com/



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UNFEAR –Facing Change in an Era of Uncertainty

Chicago, IL March, 2011, — UNFEAR - Facing Change in an Era of Uncertainty (ISBN: 9781452885858,) had its official book launch on January 20, 2011. The book’s release is being followed by a virtual book tour on the Internet,  launched on March 1, 2011, from Karlin Sloan's Success TV blog with a discussion provoking article about future shock and facing change in an era of uncertainty.
March 2, 2011, the UNFEAR Tour moves on its way to the Internet site of ASuccessfulWoman.com with an article about "Three Steps to Being Complaint Free." ASuccessfulWoman.com will be hosting a four day tour blast you won't want to miss.

The UNFEAR Tour comes to Writers In The Sky's blog on March 7, 2011, with a written question and answer interview and again on March 11, 2011, with an introductory video about the book, UNFEAR Facing Change In an Era of Uncertainty.

This book and the UNFEAR virtual tour have come at a time when people across the U.S. live in fear of unemployment, the unpredictable economy, the threat of terrorism, and political unrest in the middle east that has a global scale impact.  Author, CEO, and leadership development expert Karlin Sloan addresses how to combat these worries in UNFEAR: Facing Change in an Era of Uncertainty.

As a consultant and executive coach, Sloan speaks with powerful corporate leaders every day and, over the years, has seen that many of the people she works with are living with stress and ambiguity.  Managing from a fear-based state affects an individual personally, which can lead to consequences that impede a work team and, in turn, the larger organization. The book inspires readers to make decisions out of hope and purpose, rather than out of fear.

"Many of the assertive, intelligent people I come into contact with are letting fear cripple their decision-making skills," says Sloan. "I wanted to write a book that provides them with useful tools to reduce fear-based behaviors, to inspire performance, and to align their team or greater organization around a larger purpose." 

Using examples from business leaders, including P&G, Walmart, Yahoo!, and LG Electronics, Sloan offers clear, effective, and practical strategies that enhance teamwork and leadership effectiveness regardless of economic uncertainty.

 I just finished my first reading of UNFEAR and I'm deeply moved.  Karlin has done an amazing job of weaving and synthesizing important ideas and concepts in ways that support looking at ourselves, our organizations and our world in fresh, creative ways. UNFEAR is an inspiring and practical guide to facing our fears and taking on creating a world that we want to live in. - Marc Lesser, author of LESS: Accomplishing More by Doing Less

Karlin Sloan’s UNFEAR virtual tour will travel the Internet offering question-and-answer written and radio interviews with the author, blog articles, reviews, book excerpts, and more. 

Each tour stop will explore the concept of UNFEAR, and the four practices taught by Karlin Sloan & Company to executive leaders around the world.  The Karlin Sloan virtual tour for UNFEAR is being produced by Ink Slinger's Whimsey and Writers in the Sky. Visit http://bit.ly/unfearvirtualtour  for further information and a tour schedule.

Karlin Sloan is the founder and CEO of Karlin Sloan & Company, a leadership development firm providing development consultation for national and multinational organizations seeking to advance through enhanced training and executive coaching.  Karlin holds a BA from Mills College, an MA in clinical psychology from the Professional School of Psychology in San Francisco, and executive coach certification through the William James Institute Center for Executive Coaching.

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Limelight Book Review to Launch April 2011

Writers In The Sky, in association with our author promotions partner, Ink Slinger's Whimsey [ISW,] is always seeking new and innovative ways to assist our clients. ISW has an exciting project in production to launch April, 2011, Limelight Book Review, a video book review show. Limelight Book Review is ISW's most recent video service directed toward assisting clients with online promotions through capitalizing on and utilizing the social media phenomenon created by YouTube.

Limelight Book Review to Launch April, 2011

About the Show  

Limelight Book Review is a weekly, video book review produced by and presented through the Ink Slinger’s Whimsey author promotions blog.

Audiences will be introduced to new authors, learn additional and interesting facts about authors they have met before, receive announcements about virtual tours and enjoy insightful reviews about the latest books on the market.

The focus of the show is to bring positive attention to up and coming or established authors by . . .

• Sharing author bios and Internet URLs
• Featuring video book reviews with 4 and 5 star ratings
• Placement of video book reviews at http://inkslingerswhimsey.blogspot.com/ , Amazon.com, YouTube, on Videojug.com and other video related social media outlets
• Announcing author promotional and virtual tour campaigns
• Providing authors with video book reviews that can be used for online self promotion through social media.
 

Promotional Offer

Presently, Limelight Book Review is in the production stages while ISW builds a season of reviews and will launch at http://inkslingerswhimsey.blogspot.com/, in April, 2011.

As part of the promotional build up and preparation for the show's launch, the Limelight Book Review video reviews are being offered free to clients with the purchase of ISW's standard book review and the Writers In The Sky Podcast interview combined services.

Start building your video presence on the Internet by having our video review of your book featured on the Limelight Book Review. Submit your book for a free assessment now as the promotional offer is only good through April 30, 2011.  

How Does My Book Become a Featured Review?

Books coming to ISW for written or video review services are assessed for entertainment value or social and cultural significance and literary quality, with grammatical and mechanical consideration. The review services are reserved for books receiving a four to five star rating. There is no charge for the assessment or if a book does not receive a high enough rating to be featured as a written review on the ISW blog or through the Limelight Book Review show.

Authors interested being featured through this promotional opportunity please contact . . . Vonnie Faroqui, Ink Slinger's Whimsey, Author Promotions Site: http://www.ink-slingers-whimsey.com/

About Vonnie

Vonnie is a freelance writer offering author promotions services through www.Ink-Slingers-Whimsey.com, in close association with Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services [WITS]. Vonnie is an author's assistant for WITS and the primary host for our popular Writers In The Sky Podcast. As the WITS Podcast host she reviews books and makes selections for WITS Podcast interviews.  WITS has been directing clients to Vonnie for author promotions assistance with great success.

The Writers in the Sky Newsletter for March 2011 is Now Ready for PDF Download!

Writers in the Sky’s Newsletter is now ready for PDF download. In this issue, you will find these articles to help you as a writer and author.

The Great WITS World Spins
Musings from the Edge of Freelancia
Formatting and Typesetting Are Not The Same Thing
Using PR and Social Media
We Are One in Spirit Podcast Schedule
Authors Must Learn To Sell What They Write
WITS Book Reviews for March 2011
WITS Announcements

Click March 2011 link at http://writersinthesky.com/writing-newsletter.html to get this issue.

We Are One In Spirit Podcast Schedule

Swami Kriyananda will be joining Yvonne Perry on March 3. Swami is a prolific and internationally regarded author, speaker, accomplished composer, playwright, artist, and world-renowned spiritual teacher. Swami refers to himself simply as “a humble disciple” of the great spiritual leader Paramhansa Yogananda. And indeed that humility is the most striking aspect of a man widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost wisdom teachers and authorities on meditation and yoga, and the last disciple of Yogananda still teaching in public life. It was in meeting Yogananda at the age of 22, that Kriyananda, then J. Donald Walters, found his path. Swami Kriyananda, 84, continues to lecture around the world on spiritual matters, in particular the teachings of his Master.

On March 10, Gene Skaggs will be sharing uplifting spiritual insight in a discussion about messages from the afterlife. Gene has been a student of A Course in Miracles since 1979, and has written four books on the course titled: A Beginner's Glossary to a Course in Miracles, The Relationship Game Changing the Rules, 101 Questions and Answers on the Course, and Biblical Quotes from the Course Reinterpreted. His latest book, Anderson Speaks, tells a story that began August 6, 2009, when at the age of 22, Gene’s son, Anderson, laid his body down. The next day, Anderson gave his father numerous messages from the afterlife.

Janice Mickle will be sharing uplifting spiritual insight in a discussion about shamanic healing, energetic healing work, and spiritual counseling on March 24. Janice provides shamanic healing, energetic healing work, and spiritual counseling to provide clients with an integrated approach to spiritual healing and well-being. Janice founded Antara Foundation, a progressive healing community, in 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee. She offers individual and group instruction in Reiki (Energetic Healing), Medicine for the Earth, shamanic journeying, and other spiritual-guided teachings. She also provides individual healing and spiritual counseling sessions.



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Whose Stuff Is This?

My new book Whose Stuff Is This? Finding Freedom from the Thoughts, Feelings,and Energy of Those Around You is now available in three formats:

1. A a paperback book on Amazon.com and CreateSpace.com.
2. As a digital download for Kindle, iPhone, iPad, and other digital reading devices.
3. As a PDF. Click the Buy Now button (below), log in to your PayPal account, and receive instructions for downloading the e-book to your computer.

Here is a video to let you know what the book is about and what others are saying about it. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think of it.