NAWW member, Susan M. Heim would like to announce the release of her new book, Oh, Baby! 7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life the First Year by Hampton Roads Publishing Company. This is the book that all moms wish they’d read before they had a baby! It describes the changes, joys and tough challenges that a newborn brings to a marriage and to a parent’s sense of self, career, friendships, spiritual life, extended family and sense of love. Oh, Baby! provides experienced advice and practical action steps for developing new coping skills for successful parenting and partnering. Unlike any other baby book, it makes a great gift for all the new and expectant parents in your life. Learn more about this book and order it at www.susanheim.com/ohbaby.php or www.hamptonroadspub.com/book/487/ref/49.

NAWW Member, Lilia L. Fallgatter is in the July issue of Real Simple magazine. She also appears in the Aug./Sept. issue of Chandler Life (an AZ Republic magazine) in which she is profiled. Visit her at www.lovingletter.com

NAWW member LK Hunsaker has completed her second literary romance novel, “Rehearsal: A Different Drummer,” and is in the final publication process with Infinity Publishing. Publication date is set for the end of June. Preorders are available at a discount from the author’s website: www.lkhunsaker.com

“A Different Drummer” is the first of a series of four under the title of “Rehearsal” which features a dancer and a young rock band with their struggles for success, friendship, and love during the turbulent Seventies. Hunsaker calls her style of writing “literary romance,” as it is her own blend of the two genres, featuring deep characterization and social issues.

Hunsaker also runs an indie-publishing group at writing.com, entitled “On Our Own”: http://voxxylady.writing.com

NAWW Member, Dotsie Bregel is having a writing contest on her website. www.BoomerWomenSpeak.com, the number one site on all search engines for “baby boomer women” is looking for your favorite summer memory from the 60s or 70s. Take us back. We want to reminisce.

Submissions should be made to Georgia@BoomerWomenSpeak.com no later than August 1, 2006. The winning author will receive three books, a Friends Heal Friends t-shirt, a $25.00 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, and inclusion in the Our Voices section at this link, http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/stories.htm.
The books are:
Baby Boomer’s Almanac, by Tim Brolus
Writing Home, by Cindy LaFerle
For My Next Act, by Karen Baar

NAWW Member, Barbara Florio Graham was the only Canadian winner in the 2006 CNW/FFWR writing contest. Entries in this contest come from all over the world, and judging is rigorous. There were only four categories in this 24th annual contest, so the Poetry Division was open to both traditional poems and free verse of any length.

Bobbi’s poem, just seven lines long, received the First Honorable Mention. Judge Mary H. Sayder called it “exquisite in its simplicity. Everything works beautifully…” and her additional comments on the website say: “Brevity and amazing simplicity elevate these highly visual lines into a highly memorable poem.” The list of winners and comments are at www.writers-editors.com.