NAWW President, Sheri’ McConnell will be featured on the February 5, 2007 “Biz Growth Live” Teleconference with Krishna De. The subject is: Building Your Brand Through Writing Your Business Book.

To build your brand, your reputation and expertise in your chosen field, there is no disputing that authoring, publishing and marketing your business book will also attract more of your ideal clients. So if something is holding you back from getting started in writing your book, you won’t want to miss next week’s call as Krishna interviews Sheri’ McConnell, author and business coach, as they discuss insider secrets to writing your book, publishing options and attracting publicity for your book.

If you have questions about authoring, publishing and promoting your business book, you can post your questions before the call here: www.bizgrowthlive.com/asklive.

NAWW Member, Cherie Burbach seeks to inspire those who have struggled with childhood abuse in her latest book, Father’s Eyes (Bonjour Publishing, January 2007). Through poetry, Father’s Eyes reveals the journey in dealing with a troubled past to ultimately find peace and forgiveness through God.

Father’s Eyes contains over fifty poems with an autobiographical influence. Burbach grew up with an alcoholic father and dealt with his verbal abuse and unpredictable behavior throughout her life. After years of alcohol abuse, Burbach’s father committed suicide eight years ago, causing Burbach to take a look at her own self-destructive patterns and lack of self-esteem.

“I didn’t want to dwell on my past, but I did want to learn from it,” Burbach says. “Silence and shame are what give alcoholism the power to destroy families,” she says, “and I hope writing about my experience will help change that. When I write now I think about young women and girls who might be in a similar situation and hope that they find inspiration and comfort in what I’ve written.”

Burbach’s words have resonated with readers. Her “This I Believe” essay is the second most popular on NPR’s database out of almost 20,000.

Father’s Eyes is Burbach’s third work of poetry. She has also published At the Coffee Shop, a humorous look at her experience with online dating, in which she met her husband. As a result of her experience, she also works as a consultant for www.PersonalsTrainer.com, helping online daters write profiles that get results.

Father’s Eyes is available online at outlets such as Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Powells.com; or direct through the publisher at www.BonjourPublishing.com. Additional information on Cherie Burbach can be found on her website at: www.thedifferencenow.com.

NAWW Member Nancy Mills, the founder of Spirited Woman, a very inspired and growing woman’s empowerment community is sponsoring something really fun: the first Spirited Woman Singing Contest. Designed to express your spirited woman self–all levels of singers and all ages are invited to sing The Spirited Woman Song. You can sing solo, with friends, family, a group, doesn’t matter. The point is to HAVE FUN through expression. You can win $100, receive great exposure and more. Must submit your audio and/or video by February 7. For more info, go to: www.thespiritedwoman.com.

The Internet makes doing big things from small areas possible.

Lewiston, Idaho business owner, freelance writer, marketing expert, and National Association of Women Writers professional member, Lisa Manyon takes full advantage of technological connections. Manyon, owner of Write On ~ Creative Writing Services, LLC. ® will be featured on a premium teleseminar on January 17, 2007 with Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero, one of the nation’s top female copywriters and NAWW Advisory Board Member. The topic of the teleseminar is POWER Planning. To learn more or sign up visit www.redhotcopy.com/power.htm.

Manyon was recently the first professional copywriter in Idaho to complete the Glazer “Creating Copy that Sells” certification program. You can learn more about the accomplishment in a PR Web news release and listen to the pod cast here: www.prweb.com.

The net connects two poet-hearts in two hemispheres…

Award-winning poets Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Magdalena Ball would never have known one another but for the Internet. And they would never have connected as writers but for the poetry in their hearts.

That sentiment is more syrupy than anything in the e-book of poetry the two wrote and published together. Rather, Cherished Pulse is a book of unconventional poetry, the kind that doesn’t appear in valentines that are available at local card counters. Rather, it features poems about the tender moments–both sad and glorious–that permeate real relationships, the kind of poem you’d send to a loved one if you could but find something that isn’t bedecked with doilies, glitter or strewn with clichéd rhymes.

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