Q: When did you realize you wanted to be a writer?
A: It was something that lay beneath the surface for many years since I was young. I always enjoyed writing, but never saw it as something I would use as an expression of the artist in me. For years, I had been editing papers for my college friends, composing letters and other correspondence for family.

Q: How and when did you make this dream a reality?
A: I discovered in my 40’s that not writing, not expressing my art was no longer something I could suppress. I took the leap and attended my first writer’s conference, and that was it. I took classes, attended workshops and conferences to meet the goals I had set for myself, to find my voice, to improve my craft, and to become a published author.

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Most Valuable Life Lesson

The National Association of Baby Boomer Women, NABBW and www.boomerwomenspeak.com are excited to sponsor the NABBW 2008 Contest, Most Valuable Life Lesson. Win $100.00 cash and FREE Membership or Membership Renewal with the NABBW!

With age comes wisdom. What wise lesson have you learned that has been life changing? We are publishing a list of The Top Ten Most Valuable Life Lessons.

Please tell us what lesson you’ve learned that has changed your life and may help change another’s life. It’s that simple. Name the lesson and share how you learned it within 100 words or less.

All boomer-age (born 1946-1964) women are invited to submit their most valuable life lesson learned to Dotsie Bregel, Founder of the National Association of Baby Boomer Women, NABBW and www.boomerwomenspeak.com, the number one sites for “baby boomer women” on major search engines.

If your lesson is chosen, you win $100.00 in cash and a membership or renewal to the NABBW for F-R-E-E. Your contact information may be included in future publications of the list.

Simply follow these Guidelines.

1.) Submit your entry in a Word document with your name, email address, short bio within the Word document. Give the lesson a title and share how you learned the lesson in less than 100 words.

2) In the subject line of your email put “MIDLIFE” and submit your entry to contest@nabbw.com.

3) Deadline is January 30, 2008.

Blessings,
Dotsie Bregel
www.boomerwomenspeak.com
www.nabbw.com

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Join is for a NAWW TeleSeminar with Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA, Founder PAS Coaching LLC
Speaker and New York Times Bestselling Author from http://www.pascoaching.com

Master Your Marketing Challenges: Do the Difficult Things that Take You and Your Business to the Top

We all have marketing activities that we avoid. They make us uncomfortable. We’d rather not do them. So, we procrastinate. Or we do other activities that may be easier but are not as effective for business building.

The problem? We don’t grow our business as quickly as we could. We spin our wheels. We’re busy but waste valuable time. We miss out on the feeling of incredible accomplishment that comes when we master a challenge.

In this teleseminar, New York Times bestselling author of The Confident Speaker and the just-released book The Confident Leader: How the Most Successful People Go from Effective to Exceptional will help you:

· Identify the most important marketing activities that you must do, even if they’re uncomfortable.
· Create a system to make even the hardest marketing easy.
· Learn when your discomfort is a sign that you’re on the wrong track.
· Follow-up to ensure the longevity of your investment of time and energy.
· Master the most common marketing challenges, including public speaking, branding and marketing yourself, and networking.

You must be a NAWW Member to participate in this event, click here to join the NAWW today: naww.org/blog/benefits

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(This event is Central Standard Time)

Join is for a NAWW TeleSeminar with Christina Merkley from www.shift-it-coach.com

VISIONING FOR THE CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL:

How to Bust Through Negative Conditioning to Manifest the Creative Lifestyle You Really, Really Want.

Creative professionals are a special breed – we often have to break through many family, societal and cultural programs in order to create the lives we want. Unfortunately this resistance can slow us down and even destroy our dreams of launching and maintaining a successful creative lifestyle.

Come join visioning expert, Christina Merkley, The SHIFT-IT Coach, for a discussion on the most common blocks that ‘cultural creatives’ have to overcome. And learn practical, efficient techniques to keep your creative spirit alive and strong as you manifest your projects and the financially secure AND freedom-filled life you desire.

Important: Download this map and bring to live class… http://www.naww.org/documents/magnetism-map.pdf

In this tele-class you will learn:

* the vision-resistance tension that all creative manifesters experience;
* blocks, doubts & barriers that commonly sabotage the creative path;
* the key components of a successful personal and professional vision;
* a graphic coaching tool that keeps you organized, motivated & on track (Christina shares her popular ‘Magnetism Map’ tool with you);
* practical practices that help you continually define, evolve and manifest your Vision as you move forward with your unfolding creative expressions.

Ideally, if time allows, Christina will facilitate a participant through the creation of her vision and the identification of her main blocks … and will open the forum to additional member discussion and questions.

Christina Merkley, “The SHIFT-IT Coach” and creator of the SHIFT-IT Graphic Coaching Process® is a Visioning and Strategic Planning Expert specializing in Visual Thinking and Law of Attraction techniques. Based in charming Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, she works deeply with individuals, partners and groups in defining and getting what they really, really want. For more information visit: www.shift-it-coach.com

You must be a NAWW Member to participate in this event. Note to members: Call-in information is on your member login page. If you do not have your password, e-mail us at support@naww.org If you are not a member, click here to join the NAWW today: naww.org/blog/benefits

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The Secret & Science to Getting Your Book Published

Indie Publisher of ten years, Nancy Cleary, will share:

Note: Call-in information is on your member login page. If you do not have your password, e-mail us at support@naww.org

If you are not an NAWW member yet, find out more about NAWW Membership Benefits by clicking here: naww.org/blog/benefits

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