NAWW Member, Dotsie Bregel, is excited to announce that www.BoomerWomenSpeak.com will have a monthly Featured Author and Writing Contest beginning in September. The Featured Author for September is Pamela Blair, Ph.D. Pamela has written three books, but will be discussing her latest book, The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Midlife. All are encouraged to join in the forum conversation simply by visiting this link: boomerwomenforum. Pamela is willing to discuss all things midlife and information about getting published.

Details about the September Writing Contest are as follows:
Deadline: September 30, 2006
Entry Fee: none, but great prizes including $50.00 cash.
Your best friend in the whole wide world, the one who has always been there for you, the one who would lay down her credit card for you, has just approached you with her new boyfriend. You know he is a jerk because the minute she excuses herself to go powder her nose, he hits on you. You do what? Tell her? Keep it to yourself? Put an ad in the paper? Threaten him? Tell us what you would do out of love for the friendship. Click here for Guidelines (September guidelines will appear September 1st.
Prizes: The winner will have their story placed in the Our Voices section at
www.boomerwomenspeak.com, and receive the following:
. Friends Heal Friends tee-shirt
. Baby Boomer’s Almanac, by Tim Brolus
. Writing Home, by Cindy LaFerle
. What Happens Next, by Chloe JonPaul
. DVD of the premiere season of Commander in Chief
. $50.00 cash

Submit stories to Georgia@boomerwomenspeak.com.