Q: How and when did you make this dream a reality?
A: I’ve never stopped writing or studying the writing process, nor talking or teaching others about writing. I’ve been blessed with knowing the writer’s psyche well enough to be aware of the patterns writers go through to sabotage their own writing. I also have some different kinds of “knowing” skills that help me move deeper, beneath the surface, to bring to light what a writer already knows by doesn’t know she knows that’s keeping her from finding her writer’s voice.

Q: What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned so far in your writing career?
A. Tenacity. You never know when you’ll be in the right place at the right time, doing the right activity. And because of that unknown, a writer must keep writing, without expectation. Writing is not an end to a means, it’s a lifelong process of self-discovery.

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I wanted to let you know of a great event taking place next week, May 12 - 16, 2008.

Andrea Williams, The “Make It Happen” Strategist and Women’s Business Launch Coach, is hosting the first annual Women’s Business Launch SUCCESS TeleSummit.

She’s put together an amazing line-up of speakers, yours truly included!

Fifteen dynamic speakers will share inexpensive business-building promotion strategies you can use to give authentic expression to what matters most to YOU!

And you will have the choice of either phoning in to each session or streaming live over your computer. All the calls will be made available via MP3 download following the event, so you won’t miss a single session.

* Viki Viertel * Lisa Earle McLeod * Debbie LaChusa * Suzy Spivey * Adam Urbanski *
* The Blog Squad™ * Sheri McConnell * Kyle King * Christina Merkely* Michael Port *
* Joe Nunziata * MaryPat Kavanagh * Lynn Scheurell * Mara Castello * Wayne Kelly *

These hand-picked experts have been brought together to illuminate your path to becoming the successful business owner you know you can be. Only $97 to participate.

In addition, a BONUS CD will be sent to every registrant: “A Business of One’s Own™ — Women’s True Path to Authentic Expression & Financial Independence”

Click here: “A Business of One’s Own” to learn more about this event and register today!

You can also download a pdf handout of this event here:

http://abusinessofonesown.com/blog/downloads

NAWW Member, Cathy Holloway Hill, is pleased to announce the launch of her new Talk Radio Show debuting on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 6:00 p.m. eastern time.

The show will air each Wednesday, thereafter, at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. As a Certified Career Consultant, Author, and Life Coach, Cathy’s passion is inspiring the lives of others. Her radio show will feature topics to enhance and advance the lives of women.

On the May 14th debut show, Cathy will introduce her co-host, Mr. Tony Lamont. Mr. Lamont is a veteran radio personality and broadcast icon with mega-media giant, Radio One. Mr. Lamont will join Cathy in sharing his perspective on women’s issues from a man’s point of view. Together, they will provide an overview of future show topics focusing on enhancing the lives of women through self, health, and wealth. The show’s hosts are committed to the inspiration of all women as well as the men in their lives who love them.

Listen in to Cathy’s Radio show at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Cathy-Holloway-Hill

For more details, visit Cathy’s website at:
http://www.chollowayhill.com

As the economy continues to cause stress for the majority of American’s, many people increase their efforts for finding additional income. Some people go out and get a second job in the evenings and/or weekends. Others turn their search to the internet in hopes of finally finally that “real” work at home opportunity amongst thousands of scams.

For people deciding to increase their income through online writing assignments, the best thing you can do to market yourself is to establish an online reputation as a writer. This doesn’t mean you have to have pages on Amazon.com showing your bestselling booklist, it just means you need to have a few articles online with your name on them as the author and a way to contact you if someone is interested in hiring you as a writer.

There are a variety of ways you can start establishing your online writing reputation, and most are either free or extremely inexpensive, including:

• Start and write a blog
• Become a writer on someone elses blog that will include a biography and contact information about yourself
• Write and distribute articles in article directories like ezinearticles.com
• Apply for writing jobs on freelance job sites, like rentacoder.com and getafreelancer.com

Freelance job sites are not only a good way to earn recognition as a writer, but as you complete work the buyers are able to give you a “rating”. This rating shows other buyers that you’ve completed work successfully and will help you secure additional jobs through the sites. In addition to the numerical rating that you have, buyers can leave comments and feedback. Hopefully, you will have completed the job above and beyond expectations and have gotten an excellent review! Hint: use your real name (or the name you plan to write under as your pen name) as your freelance site username. When someone searches for your name with one of the search engines, often the feedback and ratings will be returned in the first few listings giving prospective clients another way to find you.

As you start adding more of your writing work to various web sites and article directories online, you will begin increasing your chances of having potential clients find you and ask about your writing services. If they see your articles online and ty pe your name into a search engine – they’ll find your contact information (if you’ve provided it on your blog, website or author’s biography section – so you can see the importance of this step!) and email or call you to discuss their needs for writing work.

You can also use services that allow you to network and refer people to others, as well as receive referrals from people you’ve networked with. These websites are free to create profiles and offer additional exposure:

• Linkedin.com
• myspace.com
• merchantcircle.com
• facebook.com
• zerodegrees.com
• ryze.com

These are all free methods of networking and getting your name associated with “online freelance writer” – one of the first steps in establishing a successful online freelance writing career.

Debbie Dragon is the founder of MakeMoneyFromWriting.com where she teaches others about the online writing process, how to find freelance writing jobs, and securing their own writing businesses.

I am attending an upcoming virtual event hosted by one of my favorite online female entrepreneurs and I wanted to make sure you knew all the details….

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What: Leadership in Coaching on Emerging Trends and Markets Telesummit

When: May 19-23, 2008

Where: Over a telephone bridgeline

Hosted by: Jo Romano, Life Coach for Lawyers and Andrea J. Lee, Multiple Streams of Coaching Income

Register: http://www.leadershipincoachingtelesummit.com/sheri

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Here are the top 12 emerging trends and markets in coaching offering the latest research and “how to” for you to discover:

#1: Get Out of Debt Money Coaching
#2: Future Leader and Executive Coaching, Coaching Generation Y
#3: Coaching the Wealthy and Affluent
#4: Coaching with the Law of Attraction
#5: Coaching Hollywood Insiders
#6: Coaching a Specific Industry Segment
#7: Marketing Focused Coaching for Entrepreneurs
#8: Coaching Political Leaders
#9: Coaching Parents of Teenagers
#10: Coaching Love Relationships
#11: Career Coaching
#12: Coaching Baby Boomers through Later Life Transition

Bonus! Building your Coaching Business

Hope to “see” you there.

Sheri McConnell
CEO – www.sherimcconnell.com

P.S. Live coaching with 5 Master Coaches will be held on the last day of the Leadership in Coaching on Trends and Markets Summit, but space is limited. Sign up today to be one of the lucky 5 who will be coached for free by a Master Coach in the specialty of your choice.

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My friends, Suzanne Falter-Barns and Jennifer Louden are about to have their 7th Annual Writer’s Spa Retreat, I wanted to make sure you knew before it is sold out:

Save $200 on Your Ultimate Creative Getaway: The Taos Writer’s Spa

Imagine this: Wake up in the beautiful, arid, sage-scented, sunny world of The Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, NM. Join 27 other incredibly creative, fun, inspired women for a breakfast of the best eggs, croissants, grits, smoked bacon, fresh fruit, and pastries you’ve ever had. Drop in for a one-hour Council sharing session that gets you energized for the day. Stay on for a seminar about taming your inner critic or creating the pieces you need to get picked up by a publisher. Then head off for a blissful couple of hours working on your writing … knowing that if you get stuck, Suzanne and Jennifer Louden are right there, waiting to coach you privately as you need it. Then stop for lunch – again, excellent – write a little more, or attend another seminar. Or take a walk into town, with a few of Mabel’s excellent cookies in your pocket. Maybe do a little yoga. Then join others for an excellent dinner, and some amazingly stimulating nighttime activity … or just drop in on a read and chat session.

That is a typical day at the Taos Writer’s Spa in Taos NM with Jennifer Louden and Suzanne Falter-Barns. This year it’s July 26-August 1. It’s been sold out for six years running – and it’s heading that way this year, too. If you think you want to join us, don’t hesitate. Jump in!

As one visitor put it recently …
“I feel like I fell in love with myself, the woman I discovered at the Writer’s Spa! I always knew she was in there but it was wonderful having the help to get her to come out and shine. Your Spa went way beyond my expectations, and let me tell you… I had really high expectations!” –Karen Booy, 2004, 2005, & 2007 Participant

SPECIAL UPDATE: The one single and 8 doubles left are now available for $200 off the listed price – but only until midnight EST, May 15. Don’t miss it! The Taos Writer’s Spa

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NAWW Member, Sue Silverman’s Lifetime television movie of her memoir, Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction, will premiere on Saturday, April 19 (check local listings), and stars Sally Pressman (of the series “Army Wives”) and David James Elliott (of the series “JAG”).

The book is also now out in paperback! (in bookstores or at http://www.amazon.com )

For more information and to see photographs of her visit to the movie set as well as view video clips of the coming attractions, please visit her website at www.suewilliamsilverman.com (click on “Lifetime TV” on the Home page).

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Break the Cycle - Stop Just Re-creating Your Status Quo: Most of us, I’m afraid to say, are just plain lazy (or, at the least, uninformed). We are caught in the habitual trance of just focusing on what is, instead of doing the more structured work of focusing on what we really want. As we get what we habitually and primarily focus on, we just keep re-creating our present circumstances, inadvertently getting more of the same. Same old work, same old relationships, same old money situation, same old weight issues, same old unsatisfying geography etc. (more…)

I have an amazing video to share–please take 18 minutes today and watch this video: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

It is very, very powerful. I think it helps you understand why people think the way they do. This one helped me understand on so many levels what I am to do with my own life and also as a mother. Now I understand that my children may be more geared to think in a certain way–my job is to engage them and help them develop both sides of the brain and be more balanced in their lives. Take care and make sure to come back and post your reactions.

Sheri McConnell
NAWW President and Founder
www.sherimcconnell.com

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