December 09, 2007

NAWW Licenses "A Book is Born" for 2008 Membership!

National Association of Women Writers (NAWW) is the leading organization helping women writers connect and elevate their writing careers since 2001 through books, CDs, tele-events, physical chapter events, and a weekly newsletter that goes out to thousands of women writers, editors, and publishers. Founder of NAWW Sherí McConnell was on our advance review list and gave A Book is Born a glowing endorsement last summer, prompting Sherí to choose the title as one of the benefits of her 2008 membership! Wyatt-MacKenzie will private-label a paperback edition of A Book is Born and Sherí will interview Nancy Cleary on the “Secret Science of Getting Published” for a CD also included in the member packet.
We are beyond thrilled at this partnership! The intention of A Book is Born is to provide writers who want to get published a community of fellow published authors to celebrate, and commiserate, with on the process. The NAWW is one of the main resources listed in A Book is Born for its devotion to the same cause of educating, and empowering, women writers. Together, Nancy Cleary and Sherí McConnell will assist tens of thousands of women writers on their publishing journey in 2008!

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December 05, 2007

Sharing the news, a book was born

In Chapter Two of A Book is Born co-authors discuss sharing the news of their book with family and friends. Responses can be mixed from one end of a supportive spectrum to the other end of envious disdain. Last week I enjoyed the experience of sharing A Book is Born with our family here in Deadwood. Mind you, every holiday I give out books that Wyatt-MacKenzie has published, but no one quite understands what it is I actually “do” to those books.
Saturday, November 24, 2007, Wyatt & MacKenzie’s Great Aunt Sally’s After-Thanksgiving Get-Together

So this year, halfway through dessert, I handed out copies of A Book is Born around the table and proudly added, “This one’s mine.” An inquisitive groan went around the table and Uncle Lee asked some flattering questions as Joey grabbed the camera (thanks hon!) It was a great moment in time, and the local paper here on the Oregon coast, “The Suislaw News” even gave me some back-up, running my press release on the same day. Wyatt and MacKenzie rolled their eyes at having their photo in yet another newspaper, and our cousin announced her baby’s photo was recently on the cover of their big city paper too.



 And while the home reception was warmly gratifying, the nationwide response has been numbing! I am beyond thrilled receiving emails from readers ready and inspired to start their publishing journey. We’ve signed some amazing women. And, our Imprint Program has exploded. Word is out and the most amazing individuals and organizations are lining up for strategic publishing partnerships.

Wyatt-MacKenzie is getting ready for a wild 2008!
~ Nancy
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