A Book is Born

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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007
LOVE IT!
i’ll be up late tonight reading
- Samantha Gianulis, author, Little Grapes on the Vine
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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007
Just came home to find my copy of A Book is Born in the mailbox. Wow Nancy, it’s just amazing!

Thank you so much for letting me be part of ABIB. You and the whole WM family are just wonderful, wonderful people.

I’ll say it once again… WOW!

I am bringing it with me to the kids school right now to pick them up (and show off the new baby).

- Jennifer Thie, author, And Then…Came Arthur
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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007
What a welcome surprise when I got home today! Doin’ the HAPPY DANCE!!!
- Kathryn Mahoney, author, Cracked at Birth
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Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007
She really is a beauty. I am very proud to be associated with such an amazing project. It is a great feeling to think that our words and experiences will help empower others to make their dreams come alive. Nancy, hats off to all your hard work. You brought everything together into an amazing package. I am looking forward to watching our baby move into the world and touch other’s lives in so many meaningful ways.
- Iris Waichler, author, Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster
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Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007
Subject: Confession

Okay, I have a confession. All week I’ve been thinking my writing sucks and who am I to publish it. I’ve been feeling scared and nervous and insecure about publishing.

And today, I got your package which talks about that in your book and now I feel relieved that others felt the same way. I can’t wait to read through A Book is Born.

Also, it is wonderful to see how professional your books are. They look terrific! The stock, the covers, you know what you are doing. To hold your product in my hand has gotten me even more excited… it’s like, hey, she really does make books. Now I have the proof!

Thanks again,
- Donna Weiser (signed for the Spring ‘08 release of D-Girl Turns Mom: Leaving Hollywood Behind for the Best Job Ever)
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Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007
I got my package on Saturday!!! It looks and feels fabulous! I am so
happy for us!
- Christie Crowder, author, Your Big Sister’s Guide to Surviving College
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Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007
I just got my package and opened it up. The book looks great!! I’m
thankful to have been a part of ABIB and I can’t wait to read
it. “Cheers to everyone”
- Debbie Hurley, author, Fragments of Hope
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007
I spent a good long while crying this morning. They were tears of joy, people. A Book is Born arrived, and as I read through it, tears of joy and amazement jumped from my eyes and moistened my cheeks.

You are such amazing women (and Mark - you’re amazing, too!). I am humbled to be in your circle.

Warmly,
- Christine Louise Hohlbaum, author, SAHM I Am
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007
A Book Is Born is even more wonderful that I ever imagined it would be. You must do the happy dance every time you look at it. It is a brilliantly creative work of art, brilliantly executed from cover to content.
Love,
- Pam Leo, author, Connection Parenting
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007
A Book is Born is absolutely beautiful, just wonderful. Congratulations over and over.
Thanks,
- Marna Krajeski, author, Household Baggage
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007
Dear Nancy:
I received my book today and I LOVE IT, LOVE IT,LOVE IT! This book is so special and it has the potential to be a really big hit with aspiring authors. Congrats to Nancy and all of us! I am so proud to be apart of this phenomenal project.
- Malonda Richard, author, My Life Isn’t Perfect…But Thank God My Baby Is
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007
Nancy, the book is phenomenal, and I love the audio series idea.
- Julie Watson Smith, author, Mommyhood
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007
Hello Nancy,
I got my book…YEAH…very nicely done! Oprah HAS to pick this one up ;0)
Take care,
- Nina Marie Duran, author, Elijah on My Mind
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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007
Just want you to know I received my copy of A Book is Born, and it’s beautiful. I’ve flipped open a few pages, and already learned some new stuff, like checking out contactanycelebrity.com, so awesome job!
Best,
- Laura Faeth, author, I Found All The Parts: Healing the Soul through Rock’n'Roll (Spring 2008 release)
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…having a car to drive to customs to get my books out of hock; for warehouse guys who help load heavy furniture into my car even when they’re not supposed to; for good friends who have enormous teflon shoulders when I come crying down the lane.

Life as an author is tremendous — tremendously exhilerating (“Your book changed my life!”) and tremendously exhausting (“Returns”).

It’s been a week of running errands and spending time in a state of distraction. My dear friend recently said she knows she’s doing too much when she loses the ability to multitask (such as listening to her son tell about his day in kindergarten while boiling a pot of water).

Life is in the half notes, not the sustained vibratto. So I tell myself as I race from one place to the next, juggling more projects than I think I can bear and waiting for the “No” to release from my throat.

Perhaps I should take the advice I gave a harried teacher at my son’s school. She cast me a panicked look when I finally found the word “no” in my vocabulary again.

“You won’t tutor my daughter in English?” she squeaked.

“Ms. Jones,” I relayed in my own patient teacher voice. “When you say ‘no’ to someone, you are saying ‘yes’ to yourself. Remember that the next time you feel overloaded!”

I cleaned out my home office today and came across a ton of writing I did just a few years ago. It’s astounding how much I have learned since then. I have so many review books, magazines, newspapers, CD recording of interviews I’ve done. It was like going down memory lane, peeking into old folders and binders, tossing old notes and copies of draft manuscripts. It’s amazing how much blood, sweat and tears I’ve spilled in this very room.

But looking at the shiny book copies that I created sitting on my shelf, I know it has all been worth it.

Nancy Cleary recently notifed me that I’ve have been an official member of the Mom Writer’s Publishing Coop for one year. YAYAY! However, my book is yet to be published! Seems like a long birthing process doesn’t it?

I am Dr. Caron Goode, and my book is The Art & Science of Coaching Parents. I started writing the book at the same time I launched a distance-learning school, Academy for Coaching Parents International, LLC, www.acpi.biz.  At the time of the conception for the book and business, I hadn’t anticipated the amount of effort to build the business infrastructure on the web. The process through time for both projects has been like having twins and nurturing each along their path of growth.

The great news is that the the book’s finishing touches are happening now, and I can submit the manuscript in December. I have had to focus not on the rush in time to completion, but on the enjoyment of writing and making the manuscript stronger. Next time, I would not choose twins. I’d like just one baby at a time!

Has anyone else had the experience of launching twins?  What was your experience like?