Meet Famous Authors--Very Nearly Face to Face!

Here is an invitation to readers and writers to connect with writers who can make a difference in your reading life. Well, OK. In your life, period! The invitation comes stright from Spirited Woman Nancy Mills:
In the Spirit of Connecting

Come Join Us for our 2008

SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE TELE-CHAT
CONVERSATION SERIES


YOUR CHANCE TO CHAT WITH BESTSELLING AUTHORS
& MEDIA PERSONALITIES


When: First Tuesday of the month, March thru October
Time: 10-11am PST, 1-2pm EST
Where: By phone from your home, office, wherever...


Hello My Wonderful Spirited Woman Friends -

I am so excited to announce we're beginning our third season of the Spirited Woman Circle Tele-Chat Conversation Series. Our guests this year are amazing!

The tele-chats are fun. Informative. Revealing. Sooo...inspiring. Your chance to chat with women you'd probably never get a chance to talk to.

You'll hear their stories. Listen to their challenges. Find out what changed their lives. Motivated them to success. And you'll get a chance to ask questions.

I moderate the calls and I personally guarantee these conversations will uplift you. Promise. Please join us!

Nancy Mills
Founder, Spirited Woman

GUEST LINE-UP

Erika Schickel on March 4
Author/Humorist/Book Critic/ Blogger Queen
You're Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom

Jill Conner Browne on April 1
Mega-Author/Southern Humorist
Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love & more & more

Susan Miller on May 6
Famous Astrologer
Founder of Astrologyzone.com

Carolyn Howard-Johnson on June 3
Writer's Advocate
How to Do it Frugally Series of Books

Jacquelyn Mitchard on July 1
Highly-Acclaimed Author
The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's First Book Club Pick)

Laurel Touby on August 5
Founder of Mediabistro.com
Just sold her company for $23 million to Jupitermedia.com

Catherine Ryan Hydeon September 2
Bestselling Author
Pay It Forward

Victoria Moranon October 7
Self-Help Guru
Creating a Charmed Life
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SPECIAL OFFER

BEST VALUE 8-PART SERIES SPECIAL - $99 thru March 3
or buy individual conversations $15 each. To sign-up by phone call 888-428-1234.

Remember: If you register, and can't make the call "live," we'll send you an MP3 audio recording to listen to at your convenience.
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TESTIMONIALS

"The Spirited Woman Circle is magic. For an hour each month, and from the comfort of my home, I became a participant in a master class featuring world famous authors from various literary genres. I took notes, asked questions on the air, and when the hour was over, felt enriched, and inspired. I just signed up for my second season. Nancy is a skillful interviewer, and brings out the best in her guests. Two thumbs up." - Betty Goldstein

"The Spirited Woman telechat series offers a great opportunity to get up close and personal with inspiring successful women. Nancy is a great professional interviewer, she puts everyone at ease. I found the series very enjoyable and uplifting and I look forward to this year's line up." - Alecia Caine

"There is nothing better than to be involved in an intimate conversation with some incredibly powerful mega-successful authors. It is really neat to hear their stories and their struggles. We forget they're just as real as we are. So thank you Nancy for bringing together this spirited group of women." - Stacey Kannenberg

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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author THIS IS THE PLACE; HARKENING: A COLLECTION OF STORIES REMEMBERED; TRACINGS, a chapbook of poetry; and two how to books, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON'T; and THE FRUGAL EDITOR: PUT YOUR BEST BOOK FORWARD TO AVOID HUMILIATION AND ENSURE SUCCESS.
Her other blogs include TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com and AuthorsCoalition.blogspot.com, a blog that helps writers and publishers turn a ho-hum book fair booth into a sizzler.

Unsolicited, Unexpected Valentine for Me and for You!

This is from my coming Sharing with Writers newsletter. I know Nancy meant to spread her Valentine wishes among all the writers who come together to help one another so I'm including my blog visitors, too. To subscribe to Sharing with Writers newsletter, send me an e-mail with SUBSCRIBE in the subject window. HoJoNews@aol.com.

Dear Blog Subscribers and Visitors:

A very simple wish of love for Valentine's Day. Love comes in many forms. I am passing this note from one of my associates on to you. I hope you will take advantage of the offer, but I also hope you will see the spirit intended and do something lovely and loving for someone other than the people you always send your love to. Choose someone to surprise! And ask them to keep passing the love around.

Here is the note:

Hello Carolyn's Devoted Readers -

With Valentine's Day coming up, I just wanted to write something from my heart about Carolyn Howard Johnson. I believe Carolyn is a gift to all writers. She is someone who is there when you need her, shares endlessly, and gives bountiful advice. The real deal. And I feel so very fortunate to have her on my Spirited Woman advisory board you have no idea. Thanks doesn't begin to cover it. She is my cherished
friend.

So I want to give back to Carolyn through you - her readers. I've never done this before. I'm offering all of you a Valentine's present in her honor. I founded the Spirited Woman tele-chat Conversation Series a few years ago. Janet Fitch, Fannie Flagg, plus countless other famous women authors have been my guests. This year our line-up is fantastic: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle

The series begins on March 4. Carolyn's chat is on June 3, 10 am PST. All chats are $15. My Valentine's offer to you is sign up BEFORE February 14th, and I will make Carolyn's conversation a gift to you. All other conversations (upcoming or in our MP3 library of past guests) will be only $10 each before February 14th. That's a great savings. All you have to do is e-mail me at: nancymills@thespiritedwoman.com and let me know your choices.

Happy Valentine's Day.
All my best,
Nancy Mills,
Founder, The Spirited Woman.com

I guess you can all tell that my heart was warmed by this unsolicited gesture, and that she included all of you in it, too!

Happy writing, promoting and, yes, editing, too!

Carolyn Howard-Johnson

Websites:
http://carolynhoward-Johnson.com (literary)
http://HowToDoItFrugally.com (all things about writing)
Authors' Coalition: http://www.AuthorsCoalitionandRedEnginepress.com

For the Frugal Editor, Amazon-direct: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978515870/

Blogs: http://AuthorsCoalition.blogspot.com, a blog focused on book fairs
http://www.SharingwithWriters.blogspot.com, a blog on all things publishing
http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com, a blog focused on YOUR reviews
http://www.TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com, a blog focused on editing, formatting and craft
And now blogging on War. Peace. Tolerance. And Our Soldiers at http://www.warpeacetolerance.blogspot.com.

And now! Squidooing at
http://www.squidoo.com/HowToDoItFrugallyforAuthors
and http://www.squidoo.com/carolynhoward-johnson