It’s a funny thing that whenever the Powerball reaches new heights, I get more hits here. That’s because I once took a trip to Rosie’s Den, a landmark that burned almost to the ground. People want to know if Rosie’s is still standing. It is. And I am happy to say, she’s still selling tickets. On the border of Nevada and Arizona, near the spectacular Hoover Dam, Rosie’s is a quick and scenic drive to try your luck at becoming a ba-zillion-aire. So load up the kids and get a move on! Rosie’s is selling HOPE. And if you win, I “hope” you’ll tip this messenger. 
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~As always, with love and light and gratitude.
Happy Mother’s Day To The Mother Of ALL Mothers
A sincere wish for our Mother Earth on this Mother’s Day.
Without the love, support, and nurturance of this most precious mother, where would we be?
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MOTHER EARTH.
LOVE,
Your Seven Billion Children
NO JOKE. It’s HERE.
Taurus New M00N Manifesting Meditation From Lisa Michaels
NEW M00N MANIFESTING is something I’ve practiced since around 1994 when I was sole proprietor of Ruby Luna’s Angel Emporium. Prior to opening the store, I had felt an affinity with the moon as her cycles and my womanly patterns aligned. In fact, it was due to that fascination with Luna, that the store earned its name.
TODAY is the NEW MOON in Taurus, and that means it’s time to plant those goals and aspirations for the next 28 days. Get out your journal, and have a little conversation with you. Let yourself know what you intend. Tell you your desires. Write down the things that matter, and express gratitude for what you’ve received. There, doesn’t that feel good?
Next, write down all the things you can think of that you would like to bring to fruition. As you write those affirmations, really feel the emotion of having those desires blossom. What do you feel?
This Taurus new moon is a powerful and important new moon. To help you make the most of this cosmic energy thrust, I’m giving you access to Lisa Michael’s outstanding meditation. I’m fairly certain you’re really going to enjoy it. I know I did!
ACCESS LISA MICHAEL’S TAURUS NEW MOON PROGRAM HERE
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To read last month’s New Moon blog post: http://jandeelstra.com/2013/04/10/new-m00n-howlings-other-true-confessions/
~As always, with love,light, and immense gratitude.
To purchase either book, click its cover.
A FREE Gift of Laser Sharp Focus and MORE!
Today, I want to give you the gift of laser-sharp focus
Seriously!
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To your success!
~As always, with love and light and gratitude.
Jan
PINK FULL MOON & SCORPIO INFLUENCES
The Gone-too-Soon Nick Drake’s Pink Moon
Today’s post is to honor the Pink Moon, and the full moon in Scorpio. What’s all mean? Astrologists say that Scorpio is an intensifier. That means that anything we’re currently dealing with, be it good, bad, ugly or otherwise, is intensified by the influence of powerful Scorpio, as well as by the equally powerful full moon pull. The bright light shines into the dark corners when Scorpio is on the scene. Consider, as example, that I am born under the sign of Scorpio, and I tend to write about dark subjects such as in Blessings in the Mire: A True Story of Miracles & Recollections where I began the book by lifting the rug from the issue of suicide. If we translate that action of using fear as a fuel for transformation, it says we don’t need to fear the strength of Scorpio, as it often provides the thrust needed to address some pretty dark subjects, or matters we otherwise would try to ignore.
Take a look at your life. Is there anything currently affecting you that perhaps could use a little added light? Fear not. Just acknowledge whatever ‘it’ is, and progress accordingly. Living by Nature’s rhythms is empowering. And really, isn’t that what we’re all seeking? A little self-empowerment can be life altering, so use that fear as fuel and transcend anything that needs to be released. Experience the liberation thru truth and action.
As always, with love, light, and much gratitude.
April is fill-in-the-blank Awareness Month
I read this week, that 80% of all childhood deaths caused by abuse are to children under the age of 4. This really pisses me off, because until kids start to talk and think and go to school, they really are at the mercy of the suppossed care-giver. Since 1983, by presidential proclamation, April is child abuse prevention month. I can get behind this cause, because children need us to look out for them. April is also:
- Autism Awareness Month
- National Poetry Month
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Boost Your Hometown Month
- Cancer Control Month
- Mathematics Education Month
- Month of the Young Child
- Foot Health Awareness Month
- Holy Humor Month
- Keep America Beautiful Month
- Knuckles Down Month
- Listening Awareness Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Anxiety Month
- Pets are Wonderful Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- National Garden Month
- National Humor Month
- National Lawn and Garden Month
- Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- National Occupational Therapy
- National Sexually Transmitted Disease Education & Awareness Month
- National TMJ Awareness Month
- National Woodworking Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- National Secretary (Office Assistant) Day – April 25
- National Sportsmanship Day – April 24
- Earth Day – April 22
- Equal Pay Day
- International Child’s Book Day - April 2
- Pan American Day – April 14
- World Health Day – April 7
Undoubtedly I left off a few of the reasons to be aware this month. And quite frankly, I am weighing the scales on all of these. Afterall, we cannot possibly celebrate every single one of these…can we?
As an advocate of human rights, I’m leaning to the childhood abuse prevention and sexual assault awareness causes. I mean, do we really need a “Month of the Young Child” or “Knuckles Down Month”? The latter makes me think of knuckles scraped from dragging on the ground. I won’t be promoting that cause much, at least not from this venue. And I do appreciate a good Earth Day celebration, because like the children, the Earth needs us to look after her best interests. Additionally, I appreciate humor, so I’m all for the National Humor Month, but I think it should be something that happens daily, 354 days per year, because humor is healing, and we all benefit from a big dose of laughter. Couldn’t the “Holy Humor Month” be the one we build awareness of, while the “National Humor Month” can be times for sharing all those good jokes? Count me in.
We could also include “Keep America Beautiful” with “Earth Day” if we just changed “America” to “Earth.”
And as far as “Equal Pay Day” goes, huh?
Anyway, I’m off to look at the health of my foot, and celebrate the anxiety and stress month of April.
Happy Earth Day!
Living Life in Balance
There is something to be said for “homeostasis.” It’s a fancy word for balance, but the act of balancing seems even more rare than does the use of the word homeostasis. The natural state of preference for the human entity is balance. Yet as I look around, I see a lot of imbalances. Few folks take personal time to balance out the stress of life, at least not without feeling some sense of guilt or alarming push to get busy with something else. Daydreaming is a powerful life-tool, and it’s my observation that daydreaming is often seen as a waste of precious time. That’s one of those old worn out messages internalized in childhood. And that old message must be released.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein
“Imagine.” John Lennon
WHY? Here’s why: Allowing the mind to simply be, allows for the subterfuge to settle and the cream of the thoughts to surface. The practice also allows for the calming of the blood pressure against the veins, and the slowing of the pumps from that mighty important heart muscle. Equally important, daydreaming and meditation equalizes the energies between the mind and body.
This balance feeds the whole/gestalt human entity. And this is a very powerful place to be in, and to come from. Without self-chastisement, do you allow yourself time to imagine, to daydream, to simply be with your thoughts?
Why it is beneficial to be in homeostasis:
Have you ever had a confrontation with someone, and afterward you were left with thoughts of “I should have said…” or left with emotions that you stuffed down, only to feel them fester into something that steals your sleep and your attention? In this example, you were likely not coming from a centered place of balance, of homeostasis. Too bad, cuz the other guy in this equation is probably sleeping just fine.
Here’s a thing: you may desire to release the old messages that keep you stuck. You may also wish to learn to communicate your needs, desires, and feelings more accurately, and more assertively. This is an easily attainable characteristic, and one which is spelled out in Escaping the Chrysalis: Introduction to Gestalt Techniques for Self-Esteem Transformation. And as you learn to communicate from a centered place of balance, there is a really cool byproduct of your learning. That is, your self-esteem will rise to fit the authentic YOU. And that’s a very good thing that will trickle into all aspects of your whole life. WIN/WIN.
Buy the book. You’ll be REALLY glad to have all those valuable tools!
http://www.NekawaCrone.com/bookstore
~With love and light and gratitude.
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Goodreads Book Giveaway
Escaping the Chrysalis
by Jan Deelstra
Giveaway ends April 11, 2013.
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PS~ While you’re there, look for The Flying Game and enter to win that one too! The Flying Game is a ‘Wizard of Oz meets Self-Help’ inspirational fiction book that will be released on May 9th.
GOOD LUCK!
New M00N Howlings and Other True Confessions
In spite of a stubborn adherence to living in the present moment, I confess that I wait eagerly for the New Moon each month. No, I’m neither full-blown Pagan or full-blown wacko. It’s just that I have learned to travel the path of the farmers wisdom that claims certain powers from the New Moon.
Here are a few of the theories I’ve adopted:
- Hair cut on a New Moon grows faster. Use this information accordingly. If you want your hair to grow slowly, I suggest you wait a couple of weeks. Conversely, if you want your hair to grow quickly, the new moon is today. Schedule a trim.
- Goals set on a New Moon reap greater rewards. Yep. It sounds absurd, but then so does an invisible force that can move the ocean tides. For the next new moon, set a goal and test this out.
- Businesses begun on a New Moon have a 25% greater success rate than those begun at other phases. I tend to use this bit of psychology each time I release a new book. And yes, you guessed it: The Flying Game will be released to the public in May, on the next New Moon. And if you would like to order it now, click here: http://www.NekawaCrone.com/bookstore. It’s where the Wizard of Oz meets self-help in an inspirational fiction book that will leave you wondering what part of the Tin Man and the Wizard resides within you.
The Wizard of Oz Meets Self-Help
I’ve been asked to supply a little blip about The Flying Game, –the Wizard of Oz meets self-help, inspirational fiction that will be released to the public on May 9th. Rather than write a (snooozzz) book report, which would probably bore everyone to catatonia, I’m just posting the little blip that the Library of Congress has on file. Still got questions? Buy the book! It’s a fun one!
The Wizard of Oz meets self-help in this inspirational fiction by author and gestalt practitioner, Jan Deelstra. Based on gestalt techniques previously reserved for the professionals, Deelstra takes us into the conflicted mind of the incomparable Stella Harris.
As a child, Stella had always won the ‘flying game,’ but now she was playing for her life and only the wisdom of Oz could save her.
The Flying Game, is a fictional account of overcoming the odds, but is well within the realm of possibilities.
Utilizing her background in social issues, gestalt techniques, and nondenominational spirituality, the author winds the fictional story around a complicated woman who learned early on to take risks, even as her peers were too scared to join in, and were too afraid to watch.
Along the road of life, Stella learned to doubt, to distrust, and to fear. She found more serenity within the walls of her colorful mind than she dared discover outside of the safety womb she had constructed. And then she met Crystal Nekawa, a transformed woman of incredible resilience, and everything changed.
The journey is a realistic path, and the heroine is a powerful reminder to us all, that with self-awareness and a willingness to take risks, anything we can dream is a real possibility.
Readers will cheer on this fearful protagonist as she grows to embrace her personal power and ultimately reaches undreamed of heights. In the process, the reader may experience his or her own transformation while witnessing Stella’s awakening and re-owning of the previously dis-owned portions of herself. Hooray for the underdog, she could be us!
As readers, we are indelibly left with a questioning residue…. What of Oz and the Tin Man reside within each of us?
(C) Nekawa Crone Publishing Company 2013
To purchase this, and many other fine books, visit: http://www.NekawaCrone.com/bookstore
Oh! PS ~It’s NOW available as an e-book on Kindle too! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A72G8FC (This link has been a little ‘iffy’ so if it fails, just go to Amazon and put in The Flying Game Deelstra and it will appear like magic.
Much Gratitude.
Unearthing Your Purpose and Calling
“We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.”
Abraham Maslow
“Ring ring….”
“Who’s there?”
“You.”
“You who?”
“Yoohoo, your purpose is calling.”
Okay, so it’s lacking the true characteristics of a ‘knock-knock’ joke, but you get the idea.
Calling. Purpose. Dharma. It’s all the same thing under another title. And with all the guru’s out there telling us how to get what we desire thru the Law of Attraction, here’s the key that hasn’t been handed to the masses: There is something you love to do that makes time irrelevant. It may be time spent in a dark room with some solution and a roll of 400 film. It could be therapeutic cooking that soothes your inner beast. Maybe it’s being in the outdoors with a rod and reel. Perhaps it’s books that blow your skirt up, or textiles that steal your attention. Flower arranging or gardening, wood-working, or shopping, regardless of what it is that you love doing, it can be made into a means of income. And that, my friends, is your calling, your purpose, your dharma. Got it? Good. If not, send me an email.
Now Available: Escaping the Chrysalis: Introduction to Gestalt Techniques for Self-Esteem Transformation
Dreams Hold Information From You to You
Dreams. They can be mysterious, haunting, humorous, and repetitive. Regardless, the dreams contain a wealth of information to you from you.
If you’ve ever had a dream that you do not understand, I have wonderful news for you. In both Escaping the Chrysalis: Introduction to Gestalt Techniques for Self-Esteem Transformation (the life skills manual for ultimate living) and in The Flying Game (an inspirational fiction book where the wisdom of Oz meets new-age self-help) the tools for interpreting your own dreams are offered. Pretty cool, ehh?
To purchase either book, visit http://www.NekawaCrone.com/bookstore
Happy St. Patty’s! (The Joke’s on Me)
Norman Cousins was given a death sentence by the docs, and was told to go home and get his things in order. (This is NO joke!) Instead, Norman checked himself into a hotel room and watched Charlie Chaplin movies all weekend long. He lived another 30 years, effectively having cured himself with humor.
In honor of both St. Patrick’s Day, and of Norman Cousins, I bring you the following St. Patty’s Day humor, and a reminder that laughter is like love, so do both often and hard. Laughing and loving are the sweetness that feeds your soul.
“McQuillan walked into a bar and ordered martini after martini, each time removing the olives and placing them in a jar. When the jar was filled with olives and all the drinks consumed, the Irishman started to leave. “S’cuse me,” said a customer, who was puzzled over what McQuillan had done. “What was that all about?”
“Nothing,” said the Irishman, “my wife just sent me out for a jar of olives.”
Found on: http://www.jokesaboutstpatricksday.com/
May you remember to laugh daily in the face of it all!
~Much love and laughter! 
PS ~To read more about Norman Cousins and the power of laughter, buy Escaping the Chrysalis (Yep, shameful plug!)
The Wisdom of Oz
No, that’s not a typo! The “wisdom of Oz” is the only thing that can save Stella Harris in the upcoming release, The Flying Game. The Wizard of Oz meets Self-Help & New Age philosophy in this inspirational fiction weave. And just like the Tin Man, Stella discovers her heart, and the strength that lies within.
Release Date: May 9th! Click the cover to purchase.
On Affirming the Desired Outcome
“Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.” Napoleon Hill
Contemplating the power of the mind to create change practically demands beginning and ending with the wisdom of Napoleon Hill. But that’s not quite right, is it? From the above quote, taken from Think and Grow Rich, it’s evident that the real beginning and end is in our power, is in fact our responsiblity. Sure, we can read books, seek “masterminds” and set goals, but in the end, as in the beginning, it’s up to us to subjectively take responsiblity for ensuring that our “positive emotions constitute the dominating influence” of our individual minds.
- So, what do you most want?
- What’s your “labor of love”?
- Are you ready fo the “master-key”?
- What wisdom will you express gratitude for today?
- What can your mind “conceive” and “believe” and “achieve”?
- Which envelope will you choose? (Poverty or Riches)
To purchase from publisher: http://www.NekawaCrone.com/bookstore
~With Gratitude.
Enter to Win a FREE Copy of Escaping the Chrysalis on Goodreads
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Escaping the Chrysalis
by Jan Deelstra
Giveaway ends April 11, 2013.
See the giveaway details
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Do YOU Have a Book ‘In’ You?
Is time passing, and you still have not started to write that book that haunts your secret thoughts? If not now, then when is it that you will finally take the steps to become a published writer?
My friend and colleague, renowned book coach, Lisa Tener, is the best at helping new writers get that book started AND finished, AND get published. But you don’t have to take my word for it, just check it out for yourself.
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Don’t wait. Time is running out.
Escaping the Chrysalis Builds Character (Whatever the Challenge)
Regardless of the challenge, there is strength in overcoming adversity. In fact, there may be no better teacher than adversity. With that said, there are experiences in life that are as subtle as a Mack truck slamming against one’s head. And although I would never knowingly invite that sort of brutal lesson, I have fully surrendered to the belief that it is possible to find the blessing in even the most nefarious, challenging, and painful occurrences. It’s not that I welcome these painful lessons either! It’s only that I’ve found it’s better to live like a duck than like a sourpuss. Let the crap roll off, and know that there is a gem to be discovered. It was the theme that is woven through my first book, Blessings in the Mire, and it is the theme by which I live, and by which I write.
So whenever you are ready to find the answers, feel free to check out my most recent release:
Escaping the Chrysalis:
Gestalt Tools for Transformation into Divine Wholeness
by J. Deelstra
begins shipping April 4th!
To Order Directly From the Publisher click the book cover.
Gestalt means whole and so are you!
Award winning author and gestalt practitioner, Jan Deelstra brings to light previously unrevealed trade secrets in her upcoming book,
Escaping the Chrysalis: Introduction to Gestalt Techniques for Self-Esteem for Transformation.
You are perfect in your humanness, and with Escaping the Chrysalis as your guide you can improve upon that perfection!
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Every thought you have and every action you take, or don’t take, creates your life experience.
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Learn to create the life of your desires!
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Reach goals and have a fantastic journey on the way to the destination!
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Learn to map out the path to success and personal empowerment and ultimately to fulfillment!
- Learn techniques for releasing internal blocks that have stopped you from realizing your desires!
- Stretch your limitless potential and achieve more than you ever dreamed possible!
- Do you want more from life? If you do, this book’s definitely for you!
- Attract that soul mate and improve relationships in every arena of your life.
- Attract wealth from multiple sources when you finally understand that you are the source of your wealth.
- Live a rich and abundant life, and share the power with others.
- Improve your self-esteem levels to make for easier sailing even when speed bumps get in your way.
Learn to interpret the messages of your dreams!
Do you realize that your dreams are messages from you to you? Your dreams are full of valuable content that is a precise barometer of how you’re doing on the path of life.
Escaping the Chrysalis: Self-Esteem Tools for Transformation contains a full informative chapter that specifically addresses dreams and how to glean information from your dreams. It speaks to the art form of lucid dreaming, the importance of journaling your dreams, how to set the stage for your dreams, and more! Your dreams are a wealth of valuable content that you really do want to tap into for clarity, problem solving, and for entertainment.
This is the guide-book that we wish our parents had used. They were not privy to this valuable information, but you are! Heal the past. Create the future. Realize balance and wholeness with gestalt techniques.
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Escaping the Chrysalis:
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To Order Directly From the Publisher click the book cover above.
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The first 50 copies of Escaping the Chrysalis will be autographed upon request! Pre-order yours now! Shipments begin April 4th, 2013.
The New Book-Blurb for Blessings in the Mire
Hi. I’m seeking feedback for a blurb that will be used in advertisements for the soon-to-be-released, revised version of Blessings in the Mire. Please leave comments as to the effectiveness of the blurb: Does it make you want to read it?; Does it offer enough information to give an understanding of the book’s content?; Does it scare away the reader, in your opinion?
All comments are appreciated, and I will really take them into consideration. Thanks in advance! Here’s the newest blurb:
Blessings in the Mire: A True Story of Miracles & Recollections by J. Deelstra
Blessings in the Mire is brutal and candid. It is also a “can’t put down” book that leaves the reader spellbound and wanting more. In this memoir-meets-new-age meets self-help true story, written by author and mother of a suicide victim, J. Deelstra, the story begins with the raw emotions of a mother who has just learned of her son’s death. Challenging everything she thinks she knows, Deelstra sets out on a journey that takes her to the “morbid brine” of her innermost darkest thoughts. In the spirit of “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger,” in the end, Deelstra emerges with a strength of conviction that leads to creation of a suicide prevention campaign, and to the writing of this book, Blessings in the Mire.
As readers, we are the voyeurs as she writes personal entries in her secret diary, and tells of childhood memories that built the foundation for her crumbling life. We learn by example, and whether or not we have experienced great loss, there is still a powerful, lingering residue that will cause pause. What have we embraced that may not be our truth, but rather the truth of others?
Visit the author at http://www.JanDeelstra.com
Enter to Win a FREE Copy of The Flying Game on Goodreads
Neener, neener! I just won a FREE book on Goodreads! Not only am I giving away books on Goodreads, I’m also winning them! Woo hoo! And you can too!
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Celebrating Women, Globally
It bothers me that we celebrate women on one specific day. When we start to celebrate humanity, give me a call. Don’t get me wrong, I own my ‘feminist,’ and am proud of the strides we’ve made. It just bothers me that we ever had to fight for human right, rights that it seems to me should just exist, without any fight.
- Why is it, that women in India are “disappearing”?
- Why are young girls forced to marry ‘chosen’ mates?
- Why is it that women are still prey?
- Why is it that congress in the U.S. was recently in a struggle regarding whether or not to continue an already existing law (Violence Against Women Act ~VAWA) that protects women?
Decades after fighting for equal rights, the questions still haunt me. And I hope they haunt you too, until the standard human condition is one of peace and acceptance for diversity.
Regardless, here’s a link to the current celebration:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
And here’s a link to a story about girls in Sudan: http://news.yahoo.com/half-girls-south-sudan-forced-marry-140334618.html
To read more about violence against women, read Escaping the Chrysalis.
What Did the Tin Man Get?
What DID the Tin Man get from Oz?
Click the pic to take the trivia quiz.
Rest In Peace Debbie Ford
It is a sad morning to awaken to news of the loss of one of the greatest illuminaries to ever grace this planet with her presence. Never one to give up a good fight, last night, Debbie Ford surrendered to the waiting arms of angels. Her light ripples will forever extend beyond the farthest horizons.
In the Arms of the Angels Duet by Josh Groban and Sarah McLachlan
If the YouTube video link in tribute to Debbie Ford doesn’t work just copy and paste this link into your browser and watch Sarah McLachlin & Josh Groban: http://youtu.be/zZHrbjhwKik
Death brings the focus onto what is important, to what really matters. Although I will light a candle for Debbie today, my thoughts will be on her light, and on getting things accomplished before my own light goes out. We never do know when that last ripple will be made.
Are You A Transformational Author? Do You WANT To Be?
Although I am not a Hay House author, I am of the mindset that all light workers are of the same cause so I support any kindreds. With that kindredness in mind, I am posting this blog about the FREE Transformational Author Experience. This is the first of many, no doubt, and I will be onboard and encourage you, especially if you write, to also be onboard. Keep reading if this is something that interests you.
If you have ever dreamed of writing and publishing a transformational or inspirational book you’ll want to sign up. It is estimated that approximately 1 MILLION folks will be on for this virtual training! And don’t worry because registration is absolutely free http://bit.ly/10GB2Cm
There are 2 very good reasons why you want to go check out her page right now:
REASON – 1: Expert Training…
Christine has worked a small miracle and persuaded an amazing group of NY Times bestselling authors, transformational leaders and publishing industry experts to give you their best guidance, tips, wisdom and practical advice on how to become a successful published author. I’m talking the best-of-the-best, including bestselling authors like…
* Marianne Williamson
Christine has worked a small miracle and persuaded an amazing group of NY Times bestselling authors, transformational leaders and publishing industry experts to give you their best guidance, tips, wisdom and practical advice on how to become a successful published author. I’m talking the best-of-the-best, including bestselling authors like…
* Marianne Williamson
* SARK
* Lisa Nichols
And top publishing insiders like…
* Reid Tracy (President and CEO of Hay House)
* Reid Tracy (President and CEO of Hay House)
* Wendy Keller (Literary Agent, Author of 31 Published Books)
* Marc Allen (Publisher of Eckhart Tolle’s “Power of Now”)
* Bill Gladstone (Agent for Eckhart Tolle and Neale Donald Walsch)
* Dan Poynter (Self-Publishing Expert)
* Sandy Powell (President of Hay House’s Balboa Press)
Plus many others!
In fact there are 20 experts ready to guide you along the path to becoming a published author – saving you years of struggle trying to figure it out on your own.
Get the details here: http://bit.ly/10GB2Cm
In fact there are 20 experts ready to guide you along the path to becoming a published author – saving you years of struggle trying to figure it out on your own.
Get the details here: http://bit.ly/10GB2Cm
REASON 2: The Transformational Author Writing Contest…
Getting your book idea in front of agents and publishers has always been difficult… That’s why Christine created the Transformational Author Writing contest.
Check out these prizes!
You could win:
* Guaranteed agency representation by Bill Gladstone (Eckhart Tolle and Neale Donald Walsch’s agent)
Getting your book idea in front of agents and publishers has always been difficult… That’s why Christine created the Transformational Author Writing contest.
Check out these prizes!
You could win:
* Guaranteed agency representation by Bill Gladstone (Eckhart Tolle and Neale Donald Walsch’s agent)
* Personal review of your book proposal (and consideration for a traditional publishing contract) by Marc Allen, President and Publisher of New World Library
* Publishing packages with Hay House’s Balboa Press
* And much more! So, if you’ve ever wondered how YOUR idea can become the next great transformational book… If you love the thought of getting your book proposal hand-delivered to the publisher who made Eckhart Tolle famous…. Or of you’ve felt frustrated that you’re not impacting more people and making more money as an author (or soon-to-be author) the Transformational Author Experience is the answer to your prayers! I hope you’ll see the miracle of this invitation showing up in YOUR inbox today. And, I trust you’ll accept this gift and choose to pursue your dream of becoming a successful, transformational author (and entrepreneur). Everything you need to know is in this program, and it’s FR*EE so you have nothing to lose and your DREAM to gain!
http://bit.ly/10GB2Cm
* And much more! So, if you’ve ever wondered how YOUR idea can become the next great transformational book… If you love the thought of getting your book proposal hand-delivered to the publisher who made Eckhart Tolle famous…. Or of you’ve felt frustrated that you’re not impacting more people and making more money as an author (or soon-to-be author) the Transformational Author Experience is the answer to your prayers! I hope you’ll see the miracle of this invitation showing up in YOUR inbox today. And, I trust you’ll accept this gift and choose to pursue your dream of becoming a successful, transformational author (and entrepreneur). Everything you need to know is in this program, and it’s FR*EE so you have nothing to lose and your DREAM to gain!
http://bit.ly/10GB2Cm
I look forward to “seeing” you there!
~As always, with love and light and the utmost gratitude.
PS: Just think – your book proposal can end up on the desk of the publisher who made Eckhart Tolle famous! All the details will be emailed to you as soon as you register! PPS: I know Christine, and she puts on an incredible event. You’ll be glad you took a moment to look at the page and sign up to get access to all of this writing and publishing wisdom.
