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WOW! Women On Writing announces Debra Stang's blog tour!
Blog Tour dates:
November 21, 2011 - December 23, 2011
Come and join the fun! Meet these Debra and visit her fabulous blog hostesses.
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Dear ,
There's something so touching about our relationship with animals. They teach us about ourselves and make us better people. It's their innocence that tugs at our heartstrings. They give us something to be thankful for.
At WOW! we found it fitting that we are starting Thanksgiving week with the tales (or "tails") of patients, families, and medical professionals telling how thankful they were for a pet during a time of hospice care. Like any family member, these furry (and feathery) family members brought comfort, joy, happy memories and even laughter with them.
Hospice Tails: The Animal Companions Who Journey With Hospice Patients and Their Families is made up of fourteen true stories about pets and the role they played in a hospice patient's care. This book made me cry! (It also made me smile.)
Stop by The Muffin today for a wonderful interview and leave a comment or ask a question for a chance to win a signed copy of Hospice Tails. For an extra entry, link to the post on Twitter with the hashtag #HospiceTails. The giveaway contest closes this Thursday, November 24th at 11:59 PM, PST. We will announce the winner in the comments section the following day, Friday November 25th.
In today's interview, Debra chats about her decision to quit her full-time job as a social worker and take the plunge into becoming a full-time writer. So if you have any questions about taking the plunge yourself, want to chat about her book or anything else, stop by today and comment. She'll be checking in!
Bloggers: If you'd like to host Debra on your blog, please e-mail us with your request, or simply reply to this e-mail. Also, be sure to check out our upcoming tours in the sections below.
Happy reading!
~ Jodi & Robyn ~ (Your Hostesses)
** Feel free to copy any part of this e-mail and share it on your own blog or in your newsletter. |
 About the Author
In addition to her parents and two sister, Debra's family includes four cats. The current crew includes a grouchy nine-year-old named Achilles; and orange tabby and alpha male named, appropriately enough, Alexander; and a black and white long-haired cat with attitude named Leroux. Then there's the foster cat named Pumpkin. Of course, it all started with a three-month-old brown-and-gray tabby named Calypso who had strong feelings about most people. And not warm fuzzy feelings. Calypso even had the dubious honor of being banned by not one, but two vets.
When not caring for cats or writing, Debra spent many years as a social worker. She worked with AIDS patients, emergency room patients, and those with Alzheimer's. Her final years as a social worker were spent with hospice patients. Although some would view that as a depressing job, Debra chose to view herself as a catalyst helping people make their final hopes and dreams come true. Sometimes it was making up with a family member after a decades long feud or leaving behind the stress of the office to reconnect with another aspect of their personality.
Debra took a clue from her patients and recently decided her writing--for years a part-time career--couldn't wait any longer. Worried she would become one of those people who would one day say, "I wish I had..." she handed in her resignation and is now living her dream as a full time writer.
Author Website: http://www.debrastang.net
Author Blog: http://debrastangfreelancewriter.typepad.com
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 Hospice Tails: The Animal Companions Who Journey With Hospice Patients and Their Families
by Debra L. Stang
Told from the perspective of a hospice social worker, Hospice Tails is a baker's dozen of stories about the animal companions of hospice patients and their families.
In these pages you will meet King, an abused pit bull fiercely loyal to his rescuer, Fizzle, a teacup poodle who guarded his human in death as well as life, Io and Oi, two cats who facilitated a beautiful conversation between their owners, and Lightning, a horse who helped a widower find the strength to go on. Uplifting, matter-of-fact, sometimes funny and never sappy, Hospice Tails will change the way you think about the animals in your life.
Paperback: 108 pages (and e-book)
Publisher: Booklocker.com Inc.
ISBN-10: 161434261X
ISBN-13: 978-1614342618
Twitter Hashtag: #HospiceTails
Hospice Tails is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble in both print and e-book formats. |
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Let's Kick Off the Blog Tour!
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Monday, November 21 @ The Muffin! - Today!
Stop by The Muffin for an interview with Debra Stang, and enter to win a signed print copy of Hospice Tails.
http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/
Tuesday, November 22 @ Writer Inspired
Debra Stang, author of Hospice Tails, addresses that problem every writer faces with "Only 24 Hours in a Day? Making Time for Writing."
http://writerinspired.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, November 23 @ Sugar Peach
Learn the importance of using humor in your writing and enter to win a copy of Hospice Tails, a book where author Debra Stang used humor to balance out the sadness.
http://sugarpeach.wordpress.com
Monday, November 28 @ My Reading Room
We all take care of someone. Debra Stang, writer and former social worker, reminds us about who we should be taking care of first. You can also enjoy a review and enter a giveaway for her book Hospice Tails.
http://myreadingroom-crystal.blogspot.com
Tuesday, November 29 @ Lisa Is a Bookworm
That furball of yours is more than just an alternate alarm clock...find out the health benefits of Owning a pet. You can also enter to win a copy of Hospice Tails.
http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com
Wednesday, November 30 @ Kritter's Ramblings
Enjoy family gatherings today and learn about a book that tells the stories of another type of family members: the pets that share our lives. Don't miss this review of Hospice Tails by Debra Stang.
http://www.krittersramblings.com
Tuesday, December 6 @ Mom-e-Centric
Meet author Debra Stang up close and personal in her podcast plus enter to win Hospice Tails, her book about animals and their contribution to the lives of their sick owners.
http://www.momecentric.com
Wednesday, December 7 @ Crazy-for-Books
Have you ever tried to tell the stories closest to your heart? Author Debra Stang shares her experience. Return tomorrow for a review of her touching book Hospice Tails.
http://crazy-for-books.com
Thursday, December 8 @ Crazy-for-Books
Don't miss a review of the book that will have you crying, laughing and sighing all in one chapter. Hospice Tails by Debra Stang.
http://crazy-for-books.com
Tuesday, December 13 @ Selling Books
Learn everything you always wanted to know about author Debra Stang in an interview at Selling Books.
http://SellingBooks.com/
Wednesday, December 14 @ Me and Reading
Stop by for an interview with author Debra Stang and a review of her book Hospice Tails.
http://www.ingasilbergbooks.com
Thursday, December 15 @ The Caregiver's Voice
Stop by for a review of Debra Stang's book Hospice Tails and the opportunity to ask her questions about hospice and the value of animals to patients, their families, and medical professionals.
http://www.thecaregiversvoice.com/
Friday, December 23 @ Reviews by Molly
Take time out from your gift buying frenzy for a gift just for you! LAST CHANCE to win Hospice Tails, a touching story of loving pets by Debra Stang.
http://www.reviewsbymolly.com
We may have more dates to come, so be sure to check out our Events Calendar HERE.
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| Want to host one of our touring authors? |
 Upcoming Author Tours: If you have a blog or website and would like to host one of our authors below, we are still accepting a few choice blogs to participate in our Partnership Program.
Come and join the fun! Please email Jodi & Robyn at blogtour@wow-womenonwriting.com and put "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line. Please tell us the author you are interested in and your available dates. We'll get back to you with the details if you are accepted. We look forward to hearing from you!
Content for your blog: All of our touring authors are available for interviews, or they will provide a guest post on a topic related to the writing process or their book. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Tour Dates: December 5, 2011 - January 6, 2012
Title: Dark Chocolate for the Journaler's Soul: 17 Personal Journaling Stories for Healing and Growth Author: Mari McCarthy
Genre: Writing Inspiration
Synopsis: The fifty-one page Dark Chocolate for the Journaler's Soul e-book compiles the journaling journeys of seventeen journalers who have shared their stories on Create Write Now's Journal Writing Transforms You blog. Reading these stories is both comforting and enlightening, sort of like dark chocolate, a food that is good for your health despite being sinfully delicious! In this eBook, travel with journaling experts as they reveal: - What you should do when you find yourself cheating on your journal
- How you can make the Blank Page work for you
- What it's like to reconnect with your Inner Kid
- How journal writing hastens healing
- What the best time of day to journal is
...and many more journal writing tips and tricks, ideas and inspiration that will help you jumpstart your personal journal practice for the first time or the four-hundredth time. Participate! Please email us with "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line and your available dates. We schedule 2-3 stops per week from December 5 - January 6. You will receive a copy of Dark Chocolate for the Journaler's Soul by Mari McCarthy. We look forward to hearing from you!----- About the Author:
Mari L. McCarthy is The Journaling Therapy Specialist, founder of Create Write Now and Journaling for the Health of It (TM). Mari offers guidance, counseling and encouragement to writers through her many journaling eBooks and in private Journaling Jumpstart consultations. Mari's hosting the next Peace of Mind and Body: 27 Days of Journaling Challenge starting January 2, 2012. Please join her!
Author's Website: http://www.createwritenow.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tour Dates: December 12, 2011 - January 12, 2012
Title: A Whisper to a Scream (The Bibliophiles - Book One)
Author: Karen Wojcik Berner
Genre: Women's Fiction
Synopsis: Annie Jacobs has dreamed of the day she would become a mother since the first time she held her Baby Tenderlove doll. Unfortunately, biology has not cooperated with her plan, and she finds herself dealing with a diagnosis of unexplained infertility instead of picking out baby names.
Across town, stay-at-home mom Sarah Anderson is just trying to make it through the grocery store without her toddler hurling a box of rice at a fellow shopper. She is exhausted from managing the house, a first grader and a toddler, all without any help from her work-obsessed, absentee husband. A Whisper to a Scream is the story of two women on opposite ends of the child-bearing spectrum who come to realize the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side of the fence. A vivid portrayal of contemporary marriage and is problems, the novel speaks to a longing in all of us, a yearning that might start as a vague notion, but eventually grows into an unbearable, vociferous cry. Participate! Please email us with "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line and your available dates. We schedule 2-3 stops per week from December 12 - January 12. You will receive a copy of A Whisper to a Scream by Karen Berner. We look forward to hearing from you!----- About the Author:
Karen Wojcik Berner lives a provincial life tucked away with her family in the Chicago suburbs. If it was good enough for Jane Austen, right? However, dear Miss Austen had the good fortune of being born amid the glorious English countryside, something Karen unabashedly covets, so much so that she majored in English and communications at Dominican University. Like the magnificent Miss Austen, Karen could not help but write about the society that surrounds her.
A booklover since she could hold one in her chubby little toddler hands, Karen wanted to announce to the world just how much she loves the written word. She considered getting a bibliophile tattoo but instead decided to write about the lives of the members of a suburban Classics Book Club. The series is called, of course, The Bibliophiles.
When she's not reading, writing, or spending her time wishing she was Jane Austen, Karen can be found sipping tea or wine, whichever is more appropriate that day, and watching Tim Burton movies or "Chopped," her favorite foodie TV show. Author's Website: http://karenberner.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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We hope you'll join us on this inspiring blog tour for the Debra Stang's book, Hospice Tails. If you're an animal lover, you will enjoy these heartwarming stories.
Remember to stop by The Muffin today and comment for a chance to win a signed copy of Hospice Tails!
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