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WOW! Women On Writing announces Mari McCarthy's blog tour!
Blog Tour Dates:
April 30 - May 25, 2012
You're invited! Meet Mari and visit her fabulous blog hostesses.
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Has your journaling lost its groove? Do you grab a pen and draw a blank? Do you rant but never revel? Or maybe you've been sitting on the sidelines and never joined in the dance. Here's some good news--your relationship with your journal can change in just 8 days!
Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days by Mari McCarthy addresses the most common roadblocks to a consistent, long term, satisfying relationship with your journal. Find your motivation, find a topic, toss the pen and grab the glue stick . . . or learn to confront your inner critic. Whatever has been holding you back will be addressed in this short book of prompts.
Stop by The Muffin today for an inspiring interview and comment for a chance to win a copy of Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days AND a Journaling Jumpstarter Kit (pictured right), which includes Create Write Now's Signature Journal (spiral bound), 85 of Mari's Most Musefull Journaling Tips (spiral bound), and a luscious lavender scented pen. For an extra entry, link to the post on Twitter with the hashtag #7DaysStart. The giveaway contest closes this Thursday, May 3 at 11:59 PM, PST. We will announce the winner in the comments section the following day, Friday, May 4.
Bloggers: Mari's tour is pretty booked up (she's a popular lady!), but if you'd like to participate in hosting one of our authors please e-mail us with your request, or simply reply to this e-mail. Be sure to check out our Upcoming Tours section below. Be sure to sign up for our Mass-Blogging Events. These are fun-filled blogging days where everyone blogs about a certain topic. They are great exposure for your blog!
Authors: If you'd like to schedule a tour for yourself, please reply to this e-mail. We look forward to hearing from you!
Write on!
~ Robyn, Angela, and Jodi ~ (Your Hostesses)
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 About the Author:
When Multiple Sclerosis robbed her right side of strength Mari decided to teach herself to write with her left hand. She gained more than strength, she found herself-buried talents, hidden baggage, and a way to heal herself from the inside out.
Now a certified Journal Therapist, Mari shares her knowledge and experience with others by teaching them how to find their own strengths and talents and use them to solve problems and achieve goals.
Find out more about Mari by visiting her online:
   
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You may remember Mari from her popular Journaling Challenges. If you've never participated in one of her challenges, you should definitely give it a try. They are free, fun and rewarding! You will discover new insights about yourself. The next challenge is on May 7 - 13 Who Are You? 7 Days Journaling Challenge.
For complete dates, check out Create Write Now's Journaling Challenges Events Calendar: http://www.createwritenow.com/journaling-center-calendar/
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| About Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days |
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 Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days
by Mari L. McCarthy
Create Write Now's new workbook is the jump-start you need to start a life-long, life-altering journaling practice. In this 36-page journaling therapy workbook, you will:
- Address and overcome the common roadblocks new journalers face, from struggling to finding time to write within a busy schedule
- Build a collage that serves to keep your journaling practice on track throughout the coming weeks and months
- Create confidence in your writing skills and in personal goals
- Open up to natural creativity and to freeing the imagination
- Explore a variety of journaling prompts that spark your creativity and keep your pen moving
- Schedule and organize a writing practice
Think of this workbook as your personal coach on your journey to set up and keep a transformative Journaling for the Self of It™ Practice. It can be a daunting task to get to the core of and overcome your personal journaling roadblocks and behaviors. Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days helps you simplify your workload.
Available as a spiral-bound print copy, an e-book, and for Kindle.
Reviews:
"With McCarthy's encouragement, at the beginning of each work day, I get out my journal. I write about that day's project, focusing on what about this subject will make a young reader or fellow writer say, 'Wow.' With this focus, I'm getting into my writing assignments that much faster. With the confidence this gives me, my voice is stronger than ever.
"What obstacles stand in the way of your writing? Whether it's a writing problem or something else that is sapping your energy, spend some time looking deeper with McCarthy's Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days. You may find the answers you need even if they aren't the answers you expected."
~ Sue Bradford Edwards, Author and WOW! Columnist [Read Sue's full review and check out her collage on The Muffin.]
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Another WOW! team member, Anne Greenawalt, shares her experience in the video below!
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Let's Kick Off the Blog Tour!
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April 30 @ The Muffin! - Today!
Stop by The Muffin for an interview with Mari McCarthy, and enter to win an e-copy of Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days, plus a Journaling Jumpstarter Kit, which includes Create Write Now's Signature Journal (spiral bound), 85 of Mari's Most Musefull Tips (spiral bound), and a luscious lavender scented pen!
http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/
May 2 @ All Things Audrey
Descriptive Journaling--just how do you capture the experience? Mari has some tips...and Audry treats us to a review of Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days.
http://allthingsaudry.blogspot.com/
May 3 @ Margo Dill's Read These Books and Use Them
Step over to the silly side! Scribble, draw, make up stories...learn the benefits of playing in your journal. Winner's Choice Giveaway!
http://margodill.com/blog/
May 4 @ I Was Just Thinking...
Did you know that non-writers can be even better at journaling than writers? Mari McCarthy explains...
http://bellewoodfarm.blogspot.com/
May 7 @ Book Bags and Catnaps
In a writer's fog? Mari tells how to shake it off!
http://bookbagsandcatnaps.com/
May 8 @ The World of My Imagination
What unleashes your energy, unlocks your imagination, excites your life and ambitions more than anything? Mari tells us how to find our wellspring!
http://theworldofmyimagination.blogspot.com/
May 10 @ A Slice of Life
While describing emotions comes naturally to many, some people have a very difficult time writing about how they feel inside. Mari McCarthy shares some tips.
http://lindahoye.com/
May 11 @ Happy, Healthy, Whole-The Journey to Find Balance
Is your perfectionism getting in the way of your journaling? Mari is here to help! http://healthy-happy-whole.com/
May 12 @ Barbara Conelli's Chique Show on Blog Talk Radio
Join us for a special LIVE interview on Blog Talk Radio! Barbara Conelli, the hostess of Chique Show, will be interviewing Mari McCarthy at 12 noon, Eastern Time.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/barbaraconelli
May 14 @ Chynna Laird's Lily Wolf Words
The "I Remember ..." Prompt: A Technique for Self-Discovery - Applying this simple technique over a month (or a lifetime) is a way to create your own self-portrait, analyze it, and then put your discoveries to positive use in your life.
http://www.chynna-laird-author.com/
May 15 @ Lisa M. Buske
Lisa offers her review of Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days
http://lisabuske.weebly.com/blog.html
May 17 @ Dream Hour
How adept are you at accessing the treasures revealed by your spontaneous self? Join Mari for a talk on spontaneity! Also, great fun with a giveaway (your choice of prizes) and Jessica's review of Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days!
http://dream-hour.com/
May 18 @ A Tattered Past
There's a reason your Inner Critic talks the way it does. Mari shows us how to understand that reason and to turn it into a tool that will help instead of hurt you. Rita shares her book review and there's a Winner's Choice Giveaway!! FUN!
http://www.tatteredpast.blogspot.com/
May 21 @ NerdFamily Things
Before we can discover Paradise we need to know what Pardise is--sketch out your idea of Nirvana with Mari McCarthy!
http://www.nerdfamilythings.com/
May 22 @ Books, Books, the Magical Fruit
Does spring's beauty leave you speechless? Use your journal to magnify the joy. Mari shares some jumping-off places!
http://booksbooksthemagicalfruit.blogspot.com/
May 23 @ CMash Loves to Read
Mari shares some offbeat journaling practices and we have a Winner's Choice Giveaway for you! Come join the fun!
http://cmashlovestoread.com/
May 24 @ Callie Kingston
We make up all kinds of hairy monsters that threaten our happiness and very existence. Mari shows us how to use our journal to face the enemy and make a deal.
http://calliekingston.blogspot.com/
May 25 @ Crazy for Books
Come on by! Jennifer is sharing her review of Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days.
http://crazy-for-books.com/
We may have more dates to come, so be sure to check out our Events Calendar HERE.
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| Participate in a Mass-Blogging Event! |
If you have a blog, consider participating in a mass blogging event. These are fun-filled blog-hopping days where everyone blogs about a certain topic. Topics include everything from writing about family relationships to your favorite recipe. Your blog would be featured on The Muffin and sister blogs. Join the fun! Check out our upcoming mass blogging events: ----------
The Art of Loving Life (open to interpretation)
Dates: May 23 - June 23
The Art of Loving Life: What is it that makes your life poetic? How do you find beauty in every day? Do you have a favorite memory to share? One that sums up your idea of a beautiful life? Share your thoughts!
We will launch this mass-blogging tour with a guest post on The Muffin by Barbara Conelli, author of Chique Secrets of Dolce Amore. All participants will be listed by date, blog name, and url (linked). Contact: Please contact Robyn robyn@wow-womenonwriting.com for more details (including prize information) and to secure your date.
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Favorite Childhood Memories Date: May 30 Favorite Childhood Memories: These could be your own childhood memories of favorite memories of days spent with your children. Tell us about when the carnival came to town, your first puppy, ice cream with Grandpa, the time you really got into trouble (bit it was so much fun), or even the best Christmas ever! We will launch our mass blogging day on The Muffin with a guest post by Steena Holmes, author of Finding Emma. All participants will be listed by blog name and url (linked). Contact: Please contact Robyn robyn@wow-womenonwriting.com for more details (including prize information) and to join in the fun! ----------
"To me, Italy is Chique Because . . ."Date: August 1
For this mass-blogging event we have a writing prompt! Each participant's post will begin with "To me, Italy is chique because..." Need ideas? No problem! Barbara Conelli will be touring with her book Chique Secrets of Dolce Amore from June 25 - August 24, so just follow along on Twitter @WOWBlogTour for links to fun facts and virtual tour of Italy.
We will launch our mass blogging day on The Muffin with a guest post by Barbara Conelli. All participants will be listed by blog name and url (linked). Contact: Please contact Robyn robyn@wow-womenonwriting.com for more details (including prize information) and to join in the fun!
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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: May 7, 2012 - June 1, 2012
Title: Ragdoll Redeemed: Growing Up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe
Author: Dawn Novotny
Genre: Memoir
Synopsis: When she married Joe DiMaggio Jr., Dawn thought she would be leaving the tough days of her childhood behind her forever. She didn't know that her new husband was bringing memories of his own tough days into the marriage--and a need to recreate his wife as his very own Marilyn. Ragdoll Redeemed tells the tale of Dawn's escape from her marriage and search for the real Dawn as well as the feelings that Marilyn's and her life were somehow connected after her first ill-fated marriage.
Participate! Please email us with "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line and your available dates. We schedule 2-3 stops per week from May 7 - June 1. You will receive a copy of Ragdoll Redeemed by Dawn Novotny. We look forward to hearing from you!-----  About the Author:
Dawn Novotny is a successful psychotherapist who has met and conquered many personal challenges: sexual abuse, poverty, breast cancer, addiction, and blending families. She is now a happily married mother of three biological children, two step-children and six grandchildren who hopes her journey through life can help others walking the same path. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 Tour Dates: June 25, 2012 - July 20, 2012
Title: Chique Secrets of Dolce Amore
Author: Barbara Conelli
Genre: Nonfiction
Synopsis: Fascinating, enthralling and seductive travel and life tales about unexpected encounters with the capricious, unpredictable and extravagant city of Milan, its glamorous feminine secrets, the everyday magic of its dreamy streets, the passionate romance of its elegant hideaways, and the sweet Italian art of delightfully falling in love with your life wherever you go.
Participate! Please email us with "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line and your available dates. We schedule 2-3 stops per week from June 25 - July 20. You will receive a copy of Chique Secrets of Dolce Amore by Barbara Conelli. We look forward to hearing from you!-----  About the Author:
Barbara Conelli is an internationally published bestselling author, seasoned travel writer specializing in Italy, and Chiquenist on the mission to bring Fantastic Fearless Feminine Fun into women's lives. In her charming, delightful and humorous Chique Books filled with Italian passion, Barb invites women to explore Italy from the comfort of their home with elegance, grace and style, encouraging them to live their own Dolce Vita no matter where they are in the world.
Author's website: http://www.barbaraconelli.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tour Dates: June 4, 2012 - June 29, 2012
Title: Finding Emma
Author: Steena Holmes
Genre: Women's Fiction
Synopsis: A child torn from the arms of loving parents, a relationship torn apart from loss... Megan sees her daughter Emma everywhere. She's the little girl standing in the supermarket, the child waiting for the swings at the playground, the girl with ice cream dripping down her face. But it's never Emma. Because Emma's been missing for two years. Unable to handle the constant heartache of all the false sightings, Megan's husband threatens to walk away unless Megan can agree to accept Emma is gone. Megan's life and marriage is crumbling all around her and she realizes she may have to do the thing she dreads most: move on. When Megan takes a photo of a little girl with an elderly couple at the town fair, she believes it to be her missing daughter. Unable to let go, she sets in motion a sequence of events that could destroy both families lives.
50% of the proceeds of this book will be donated to The Missing Children's Society of Canada - an organization dedicated to reuniting families. Visit www.mcsc.ca for more information.
Participate! Please email us with "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line and your available dates. We schedule 2-3 stops per week from June 4 - June 29. You will receive a copy of Finding Emma by Steena Holmes. We look forward to hearing from you!-----  About the Author:
Author of the new heart wrenching story Finding Emma, Steena is a woman who believes that "in the end, everything succumbs...to the passions of your heart." Steena's life revolves around her family, friends, and fiction.
Author's website: http://www.steenaholmes.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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We hope you join us on this fun journey of self-discovery for Mari McCarthy's latest journaling workbook. This tour will be filled with goodies and great advice for keeping a daily pen to page practice.
Stop by The Muffin today for more information and comment for a chance to win a signed copy of Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days!
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