According to the American Nurses Association, the US needs 1.1 million registered nurses over the next eight years. If you are, or know anyone who is, interested in nursing, but don't feel you know enough about it to make a career choice or switch, the interviews of nurses conducted by The American Nurse Project are …
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Hey, everybody! Drop by this Saturday between 10 and 2 to see that Caring Lessons and I have finally made it to the Printers Row Lit Fest. Special pricing for the Fest will be $10.00 (normally $13.99). We'll be located at the book tent labeled Y, as in Yes. Ever since Caring Lessons came out almost …
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"Changing Minds about Mental Illness" is a topic close to my heart. For a few reasons why, read my guest post on this tour's site today. Also, please read this short essay to find out what you can do to help individuals living with mental illness and their families. If you're a writer and interested …
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Are you almost ready to finish writing your book? I compiled ten tips that helped me finish Caring Lessons. Check them out on Julie Lindsey's blog, Musings From the Slushpile, the seventh stop on the author blog tour for Caring Lessons. Plan ahead. Think about gifts for those special nurses in your life. National Nurses …
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Each book reviewer on this ten-stop tour takes a slightly different approach. The blogger today, Kathy, at I am a Reader, Not a Writer asked me to answer questions. So, if you're following regularly, click on the link, and I'm sure you'll find something surprising. Like, What would I rather do: text or talk? She's …
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Today's author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Jerri Ann Reason, a dynamic mom who brings all sorts of pertinent information to her readers on her "mom-e-centric" blog. She asked that I write a guest post about when I was a mom of young kids.The title is "Keeping Your ME While Being a …
Today, Caring Lessons is reviewed by Mason Canyon on her blog, Thoughts in Progress. Read her review here. My guest post for this blogger is about the importance of belonging to a writing group. It is most fitting for me to share with you now that one member of our group, Pepper Furey, passed away …
Continue reading Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #2 / Tribute to Pepper Furey
I'm thrilled to tell you that Jodi Webb at WOW-Women on Writing has launched my blog tour for Caring Lessons. Read about it here. WOW! Nice work, Jodi! Thank you! Plan ahead. National Nurses Week is just around the corner, May 6-12. It's gift time! Buy a copy of Caring Lessons and help promote and …
Remember not so long ago when you'd go to a bookstore and hear readings by authors? Now another form of getting to know the author is available: the book blog tour. Caring Lessons was out awhile before I stumbled on information about WOW-Women on Writing on the SheWrites site for women writers. WOW was highly …
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