JUNE 2006
SPIRITED WOMAN NEWSLETTER
Copyright Nancy Mills, 2006.
Issue 38. All rights reserved.
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CONTENTS
- Spirited Woman Quote
- Editor's Spirited Message
- Spirited Woman Q & A – Rochelle Krich
- Upcoming Spirited Woman Workshops
- Host a Spirited Woman Workshop
- New! Spirited Woman Events & Activities
- Blog ? of the Month & More
- Join the Spirited Woman Club - Get a Free Listing
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SPIRITED WOMAN QUOTE
“Take the road. Any road. Just take a risk and be rewarded by your action.” - Nancy Mills
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EDITOR'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the world of SPIRITED WOMANHOOD.
Summer is almost upon us and SPIRITED WOMAN has mucho things going on. In the San Francisco Bay Area, to celebrate the new season and to kick off summer, Elizabeth Easton has offered her Oakland home on June 24th for a wonderful new event, which will be a combination SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP and a wine & cheese networking party. It’s going to be so much fun, and I invite you to tell your friends and to attend. For more info on it, go to: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_workshop/. We’re also offering special summer rates for this workshop.
The SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE phone conversation series continues to attract lots of wonderful women attendees – from LA to Miami. Our next guest is author/icon/playwright Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey on June 6th at 10 am PST. There are still some spaces left and I personally invite you to sign up for the call at http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/.
Our first three conversations have been intimate, revealing, and so very rare – none of the women on this series has ever done a teleseminar before and it’s a fabulous opportunity to speak with someone you might never get the chance to speak with in an up, close and personal way. For those of you who missed the first conversations they are available as an MP3 or PDF transcript.
And another summer celebration is in the works! Expect a blow-out summer scarf sale really soon. We’ve sold 100’s of SPIRITED WOMAN scarves since we started featuring them in our online store and at the workshops. As a thank you and as a salute to our new summer colors, we are going to be offering a special sale with a great discount. So look for it in your e-mail in-box.
This month, our SPIRITED WOMAN Q&A is with famous mystery author Rochelle Krich, who has written 14 critically acclaimed novels, from “Where’s Mommy Now?” to her bestselling Molly Blume mystery series. For Rochelle, crime is her beat and her passion. Her extremely candid interview is all about truth, the pursuit of justice, and commitment. It’s a very inspirational read.
As always, I would like to thank you for your support, comments, enthusiasm, and friendship. And for those of you new to the newsletter, I'd like to welcome you to our growing numbers. YOU inspire me, always. And I genuinely look forward to meeting you (again or for the first time) in person at a SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop or within our new SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE.
The SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter is meant to be fun, informative, and inspirational. Your free monthly tool to stay connected with other spirited women nationwide. I welcome you forwarding this newsletter to ALL your spirited friends.
Nancy Mills
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SPIRITED WOMAN Q & A
ROCHELLE KRICH
I met Rochelle Krich on a bus in Chicago at the Book Expo two years ago. This very pretty woman (that would be Rochelle) sat next to me, and with our convention badges on – we went through the typical hellos and “What do you do?” conversation. I almost fell over when I found out she was a highly successful mystery author (she looked so sweet), with over 10 books to her credit. Her first book “Where’s Mommy Now?” even went on to become a made-for-TV-movie. Not bad for a woman who published her first novel post 40.
Since that fortuitous ride, Rochelle and I have stayed in touch. We both live in LA, are fascinated by murder (I read three mysteries a week) and when her book signings are in LA, I always try to attend. In fact, I am a fan of one of her characters, Molly Blume, her famous Jewish female detective. Rochelle, 58, is the mother of six kids (three boys and three girls), the grandmother to eight, and has been married to her husband Hershie for most of her adult life.
Currently, Rochelle is working on her 15th book, tentatively titled “Mind Games” and she is busy touring the country on her constant and numerous book tours. She took time out from her busy schedule to do this interview, and I am truly elated that she will also be our SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE guest on August 1, at 10 am PST. We both look forward to having you join us on the call. Rochelle will be sharing a lot more about her life of crime and her pursuit of justice.
Now, here’s Rochelle in an interview that I believe is as candid as they come. I urge you to read it. Rochelle is a true fighter for the underdog and a woman on a mission to see that justice is fair play for one and all.
Q. You are the daughter of holocaust survivors – how did that affect you growing up?
A. When I was growing up I was probably less aware of how it affected me than later as an adult looking back. I would say we had a sense of more earnestness and seriousness in our home, but it was not a morbid environment. I really credit my parents for establishing a normal home under the circumstances when their lives had been anything but normal. I also credit the fact that I have surrogate aunts and uncles, all holocaust survivors, so my community was a healthy one. My mother didn’t talk as much about her experiences, my father talked more. My father had a wife and two daughters who perished in Auschwitz and I discovered that when I was a young teenager – it was a very mind-jolting discovery and it really turned my world upside down because I could never get over the realization if my father’s wife had not perished, I would not exist.
Q. You were past 40 when you wrote your first book, “Where’s Mommy Now?” - why did you wait so long to write your first book?
A. Looking back I use to say, oh well raising six children and all that – that’s not really true. I think if you are committed or passionate about doing something you will do it. It doesn’t matter if you have six children or fourteen children. I think Danielle Steele had many, many children and she sat down and wrote. For me I think it was more fear of failure. As long as I was fantasizing about being a published writer I couldn’t fail. In my fantasy I could be on the New York Times, I could be Oprah’s pick, whatever I wanted to be. You know the fear is what if I started writing after 35 or 72 pages and I had nothing left to say. When I start a book, every book, I say oh-my-god will I have enough material for a book and I look at page three and I am overwhelmed. That fear is still there. Before I was published I said what if I finished a book and I can’t find an agent, or a publisher, or everybody who reads my book says go back to teaching high school English.
Q. Were you surprised by “Where’s Mommy Now?” success?
A. I was really surprised and thrilled. The first agent I sent it to called and he wanted to represent me. And I was just beside myself with excitement as you can very well imagine. Then I called him about something a few days later, and he said on second thought he had some reservation about the plot, the character, everything he had been raving about a few days before, and he said so, if you want to work on it…. and I said no, because I just didn’t trust him anymore. So it went out unedited and a new agent sold it, and it went on to win an award. What it taught me was one agent was one opinion. You have to pay attention to what people say, but you can’t let one comment cripple your imagination or your drive or your determination.
Q. I read that in college you considered pursuing a career in law or medicine. I also read that you always dreamed of becoming a published writer. Tell us about that.
A. I love medicine and I love law, anything with criminal justice, those have always been my passions. I actually got to be a doctor in a book, when I wrote a medical thriller called “Fertile Ground.” I wrote a legal thriller called “Speak No Evil.” So in a sense by becoming a published writer, I was able to pursue all my aspirations. If I had it to do all over again, I don’t know if I would have gone to medical school, but I would have gone to law school. When I was young, I was always a storyteller and a reader. They would have to drag me away from the books to eat dinner or help clear the dishes – it was always one more chapter. Then when I was raising kids it was always one more chapter. I just love words – there is a magic and a music to words – and I’ve always been enchanted by the world that fiction could take me to.
Q. How did a nice Jewish mother with six kids become fascinated with and start writing about murder?
A. I think that is just self-explanatory raising six kids. Teaching high-school English to all these adolescents. It naturally leads one to a life of crime. But, I’ve always loved mysteries and as a kid I loved playing the game. I loved playing with the detective. I loved trying to be the detective. As an adult reader and as an adult writer – I still love the game very much. I am very careful about making the game work as the writer and I am frustrated as the reader when the game doesn’t work because I feel it is just not fair. In addition to that, I love the sense that at the end of a crime fiction novel justice is served, ordered is restored and that probably goes back to my being the product of parents who survived one of the greatest injustices in the world.
Q. How did you juggle raising six kids, have a full-time career as an educator, and writing your novels?
A. Well not always successfully. I have to be honest. And I think anybody who says you can do it all and do it all truly well – I’d like to meet that person. I don’t think it’s possible, I really don’t. I think you make choices. Most of the time you prioritize well, sometimes you don’t. I was away from home on my book tour and I missed moments, and in the scheme of things they were not huge moments, but for me personally they were important moments. Every night I was on the road, I’d sing a lullaby to my son who was a toddler at the time – but it’s not the same as being there – to tuck your child in and give a kiss and say goodnight.
Q. Your books touch upon very serious subjects. In “Blues in the Night” you wrote about postpartum illness – how has that disease affected your life & family?
A. Well I can say thankfully that it has not affected my life and family. But I was doing research into the subject because I was fascinated and appalled in particular by the Andrea Yates case. I wanted to examine that situation. I was really trying to learn whether it was possible that a woman could kill five children who she loved and say with sincerity that she did it to save their souls. I just didn’t know if that was possible, so I wrote that book, and I explored the subject and I created a woman, Lenore, who shook her baby to death. After talking to numerous therapists who specialize in post-partum psychosis, I believe that she certainly was mentally ill and that she should never have been incarcerated. But, I wanted to know if my character was like Andrea Yates or was she like Susan Smith who lied and cried on national TV and said a strange black man drove her car with her two boys into the lake - and we found out she did it because her boyfriend didn’t want a family.
Q. Do you consider yourself an advocate for justice?
A. I do, yes. And again, I do it through my fiction. I often mentally write letters in my head when I am upset by something. I don’t usually send the letter. I should do it more. But my novels are those letters. And also it’s an inspiration for me as I said before, because often I will start a book with a mindset or an opinion and ultimately at the end, I find that my opinion has changed – sometimes five degrees, sometimes 180 degrees. But that is okay. I enjoy the opportunity of taking the reader on that journey with me.
Q. What advice would you give other women to pursue their dreams?
A. I would say follow your dream, it may sound very trite but it’s true. Don’t be afraid of failure. My cousin in Florida recently told me that the guy who started Priceline.com failed five times before he came up with it – and look who’s laughing now. I think most people have failed efforts in their lives before they ultimately succeed. The ones you read about in the newspaper are of course the successes, but they don’t tell you about the 10 or 15 years of struggle before the person achieves success in whatever form or whatever career.
Q. Why do you feel that you are a Spirited Woman?
A. I think I am a Spirited Woman because first of all I embrace the company of women. Some of the most important people in my life have been and continue to be women friends, daughters, and aunts. I find that I gain from my relationships with women in ways that are immeasurable and I find that women inspire me, encourage me, understand me, empathize with me, propel me, and bring out my best qualities. I think I’m spirited because I want to make a change in the world. I do it through fiction, but there are countless ways for women to make a difference.
THANK YOU ROCHELLE. KEEP ON BEING OUR EYES AND EARS FOR JUSTICE.
Rochelle Krich would love to hear from you. She invites you to visit her website at: http://www.rochellekrich.com. You can also e-mail her at: rochellekrich@aol.com.
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/newsletter/
Presently there are 37 past interviews online for you to read.
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SPIRITED WOMAN MEDIA COVERAGE
What a thrill! What a ride! It seems as though every day the workshop or the new circle is being mentioned - somewhere. Wow. Whether it's via the print media or the Internet, we're out there - catching on. Plus, Nancy is being asked to do more personal interviews in print, radio, and TV. So this is all great news!
Please go to: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/press/ and read all about us!
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UPCOMING SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOPS
Get out your SPIRITED WOMAN drum and dance around the house. More and more women are attending the popular SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop all across the country. Who-ee! Over 600 women have signed up to date. So, don't miss out! Be sure to check out the calendar listings below and see what's in store for your area.
The SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop includes three hours of creative playfulness and growth. Emphasizes your ALIVENESS and reinforces YOU ARE ENOUGH AS YOU ARE. Great for transitions, movement. Attendees range from writers/artists/healers to business owners. Led by Nancy Mills, Creator of the Spirited Woman Approach to Life. Limited to 12 women. Offered at amazing locales.
For more info on and to see new pictures on the workshops please go to:
http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_workshop/. You can also call Nancy Mills at her toll free number: 888-428-1234 (in Santa Barbara call 805-698-3555) or e-mail her at: NancyMills@TheSpiritedWoman.com.
To sign-up, credit cards are accepted on-line at: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/signup/ and via phone at 888-428-1234. Workshop checks are mailed to: Nancy Mills, P.O. BOX 20042, Santa Barbara, CA 93120. Checks must be received within 10 days of making a reservation. All payments due in advance of each Spirited Woman Workshop. All reservations final. Partial scholarships offered.
BE SURE TO GIVE A SPIRITED WOMAN GIFT CERTIFICATE. The workshop makes a wonderful, uplifting gift for a special person in your life. Makes a GREAT gift for daughters (age 13+). Go to http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/signup/ or call Nancy at 888-428-1234.
2006 SPRING/SUMMER WORKSHOP CALENDAR
SAN DIEGO
Saturday, June 17, 2006
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Time: 1-4 pm
Locale: Bird Rock Yoga, 4651 Mission Blvd., Pacific Beach, CA 92109
http://www.BirdRockYoga.com
Cost: $95, Special Mother/Daughter Rate: $175
OAKLAND
Saturday, June 24, 2006
****SPECIAL EVENT*****
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP & WINE & CHEESE PARTY
Combination 3-hour workshop & wine & cheese networking party
Time: 1-6 pm
Locale: Elizabeth Easton’s home (TBA to attendees)
SPECIAL RATES: $95 for workshop & wine & cheese, return attendee rate $50, and special $95 buddy rate for two if sign-up with a friend
SANTA BARBARA
Saturday, July 22, 2006
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Private Santa Barbara Estates (TBA to attendees)
Cost: $95, Special Mother/Daughter Rate: $175
LOS ANGELES
Sunday, July 30, 2006
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Black Box Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., WLA, CA 90025
Cost: $95, Special Mother/Daughter Rate: $175
BOULDER
Saturday, September 16, 2006
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Private Boulder Retreat
Cost: $95, Special Mother/Daughter Rate: $175
BOULDER
Sunday, September 17, 2006
SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
Time: 1-4 pm.
Locale: Private Boulder Retreat
Cost: $95, Special Mother/Daughter Rate: $175
MORE!!! SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOPS
In addition to several California locales, Nancy's goal is to teach more out of state workshops - see city wish list below. She is also open to your suggestions for other cities and is currently available for speaking engagements.
Atlanta
Dallas
Houston
Memphis
Miami
Portland
New York
San Antonio
And, if you're wondering…the SPIRITED WOMAN Workshop has been held in the following cities to date:
LOS ANGELES
NASHVILLE
PORTLAND
EUGENE
ASHLAND
LAS VEGAS
LAUGHLIN
SAN FRANCISCO
SANTA BARBARA
SAN DIEGO
BERKELEY
MAUI
OAKLAND
SEATTLE
CARLSBAD
PHILADELPHIA
KAUAI
SACRAMENTO
TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS.
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HOST A SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP
In your city.
It's great fun! You'll love it. Anyone who hosts a workshop in their home or business receives a free workshop, great publicity, and a chance to meet other fantabulous women. Since the workshop size is small, most spaces work out ideally. If you'd like to host a workshop, go to our host page and fine out how to do it: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/host_a_workshop/. Or please feel free to call Nancy at 888-428-1234.
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NEW! SPIRITED WOMAN EVENTS, OPENINGS, & ACTIVITIES
We want YOU to participate in our new SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE – a remarkably, inspiring 1-hr phone conversation series with famous women at 10 am PST, the first Tuesday of the month (except on holidays). To find out more and to register, go to: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/
NEW IN OAKLAND/SAN FRANCISCO – This event was just added. On June 24th, Elizabeth Easton is hosting a SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP & WINE & CHEESE NETWORKING PARTY at her home in Oakland. There are special rates offered for this event by calling Nancy at 888-428-1234 or e-mail her at: nancymills@thespiritedwoman.com. To find out more about the workshop, visit: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_workshop/
PICTURES OF LANE TANNER EVENT NOW UP – For those of you who missed our wonderful May “Spirited Woman Goes Spirited with Lane Tanner” event in Santa Barbara, check out these fun pictures: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/lanetanner/
If you missed our first three SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE conversations they are now AVAILABLE in MP3 or in PDF transcripts. Guests: author Janet Fitch, radio host Frances Halpern, and Selena Templeton, Calendar Editor of “The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/
Visit our new e-SPIRITED WOMAN! STORE. We’ve now made it easier to buy products, plus we still have our buy 5, get 1 free special going on. What a deal! Go check it out at: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/spirited_woman_store/
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THE SPIRITED WOMAN BLOG
For those of you who have never blogged – don’t worry – we have really easy instructions on our blog page on how to post. So, please try it. It’s fun!
Here’s the June blog question of the month.
Do you have a spirited woman story about your life that you’d like to share with us?
Just click on: http://www.TheSpiritedWoman.com/go_blog_blog_blog/
We really, really want to know.
ALSO keep those other blog posts coming in too - and BE SURE TO TELL US WHY YOU FEEL YOU ARE A SPIRITED WOMAN. We want to know that too.
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AND NOW FOR THE THANKS!!!!!!!
Selena Templeton – I thank you for being our third guest on the SPIRITED WOMAN CIRCLE conversation series. You gave us all the inside “scoop” on how important those first 50 words are in Hollywood & beyond. We loved your George Clooney story too and we were just a little envious when as Calendar Editor of The Hollywood Reporter – you picked up the phone one day to find him on the other end. Selena THANK YOU for sharing your stories and wisdom!
For those of you who want to hear Selena, her conversation is available in MP3 or in a PDF transcript. Go to: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/registration
Lane Tanner is the best! Not only is she a fantastic wine maker, but she is charming, gracious, and fun! Those of us at the “Spirited Woman Goes Spirited with Lane Tanner” event in Santa Barbara last month had a blast. THANK YOU LANE FOR JOINING US! To see pictures of this great event go to: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/lanetanner.
And THANK YOU, as always, to the many wonderful spirited women who have attended the workshops and have hosted it…you are ALL fantabulous and fun.
Plus, I'd like to say a BIG THANKS to the many attendees who have referred their spirited women friends, mothers, and daughters to the workshop. Means so much.
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THE SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB - LISTING BOARD
WE’VE CHANGED OUR FORMAT!
Here's the good news. If you have taken the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP you are automatically a member of the SPIRITED WOMAN CLUB, and you'll receive a FREE listing (up to 60 words) - monthly. For those of you who have not taken the workshop (come on girls, you need to join the club!) - the listing is $25 per month per listing. What a great deal!
This listing board is a great way to advertise your service, business, workshop, event or WHATEVER - and to stay connected with other spirited women. Currently, the newsletter reaches over 2,400 women. Think of it as your very own SPIRITED WOMAN DIRECTORY. Be sure to check out what other women are offering and support them! Also, see below HOW TO PLACE A LISTING.
To shorten our newsletter and to keep our ads current – the 10 most recent listings will be featured in the newsletter. The ENTIRE newsletter listing board is now on our website at: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/newsletter_ad/
POCKET REFERENCE JOURNALS – Publishers of informative, personal health and financial record organizers. Perfect as incentives for patient education programs, corporate wellness programs, walking clubs, associations, baby showers, mortgage brokers, bankers, insurance brokers, or for yourself. Written by health and financial professionals. Attractive and informative they’re perfect for you or your clients. Can be customized too! Call 714-965-4570. http://www.pocketreferencejournals.com
DO SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE - the 5th annual fiberarts judged challenge sponsored by Fiberarts Connection of Southern California, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3). Visit http://www.fiberartsconnsocal.org for guidelines and entry form. Deadline - August 31, 2006. Pieces will be posted online and will travel for a year to live venues throughout the U.S.
JOY MANIFESTING TELESEMINAR – Every Monday 6 pm PST at 605-772-3300 and 569 569#. Learn the science and magic of manifestation. Rotating presenters, including master channeling. Followed by an invitation to an abundant life without debt.
HUGS, HOPE AND PEANUT BUTTER: Bouncing Back After Hitting Bottom. Humorous essays illustrated by critically ill children. An inspiring book for any woman who's faced tough times. And isn't that EVERY woman? Laugh out loud as the author recounts in Erma Bombeck style, her own life experiences and lessons learned from them. http://www.hugsandhope.org/pb.htm
THE GIRL BLUE PROJECT is a FREE, self-awareness program for teen girls combined with the performing arts and community service. Our sole purpose is to awaken the truest potential in young women by promoting discipline, non-judgment, self-acceptance and self-discovery. We are a grassroots, 501(c)(3) organization funded by individual and in-kind donations. For more information and to support us visit: http://www.thegirlblueproject.org.
BARBARA SCHIFFMAN: TUNE IN TO THE MOON as your energy-map for structuring projects, goals &/or life-shifts. Learn to use the Moon's phases to focus and energize your projects or goals from EvoLuminus Coaching's Barbara Schiffman. Her Moon Cycle MasterMind includes weekly group phone sessions with guided Zodiac meditations plus online support and networking all month long. Info: 818-846-3043 or mooncycle@charter.net.
"SHARING WITH WRITERS" is the official Authors' Coalition
(http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com ) newsletter. We're a group of serious writers--experienced and aspiring--who are dedicated to the mutual support and development of each others' careers. Sign-up by sending an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject line to: HoJoNew@aol.com
DIVINE FEMININE, a Modern Mystery School for men and women with Caroline Muir, Joan Heartfield, Ph.D., Saida Desilets and Tomas Heartfield (www.divine-feminine.com) hosts 3 day Initiation Retreats and 10 day certification training programs. Write to us at info@divine-feminine.com to receive our free newsletter. Or call Joan at 808 572-1250.
CUDDLE PARTIES in SF BAY AREA! Come join other spirited women (and men!) for the kind of pajama-party-non-sexual touch we used to love as kids, with the added benefit of heartful, respectful communication. A most inspiring, rejuvenating way to spend an afternoon! For more info, e-mail: suz@cuddlepartysf.com
WE’LL COACH YOUR INNER INNOVATOR OUT OF HIDING - Feeling stuck in your own business? Need to design more innovative products or services? Are you a coach, trainer, manager or artist who needs inspiring new programs? Seeking a creative retirement? At Creative Sage, we design exceptional creativity programs for businesses, nonprofits and individuals. Contact Cathryn Hrudicka, Chief Imagination offer: sage@CreativeSage.com http://www.CreativeSage.com
PARLOR PERFORMANCES - Jeannine Frank's "accidental performing arts series" (now in its 16th year!) presents comedy, cabaret, authors, & more in a cozy West LA concert hall -- and also books artists for fundraisers, conventions and special events. For free monthly e-calendar or more info, contact Jeannine at frankent1@juno.com or call (310) 476-6735.
HOW TO PLACE A LISTING
E-mail a 60 word or less description of your listing (word count must include phone number and such) by the last day of each month (i.e., June 30 for July 1 issue) to: NancyMills@TheSpiritedWoman.com and put "LISTING BOARD" in the subject line.
All past SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP attendees receive ONE FREE listing EACH MONTH. All additional listings are $25 per item per month.
For those of you who have NOT attended the SPIRITED WOMAN WORKSHOP it cost $25 per listing per month. Please follow the above instructions.
You can pay for listing via credit cards online at: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/newsletter_ad/ or by calling Nancy Mills at 888-428-1234. Checks for all payable listings are to be received in advance of the next monthly issue (July 1) and sent to: Nancy Mills, P.O. BOX 20042, Santa Barbara, CA 93120.
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PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHER SPIRITED WOMEN.
Permission is granted to reproduce, copy or distribute the SPIRITED WOMAN newsletter with the understanding that the copyright notice and all the content is to be attributed to Nancy Mills, the SPIRITED WOMAN Newsletter. Copyright Nancy Mills, June 2006. All rights reserved.
Please Note: The Q&A portion of the newsletter IS NOT available for use in and of itself unless written permission is given by Nancy Mills. Recently, someone posted our Q&A on her blog without my permission and that is not okay.
THANKS FOR YOUR SPIRIT! SPIRITED WOMEN! AND YOUR SUPPORT!
PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERY SPIRITED WOMAN YOU KNOW!