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I Transform, You Transform: A Self Improvement Autobiography to Help You by Andrew Bushard @AndrewBushard

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Biographies fill bookstores and libraries, but rarely if ever, do we find an explicitly self help biography. Step by step, through each period of his life, Andrew Bushard shows you how he has constantly improved himself, encouraging you to do the same. We reap the greatest rewards when we constantly improve ourselves and this work shows you exactly how.

Targeted Age Group:
18+

How is Writing In Your Genre Different from Others?
While some biographers use the biography genre to teach lessons and inspire others; usually biographies only seem to do this rather implicitly. Instead, I sought to intertwine my life journey with specific self improvement steps. Through hopefully thought provoking questions, I attempted to inspire the reader to learn from my experiences.

What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers?
I would tell them perseverance is the key. Keep trying and keep looking for new opportunities.

Author Bio:
Andrew Bushard is a writer, runner, motivational speaker, and musician. Additionally, he founded the organization, Free Press Media, which is dedicated to advancing and celebrating freedom of expression. Andrew currently resides in Austin, TX.

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I wanted to write a biography of my life, emphasizing the growth and transformation, I initiated.

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Black Girl’s Guide to Winning at Love & Life by Stephanie Small @thesupersistah

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What inspired you to write your memoir?
An awful statistic stated that 47% of black women will never wear a wedding dress. As an educator, professional development trainer and personal growth coach with my own relationship woes, I felt I was in a position to help. Black Girl’s Guide to Winning at Love & Life is part memoir, part satire and part cultural analysis. It’s written to help black women change their story and their lives.

If love is a race, this book helps women of color cross the finish line first!

About your Book:
IF LOVE IS WAR, MAY THE BEST WOMAN WIN!

There’s a battle brewing for love, the good life and the hearts of black men. Who will win? The answers are broken down between the pages of this how-to guide in 5 basic steps. Without apology or pulling punches, Small reveals to single sisters everywhere why the “other” girl is making sweet love to the brothers who should be their boyfriends, while 47% of black women will never wear a wedding dress.

Using what she calls the FIVE B’S for Becoming a Better Black Woman, Small rescues single sisters from dating doom by outlining the emotional and psychological challenges that they must overcome to be at their best. Like the strictest drill sergeant or tough love sister-friend, the author coaches black women on how to:

• Overcome angry black woman BIAS
• Fight BRAINWASHING indoctrination
• Maximize BEAUTY as a strategic asset
• Release and unload emotional BAGGAGE
• Be BETTER mentally, physically and emotionally

Best described as a relationship boot-camp guide for getting yours, the book is equal parts as funny as it is infuriating. Black Girl’s Guide to Winning at Love & Life successfully gives black women the one thing they need: strategies for winning at love, life and everything in-between.

How did you decide how to publish your book and where is it published through:
It is published through 2S Publishing.

How do you see writing a Memoir as different from writing other genres of books?
Memoir is more personal. It’s more revealing. There is nowhere to hide when the characters aren’t fictional. Writing a memoir is like leaving parts of your heart, mind and spirit on the page for everyone to see.

Author Bio:
While pursuing a degree in psychology, Stephanie Small discovered a love for writing and an affinity for giving good advice. A former social work counselor, she is currently a certified trainer and college lecturer with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in the Arts. A woman of the world (Canadian-bred with West Indian roots, now living and loving in New York), Stephanie works as a Professional-Development Coach and Training Strategist specializing in Adult Education. Her life’s goal is to educate individuals on how to overcome their fears and discover their own personal power.

Known as the Super Sistah in the Blogosphere Stephanie writes a successful blog @ www.thesupersistah.com

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Sky Eyes by Kriss Erickson

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Stacy Bewick is lost. Lost inside her head. Born to parents who abused her body, mind and soul, Stacy survived through psychic connections to angelic spirit guides and by creating inner personalities.

By the time Stacy was two, the personality called “Marla” knew how to find food in the paper garbage sack in the kitchen. When she was four, the personality called “George” knew how to be strong enough to block the pain from Mommy’s forsythia whips or Daddy’s leather belt.

Stacy didn’t grow up in a remote village or a primitive culture. Stacy grew up in a small town in New Jersey in the 1960s.

Sky Eyes is a very personal journey into dissociative identity disorder One of the main visible symptoms of DID is the lack of a single stable personality. Like posttraumatic stress disorder, DID is created as a result of trauma and extreme, prolonged abuse.

Stories like Sybil and The Three faces of Eve help readers connect with adults who suffer from DID. Sky Eyes is unique in that it describes each personality as it develops in a child. Step into Stacy’s world and discover what happens when society ignores abuse.

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Stacy Bewick is lost. Lost in a world inside her head. Voices tell her when it’s safe to look for food and when to ‘blank out’ until the Dark Ones–her parents–have finished doing unspeakable things to her.

Some of the voices are angelic spirit guides that comfort her. Some of the voices come from inside her head. From before birth, Stacy has been creating inner personalities to help her survive a constant barrage of abuses as Mommy and Daddy attack her body, mind and soul.

“Wax Child” was the first of the Inner Ones, formed when Stacy was in Mommy’s tummy, to ward off the tidal waves of fear and pain that flooded her. By the time Stacy was four, she had over a dozen Inner Ones.

“Marla” knew how to steal quarters from Daddy’s desk to buy bananas from the kind Hispanic man that drove a rusty pickup filled with fruit down the street twice a week. “Wild One” was allowed to scream when Mommy and Daddy’s punishments lasted too long. When she was five, Stacy’s head was so noisy that she decided she’d have only as many Inner Ones as she had bones—207.

Stacy didn’t grow up in a remote village or a primitive culture, but in a small town in New Jersey in the 1960s.

Sky Eyes is a very personal journey into dissociative identity disorder. One of the main visible symptoms of DID is the lack of a single stable personality. Like posttraumatic stress disorder, DID is created as a result of trauma and extreme, prolonged abuse.

Targeted Age Group:
18 and up

How is Writing In Your Genre Different from Others?
Sky Eyes is the only book about Dissociative Identity Disorder that is told from the perspective of the individual inner ones, or parts. It is also the only book to my knowledge that shows how and why inner personalities are developed, and describes the inner turmoil as the splitting of the self occurs.

What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers?
Write sincerely, write from your heart, and don’t let anyone tell you who you should or should not be.

Author Bio:

Kriss Erickson Cover Letter:

Kriss Erickson is a versatile freelance writer who has had over 1,000 pieces published since she began writing professionally in 1981. She has often illustrated her work, and has provided photographs when needed.

Kriss had a cookbook, titled Healthy Gourmet Cheesecakes: Simple Recipes for Sensational Cheesecakes, published in January, 1998 by Avery Publishing. ISBN# 0-89529-783-3. In January of 2004, Kriss completed a series of children’s books titled Bug Buddies (pictured above), for San Min Publishers in Taiwan. Kriss has also written essays for several editions of the popular anthology series, “A Cup of Comfort.”

As a survivor of child abuse, Kriss recently published an e-book titled Sky Eyes: Dissociative Identity Disorder from the bottom up, that describes how and why a child begins to dissociate, how named personalities develop and how growing up with scattered energy affected her ability to interact with other people. Sky Eyes is available from AKW Books.

Kriss also published in ebook format, books I – III of a fantasy series, titled: The Land Behind the Veil: Brownbird’s Luck as an e-book through AKW books. Book II: Journey to Brodantia was published in May of 2010. Book III: Inner Unicorn was published in 2012.

Kriss also published an energetic explanation of the Runes: Before There Were Words in 2012, with Synclectic Media.

Kriss completed a Master of Arts in Counseling, a Certificate in Spiritual Direction in May of 2003, and is a Reiki Master teacher. She is currently working on book III of The Land Behind the Veil and on Heart Runes—showing how runes help people see the major themes in their lives.

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Life Is A Blender – Radical Parenting Tips That Will Save Your Sanity – The Complete Series – Parenting Skills That Work for Single, Divorced And Happily Married Couples by Yana Berlin

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What inspired you to write your memoir?
My biggest accomplishment in life is my four children. As they got older they asked that I write a parenting manual for them to follow when they have kids. Since I don’t have a degree in phycology or any teaching credential, I thought that writing a parenting manual would be just what they would want.

About your Book:
‘Life Is A Blender’ personifies a rich blend of wisdom intermingled with proven strategies

on raising kids to be happy, hard-working and successful adults- – – adults, who have the potential to making their parent’s proud. Hopefully, the valuable precepts on parenting found in

this book, be the ‘mantra’ for all those embarking on a parenting journey.

How did you decide how to publish your book and where is it published through:
I’ve decided to self publish, but when I was finished with the book, E-boks were so popular I’ve decided to take that rout.

How do you see writing a Memoir as different from writing other genres of books?
It’s very personal and very exposing.

Author Bio:
Yana Berlin is the founder of Fabulously40.com, devoted to the celebration of all things “woman,” especially the challenges and joys women face juggling their careers, children, relationships and life’s other issues.

Fabulously40.com. is a social network for women that catalyzes its members to celebrate and embrace their life. Since launching the site in 2006, Mrs. Berlin has been connecting and supporting women all over the world. Her unique background as a successful business woman and in the creative arts, coupled with being the mother of four

rambunctious teenagers, provides for her distinctive insight into the daily joy, challenges and circumstances women face today. Mrs. Berlin has published many editorials on Fabulously40.com addressing these issues and offering solutions, strategies and tips on how women can interact with one another to solve obstacles they face in today’s hectic world.

In 2011, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Yana vowed to write a parenting memoir because her kids asked her and in hopes of reminding parents that they have to be parents first and friends much later in life. Life is a Blender, reads like a novel. Her frank views regarding the topics of marriage, divorce, single-parenting, re-marriage, blending a family, rules and discipline, the role of grandparents and siblings, chores, responsibilities and schooling are utterly refreshing. Life Is A Blender is chock full of humorous, yet crucial, tips and advice on raising your kids to be happy, honest and successful adults – adults who will want to continue their family bond throughout their lives.

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Back from the Abyss: The Autobiography of a Low-Bottom Alky by Kieran Doherty

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In Back From the Abyss, Kieran Doherty takes the reader along on the wild ride that was his life. With a voice reminiscent of Pete Hamill’s in A Drinking Life and a childhood as tough as Frank McCourt’s in Angela’s Ashes, he tells his story, full of wit, bravado, and Irish charm. We watch him change from altar boy to rebel … then throw away a promising career in the theater. We follow him through his almost unbelievable adventures in the military … through four marriages and countless lovers … through the alcohol-fueled crimes that ultimately landed him in prison … and, finally, through the ugly reality of the cancer that killed him. Along the way, we get a feel for the internal pain, the constant struggle of the “low-bottom” alky to make it from one day to the next.

Targeted Age Group:
18+

Author Bio:
Kieran Doherty started his writing career as a journalist. For more than 40 years, he wrote newspaper and magazine articles about business, travel, health, and investing. During that time, he also published several short stories and 14 nonfiction young adult books. One of those books, Sea Venture, a history of the settlement of Bermuda and Jamestown, was nominated as Nonfiction Book of the Year by the Library of Virginia. His memoir, Back From the Abyss: The Autobiography of a Low-Bottom Alky, was completed shortly before he died in 2010 at the age of 64.

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