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Examiner.com and Enlightened Ferret blog

Nurturing Paws contributors have been featured in a poetry column by Cherise Wyneken.  In the Examiner.com column, David O'Neal is interviewed about his story, "Streak: The Parrot Who Loves Me."

Rosalie Ferrer Kramer's poem, "Who?" is also featured in the column.

See the full article at:

http://www.examiner.com/poetry-in-oakland/poets-commune-with-creatures-1?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Nurturing Paws was also reviewed this week on the Enlightened Ferret blog, a wonderful blog written by AmyJo Casner.

http://www.enlightened-ferret.com/2011/09/i-received-nurturing-paws-in-mail.html

Check out these great websites!

Whispering Angel Books Video Review Contest

Oprah needs your video review of Nurturing Paws!


Contest

Anyone who posts a video review of Nurturing Paws on Oprah's site will be entered to win either a $100 gift certificate to Amazon or a $100 donation to the animal charity of their choice.

Time is limited, so upload your video today!  Your chances of winning are excellent!  To enter:

Upload your one-minute video review to:

http://www.oprah.com/book_club.html

Click on one-minute book review.

After you’ve uploaded your video, email your name to customerservice@whisperingangelbooks.com telling us you’ve uploaded your video.

All reviews uploaded by Saturday, August 19th will be considered.

That’s it.  A winner will be announced on Monday, August 22!

 

Nurturing Paws and Whispering Angel Books!

I'm happy to announce the great news...

Whispering Angel Books has launched a new and improved website.  Please check it out!

We also just published our latest anthology, Nurturing Paws.  It is filled with great short stories and poems celebrating the positive physical, emotional and spiritual healing effects of animals in our lives.

Nurturing Paws is an uplifting collection of more than 80 short stories and poems demonstrating the remarkable ability of animals to ease our physical and emotional pain while showing us love, compassion and acceptance.

These pieces, written by some of today's most prolific writers, will warm your hear, uplift your spirit and leave you with a greater appreciation of the unconditional love, comfort and friendship we receive from our pets.



Contributor Ysabel de la Rosa: Grief Blog

Whispering Angel Books' contributor Ysabel de la Rosa shared her loving tribute and the enduring life lesson she learned from her little sister in our anthology, Living Lessons.  Now she brings us a new blog called Getting Along With Grief.

Her blog will focus on grief as more a recovery process rather than a traditional "healing" process. "It is not
something we get over, as much as it is a set of experiences and emotions that we learn to live with," she said.  The overall tone will be positive, helpful, honest and compassionate.
 
Beginning in May, monthly themes will be announced. If you have an interest in contributing poetry, prose, brief essay, book review or image, the guidelines are listed on her blog.  The first invitation to readers is to write a haiku for Japan as they recover from the devastation that struck their country.

You can find her blog at:
http://gettingalongwithgrief.blogspot.com

Whispering Angel Books Contributor Cherise Wyneken Joins Examiner.com

Whispering Angel Books' contributor Cherise Wyneken has been named poetry editor for Examiner.com.  She is writing a weekly column focusing on poetry in the California Bay Area.  Her purpose is to introduce the many poets in this area to the community.  She will also analyze their poems for the benefit to those who say they don't like poetry because they don't understand it.         

Tired and retired from teaching and raising four kids, Cherise Wyneken turned to writing. She began by taking creative writing courses at South Florida universities. Selections of her prose and poetry have appeared in a variety of publications, including two collections of her poetry, two poetry chapbooks, a memoir, novel, and a children’s book and audio-cassette.  Her work has also appeared in our very own Hope Whispers and Living Lessons.
 
Cherise's work for children continues as seen on givingbooks2kids.com. She lives in Albany and can be reached at: cwyneken@sbcglobal.net

Please visit her column at:  http://www.examiner.com/poetry-in-oakland/cherise-wyneken

Congratulations, Cherise!


Nurturing Paws - Submissions Closed

The submission period for our next anthology, Nurturing Paws, has now closed.  Thank you to everyone who sent in their wonderful, heart-warming poems and stories about the animals that touches their lives.  We received a record-breaking number of submissions, far greater than for our two previous anthologies.

Please be patient as we receive everyone's entries.  We know everyone put great time and care into their work and we want to show that same time and care in making our decisions.  We will contact each writer as our decision is made.

Thanks again!

Whispering Angel Books

Just One Week Left!

There is only one week left to submit your uplifting and inspirational poem or short story to our latest anthology, Nurturing Paws.  This anthology will celebrate the physical, emotional, and spiritual healing effects that animals have in our lives.  The deadline is next Tuesday, March 15th!

Please see our website for all the submission details and guidelines.  Visit www.whisperingangelbooks.com and click on submit your work.

Nurturing Paws, which will be released this summer, is our third anthology. It joins Hope Whispers, a collection of stories and poems illustrating the power of hope and faith in physical, emotional, and spiritual healing and Living Lessons, which relays life's most enduring lessons on courage, optimism, love and support as taught to us by those important people in our lives.  To learn more about these anthologies, please visit our website.


Submissions Wanted: Deadline March 15th!

Whispering Angel Books is still accepting submissions for its latest inspirational anthology, Nurturing Paws.  It celebrates the physical, emotional and spiritual healing power of animals in our lives.  You may submit poetry or short stories of no more than 1,500 words.  Please see our website for complete guidelines and submission details.

Go to: www.whisperingangelbooks.com and click on submit your work.

Uplift and Inspire Yourself with Affirm Your Life Now

Are you living the life you imagined?  If not, I'd like to introduce you to a new workbook to help you achieve the life you've desired.

"Affirm Your Life Now
by Dianne Hart Pettis is a combination workbook and journal designed to help you attract the prosperous life you were meant to have.  Affirmations are positive statements that are full of creative energy.  Everything you say, think, and focus on has energy.  This workbook helps you to focus that energy using a process called Affirmatting. You'll use a variety of methods all at the same time to increase the power to attract what you do want in your life.  This workbook contains information about affirmations, energy, and how to use the Affirmatting process - as well as sample affirmations for a healthy diet, general health, stress management, finances, healthy relationships, and more.  You'll have enough blank affirmation pages for 8 weeks of journaling.  You'll also be able to track your progress on the weekly summary pages.  Start to affirm the life you want today!"

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The workbook is available spiral-bound or loose-leaf for $12.95 and in a pdf version for $9.99 at www.affirmstore.com.   She can be contacted by email at DPettis@aol.com or via her toll-free number (888) 887-4429.

Celebrate Cyber Monday with Free Shipping

Starting today, Cyber Monday, Whispering Angel Books is offering free priority mail shipping on all orders placed on its website until Saturday, December 18, 2010.

Our  books include Hope Whispers, Living Lessons and Angel's Dance: A Collection of Uplifting and Inspirational Poetry. 

To learn more about our books, please visit our website: www.whisperingangelbooks.com .  Place your order today to guarantee arrival by Christmas! 




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