April 11, 2010
It’s sunny and warm in DC today. The cherry blossoms on my street have snowed off the trees and the neighborhood is a fresh vibrant green (last week we had pink flakes every time the wind blew).
I’m still over my head in work and challenges. Every day I am more than ever convinced that our country needs a “Gap Year” mentality. Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan woman who won a Nobel Peace award a couple of years ago, says, “You cannot be a leader unless you understand the world you want to lead.”
Check out her interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOnYVeaETps
Isn’t there someone (or sometwo) in the DC area who is looking for meaningful volunteer work? I need a sidekick to brainstorm across the table with me, help me organize volunteers….and follow through with the research, writing, and sending. At this point my volunteers have all disappeared and I’m way over my head. I’m a team player without a team!
So if you are looking to put some passion in your life, and you live in the DC area, send me an e-mail and I’ll send you my phone number. Let’s talk. femalenomad@ritagoldengelman.com
I’m also still collecting volunteers from all over the country….to be LGG’s liasons to high schools in your community. A movement needs tons of people….we do need you. Send me an e-mail, please. Read the last post for more on this.
As I wrote in the Nomad book: I can’t wait to hear from you!!!! (That sentence brought thousands of e-mails! I’m ready and waiting again!) Best, Rita
PS Below is a picture and order form for the new anthology. The publisher, Crown, just told me that if you pre-order now, the sale will go in as a “first day sale” and count toward making this a top selling book in the first week. I’ve been saying wait, but now I’m saying go ahead and pre-order. We want thousands, millions of sales in the first week. It’s a great read and all the royalties are going to send slum kids in India to vocational schools. Buy all your gifts for the year!!! Right here, right now (see below). It’s a wonderful book…..you will laugh and cry and wonder how the world can be so beautiful and so sad at the same time. It’s the perfect summer read. Thanks from me and from all the kids in India whose lives you will change.
I just copied and pasted the icons below into an e-mail. It worked! I’m hoping you will do the same….in your e-mails, on your blogs, and on your websites; feel free to copy and paste. In a few weeks I will put an excerpt here, with a recipe. I’m waiting to get the excerpt from Crown.
Oh, and you have to do a control and click to get to the online stores, not just a click. Thanks. I’m going to be monitoring the sales rankings. So buy lots of books, please.
And just in case you’ve forgotten or never knew, the first book is called, “Tales of a Female Nomad.” It’s still available and I get those royalties personally!! Best, Rita
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I just pre-ordered your new book. I am so excited to receive it come June!! I’ve made a shout out on my blog (http://lifeunderlonepeak.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/buy-this-book-please/) about it and Facebook too. Hopefully, that gets a few more sales!
Please keep your readers updated on how presales are going!!!
Thanks Rita!
Tori, Thanks for the blog promotion and your enthusiasm. It really is a great read. I don’t get reports on pre-orders except for what I see on Amazon and B&N. I’m planning to send a listserv letter and Crown has said they would do a PDF of the opening chapter. I’ll post the link. stay tuned. Rita