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A Warm Welcome
08/15/2024
When Steve Darden called and invited me to speak about my book to the Johnson City Noon Rotary Club, I let him know I was moving over to that club from my previous Tri-Cities Club in July, and would be glad to speak to them!
What a great warm welcome I received as I talked about my book, “Fill the Dam Thing Up!” and shared stories of communicating the Boone Dam project, a $400-million infrastructure project. The dam repair was a 7-year-long project that involved extensive community outreach.
Many thanks to my fellow Rotarians who purchased more books than I have sold since my book launch party, nearly one year ago. Thank you for reading!
"Fill the Dam Thing Up!" is available on Amazon, Audible, the Jonesborough Visitor’s Center, and Hudson’s Books in Kingsport
Do You Remember the 21st Night of September?
08/24/2024
It’s hard to believe it has been one year since I launched my book! A book-marketing and PR guru (hey, every PR person needs a good PR person) – Stephanie with Empower PR, taught me to throw a launch party at a memorable time such as your birthday. What a great idea! I threw my party last year on my birthday-eve, September 21.
That date just happens to provide awesome walk-up music that Earth Wind and Fire wrote just for me (well, not really but it’s a great song…) Do you remember the 21st night of September? That’s when I held my launch party in Spark Plaza surrounded by friends and family.
Since that time, my book has launched far more opportunities than I could have imagined!
I have had numerous public speaking occasions - including most recently to my own Johnson City noon Rotary Club; writing opportunities such as the USSD Society publication and consulting opportunities.
If you are thinking about writing a book I say – Go for it!
