What Are the Latest Happenings, Sister?!
7th Edition
We’re a tad late this month in getting out our newsletter. Okay, we’re 3 weeks late! Blame it on summer. Actually, we both have had a lot on our plates following our book tour, and have been keeping busy ever since.
How was your Magical Mini Midwest Book Tour?
It was great! We had 11 full days together and wrote about them in our daily log located at
Our Midwest Tour sidebar. If you don’t have an extra hour to read the log, here’s the Cliff Notes® version:
~ We sold 90 books, gave away 5 books for promotional purposes, and persuaded retailers we met along the way to order over 60 books for their customers!
~ We had book signings at 3 bookstores, 2 were well attended.
~ We held 2 “Goals Night Out” events, which affirmed how empowering it is for women to share their dreams and goals with each other. We plan to hold more of these gatherings and if you are willing to host one, please let us know!
~ We met many new Sisters and people who are supporting our efforts, and reconnected with many friends, family members, and Sisters.
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What Were Your Top 5 Book Tour Memories?
We’re glad you asked. In no particular order, Michelle’s are:
1. Being interviewed by radio host Teena Jones, of KMSR 990 AM in Dallas. We bonded so well during our 60-minute interview that I made Teena our newest Honorary Goal Sister!;
2. Walking into the Bloomington Barnes and Noble and seeing a stack of
Goal Sisters and our event poster near the front door;
3. Signing books alongside Ann;
4. Walking through the open field behind Zeno’s Hotel and Restaurant with Ann as the sun set in the beautiful big Midwest sky; and
5. Spending time with my Midwest friends, family members, and Goal Sisters.
Ann’s are:
1. Being at the Bloomington Barnes and Noble and realizing "I am back here with one of my dearest friends and we are living the moment we visualized 2 years ago."
2. The nonstop experiences of reconnecting with old friends and basking in the love and support from all of them.
3. The chance to have in-person goal setting time with Michelle and share time back at Zeno's in Rolla, MO.
4. Being back with the 1st Goal Sister group at the Red Onion in Joplin. This is where we had shared news of the acceptance of our proposal with them. It was great to be back 'where it all began' for the 1st group!
5. Having the 2 Goal Sister groups together at a book-signing event in Joplin. It was great to look out and see the physical evidence of the power of this process and wonderful to have Michelle meet the 2nd Goal Sister group in person!
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Goal Sister Group Success Continues
“Being a member of this Goal Sister group reminded me of the importance of the power, support, love and friendship of other women. There’s nothing like it!” – Jane
Ann has just wrapped up facilitation of her 2nd Goal Sisters group and the results were terrific! Jobs were changed, art was created, exercise time was increased, writing deadlines were met, and home environments enhanced! Seven women spent eight weeks supporting, nudging and celebrating each other’s progress and will continue to do so during monthly meetings!
“I have learned not to be overwhelmed by a project or task by breaking it down into several small obtainable goals.” Michelle
Interested in learning how a Goal Sister group can work for you?
Email Ann for more information. If you’re in the Southwest Missouri area, the next group will begin on September 7th.
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Anything NEW on the Horizon?
Most definitely! For starters, we’re going to change the focus of our newsletters. Until now, they’ve been more like progress reports on us writing and promoting the book. The August 2004 newsletter will be the launch of our new focus on our readers.
Here are some other things we’re cooking up:
~ To be courteous to you, our friends, family members, and Sisters, beginning with the next issue of our newsletter, only people who have subscribed will receive a newsletter. To subscribe, all you need to do is: 1) Enter your email address in the top left column of our site's
What's New? page and 2) Confirm your subscription by answering the email you receive from our site. That’s it!
* If we think you like getting our newsletter and we notice that you haven’t subscribed by the time we’re ready to send out our August 2004 issue, we might help you along by doing the 1st subscription step for you. It’s still up to you to answer the email from our site in order to be officially put on the list!
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Sowing Seeds is a new selection on our site! It lists the different ways people have helped us spread the word about
Goal Sisters, as well as 5 things you can do to help us in these efforts.
~ Announcements of upcoming promotions, events, and activities are listed on our
What's New? page. Don’t forget to sign up for the September conference that Ann will be leading in Branson, MO, and get information on Michelle's attendance at the upcoming Maui Writers Conference.
~ Steve Scott and Ray Michaels of MAGIC radio in Joplin, MO are working with Ann to create a Goal Sisters column on the
Zimmer Radio Group Web site. Watch for it soon!
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That’s it for now! We intended for this newsletter to be short and sweet, but as usual we Gemini Goal Sisters have plenty to communicate. Don’t forget to let us know how you’re doing on your goals and what you think about the Goal Sister process on our
Do Tell Us page.
Until our next newsletter, onward and upward!
Ann and
Michelle
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