Returned home yesterday from a wonderful weekend in Palestine, Tx. We were guests of honor at the Palestine Community Theater, and got to see 'Ghosts' the musical. It was my first musical since being activated, and it was great! I had a book signing, sold some books, made some new friends, hit up the local thrift store, ate some yummy food, and took the girls to see The Croods (it was really good).
Last night we had a meeting to go over the Advocare 24 Day Challenge we started this morning. I'm excited about this venture. Days 1-10 are 'cleanse' days, and I know my body could use it. The girls and I have been running errands and decided to stop for a pedicure :) We are getting our garden ready, so we're heading to the feed store to get seeds afterwards. Both our girls have gymnastics tonight.
Tomorrow, my oldest daughter Olivia starts art lessons. she is so excited. Tomorrow night I speak at a DynaMaxx meeting in Arlington.
This is my Monday in a nutshell!
Monday, March 25, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Schedule...
Ok, several have asked that I post my schedule on here......I'll post what I know so far. There are several things that are 'in the works' but I don't like to post until it's a sure deal ;) I'm open to speaking gigs and signings, just holler at me for details.
March:
Thursday, March 21st: I'll be at a "Meet the Authors Night" in Cleburne at Wright Plaza. 5:30 to 9. There will be several other authors there, as well as a wine tasting and snacks. I'll be signing books and speaking.
Saturday, March 23rd: I'll be in Palestine, Texas at Old Magnolia Mercantile starting at 11. I'll have books.
Tuesday, March 26th: I'll be speaking and doing a signing at 'Setting the Pace, Team DynaMaxx' in Arlington, Texas. Starts at 6:30.
There are some other possible things for March, but it's looking like they'll be moved to April.
April:
Friday, April 12th: I'll be in The Woodlands for a book club that's hosting me. I'll be speaking and signing books there at 1 at the Country Club.
Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th: I'll be at the Super Stakes in Fort Worth! I'll be at the Justin Insurance booth on both days. Stop by!
There are some church things that may pan out, and a signing at a local beauty salon, as well as a few other things. I'll post once they are set in stone. I appreciate you all following along :)
March:
Thursday, March 21st: I'll be at a "Meet the Authors Night" in Cleburne at Wright Plaza. 5:30 to 9. There will be several other authors there, as well as a wine tasting and snacks. I'll be signing books and speaking.
Saturday, March 23rd: I'll be in Palestine, Texas at Old Magnolia Mercantile starting at 11. I'll have books.
Tuesday, March 26th: I'll be speaking and doing a signing at 'Setting the Pace, Team DynaMaxx' in Arlington, Texas. Starts at 6:30.
There are some other possible things for March, but it's looking like they'll be moved to April.
April:
Friday, April 12th: I'll be in The Woodlands for a book club that's hosting me. I'll be speaking and signing books there at 1 at the Country Club.
Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th: I'll be at the Super Stakes in Fort Worth! I'll be at the Justin Insurance booth on both days. Stop by!
There are some church things that may pan out, and a signing at a local beauty salon, as well as a few other things. I'll post once they are set in stone. I appreciate you all following along :)
WOW!
Ok, so yesterday I did an 'AMA' on reddit. WOW! I was completely overwhelmed at the response and still have not gotten through all the questions. I'll do another one when I'm more prepared and schooled on the whole thing. Thank you guys!!! I've offered to do a 'Q & A' type thing here on my blog, but it never took off, so I assumed the reddit thing wouldn't fly well either. I was wrong!
Anyway, I wanted to take a moment to remind some of you folks that I do have a public Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/sarahmchurman
If you are a 'Facebooker', go check it out :) I try to keep it current with interviews, upcoming signings, book news, and just general stuff. I do giveaways from time to time too. I really appreciate all of you out there. I wanted to thank those of you who have left a review of my book on Amazon. If anyone else that has read the book would like to help me out and leave a review, the link to do so is:
http://www.amazon.com/Powered-SOUNDS-Choose-Hear-NOISE/product-reviews/0985603356/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
I GREATLY appreciate you guys!!!!!
If anyone is wondering where to buy a copy of my book at, go to www.indigoriverpublishing.com, or you can purchase a signed copy from me as long as you pay shipping.
I hope everyone is having a fantastic Monday so far, I plan to make it a good one. I have groom dogs coming, and then I foresee a pedicure in my future :)
Anyway, I wanted to take a moment to remind some of you folks that I do have a public Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/sarahmchurman
If you are a 'Facebooker', go check it out :) I try to keep it current with interviews, upcoming signings, book news, and just general stuff. I do giveaways from time to time too. I really appreciate all of you out there. I wanted to thank those of you who have left a review of my book on Amazon. If anyone else that has read the book would like to help me out and leave a review, the link to do so is:
http://www.amazon.com/Powered-SOUNDS-Choose-Hear-NOISE/product-reviews/0985603356/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_summary?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
I GREATLY appreciate you guys!!!!!
If anyone is wondering where to buy a copy of my book at, go to www.indigoriverpublishing.com, or you can purchase a signed copy from me as long as you pay shipping.
I hope everyone is having a fantastic Monday so far, I plan to make it a good one. I have groom dogs coming, and then I foresee a pedicure in my future :)
Friday, March 15, 2013
Some have suggested that my Facebook posts are worthy of my blog......so I'll give it a go! Today is Friday! It's a beautiful day here in North Texas :)
Ellie May Clampett post #296: I should be cleaning my house and getting ready for 'Girls Game Night'......but my new Kitchen Aid mixer was screaming to be sent out on its maiden voyage.....so what's a girl to do? Bake up a batch of organic dog biscuits of course!
I'm sure my dogs are thrilled......but I really should bake something for all my friends coming over tonight ;) Im off to do that!
Ellie May Clampett post #296: I should be cleaning my house and getting ready for 'Girls Game Night'......but my new Kitchen Aid mixer was screaming to be sent out on its maiden voyage.....so what's a girl to do? Bake up a batch of organic dog biscuits of course!
I'm sure my dogs are thrilled......but I really should bake something for all my friends coming over tonight ;) Im off to do that!
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Best Seller & Mover and Shaker!!!
Sarah and I just wanted to shoot out another e-mail saying THANK YOU to all who participated in yesterday's best seller launch on Amazon. By 8pm last night, 'Powered On' earned the best seller title! Sarah's book started out the day ranked #381,773 out of all books on Amazon. She went all the way to spot #361! She got 'best selling biography/memoir' coming in at #64 out of the top 100 best sellers, and eventually earned #1 'mover and shaker' on Amazon books. We are so excited, but more importantly, so grateful for everyone who helped make this happen. We hope everyone who ordered books will enjoy them and return to Amazon to leave a review.
Indigo River Publishing is a great group of folks to work with, and we greatly appreciate them and their heart. We are excited to see where things go from here, and we are prepared for whatever else God has for us.
Sarah has a radio interview this Tuesday with a station out of Philadelphia that has 3 million listeners, as well as a book signing in Marshall/Jefferson, Texas this weekend at Books and Java. She has news interviews, radio interviews, and paper interviews lined up for Shreveport for this event. March has several things lined up at churches, health fairs, meet the author nights, etc. Your further prayers are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sloan & Sarah
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Whew!
Well, not gonna lie........I once again have gotten behind on here :( Lots has gone on! I am in the works of starting a video blog, maybe I'll be better about that. We shall see. Lol. Anyway, our main focus at this point is the 'best seller launch' that is happening this Saturday, the 9th. I previously posted about it, but it is now 4 days away and I'm getting SO nervous. Here's the link to the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1259389100867831/
Hope that some of you guys will feel led to share, invite your own peeps, and be a part. I greatly appreciate it. Also, today an interview I did with a fellow blogger is posted today! Here's a link to that:
http://lipreadingmom.com/2013/02/05/meet-sarah-churman-youtube-star-and-author-of-powered-on/
In other interesting news, I was contacted by a Korean TV station wanting to do an interview, I'll post more info when I get it. There are several exciting things that are 'in the works' for us......but I'm not one to count my eggs before they hatch, so more on that as it comes to fruition.
The last few days have been pretty warm here in Texas, and my girls have been enjoying it to the fullest. We have a new miniature horse named 'Macho', and Olivia rides him every chance she gets. Elise prefers the bigger horses and rides with Daddy a lot. This Saturday Ms. Elise will have her 3rd birthday party. I've rented a monkey to come do a show, and the girls have no idea. Sloan and I have managed to keep it a secret all these weeks and we are so proud of ourselves. Lol. Anyway, they are gonna freak when it arrives Saturday :)
I hope everyone is having a great week so far, hope this nice weather holds out.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1259389100867831/
Hope that some of you guys will feel led to share, invite your own peeps, and be a part. I greatly appreciate it. Also, today an interview I did with a fellow blogger is posted today! Here's a link to that:
http://lipreadingmom.com/2013/02/05/meet-sarah-churman-youtube-star-and-author-of-powered-on/
In other interesting news, I was contacted by a Korean TV station wanting to do an interview, I'll post more info when I get it. There are several exciting things that are 'in the works' for us......but I'm not one to count my eggs before they hatch, so more on that as it comes to fruition.
The last few days have been pretty warm here in Texas, and my girls have been enjoying it to the fullest. We have a new miniature horse named 'Macho', and Olivia rides him every chance she gets. Elise prefers the bigger horses and rides with Daddy a lot. This Saturday Ms. Elise will have her 3rd birthday party. I've rented a monkey to come do a show, and the girls have no idea. Sloan and I have managed to keep it a secret all these weeks and we are so proud of ourselves. Lol. Anyway, they are gonna freak when it arrives Saturday :)
I hope everyone is having a great week so far, hope this nice weather holds out.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
I need your help!
Friends, family, and supporters,
First I want to thank you all again for all the support you guys have shown Sloan and I lately! Coming to book signings, buying the book, spreading the word, etc. It all means so much that you have taken the time to do these things. We realize folks are busy, as we get busy ourselves and have to make time for certain things. That being said, I'll get right to the main reason for this current e-mail. As you know, my book was officially published late November. My publishing company, Indigo River Publishing, is a small publisher out of Pensacola, Florida. When they first initially contacted me, they explained that due to being a small company, they only deal with authors they feel had potential to be 'best sellers'. Those words were crazy and foreign to me, and still are, but going off of the last 18 months of history........we know anything is possible! Indigo River has a program called the 'Best Seller Launch'. It's a 12 week process. It's slow and boring. Just being honest. The basic principle to the program is researching and reaching out to everyone you can and getting them to buy the book. The key is getting folks to all buy the book on the same day, that's how you become a 'best seller'. Once you are labeled a 'best seller', you have that title forever. Your book is forever known as a 'best seller' and book stores, websites, organizations, etc. all list your book at the top of their recommended reading lists. That in turn gives your book more exposure and potentially snow balling the success of the book. I won't lie.........the thought of being known as a best selling author is utterly exciting. However, even more exciting is knowing that 'x' amount of people are reading the book and becoming more aware of the hearing impaired, the disabled, and the Esteem Implant. Not only that, but those same 'x' amount of folks are getting a dose of hope. I genuinely feel like the platform I have been given is solely to reach out to as many as I can and somehow affect them. Whether that's making them smile, giving them hope, encouraging them, educating them, or giving them a better outlook on life in general...........I want the opportunity to do so.
With all that being said, here's 'the catch'. My publishers are hoping that I can send this e-mail out to everyone on my list, and at least half of those people will send it out to everyone on their list, and so forth and so on. The assignment? To get everyone to purchase a book through Amazon.com on a certain day. The goal? To sell enough books in one day in order to obtain 'best seller' status.
Sounds somewhat easy right? The problem? Most of my friends and family have already bought the book! Lol. So this is why it would mean a lot to me if you guys would forward this message on, spread the news, and help me out. Folks are free to e-mail me with any questions, contact me through my public Facebook page (www.facebook.com/sarahmchurman), or call me. My book is currently only available through 3 avenues: Indigo River Publishing, me, and Amazon.com. A few days ago I reached out to people on Facebook asking them to go and give a review of my book on Amazon. The more reviews a book has, the better chance I have of Amazon recommending my book to others. I greatly appreciate all who did so!
This process has been hard for Sloan and I to swallow. In an act of being completely transparent and honest with everyone............this whole journey from day one back in May of 2011 has been completely organic and God-led. FROM DAY ONE. Plain and simple. We have done nothing to push anything to happen, we haven't groveled and begged to make things happen. We have been blessed to live our life and watch some amazing things come our way. We have strived to keep it that way. We have strived to continue to be humble, organic, and transparent throughout this whole process. Have we failed at times? I'm sure we have. Meanwhile, we have prayed and prayed and prayed as to how to go about this 'best seller' process that my publishers want me to embark on. I don't feel led to do the steps they want me to do. (Spend hours on the computer e-mailing folks, reaching out to organizations, bloggers, famous people, news, radio, TV, etc.) I do however realize that I have a part in the process and when I signed the book deal with Indigo River, I agreed to do my part of marketing the book. So, in order to meet that criteria.........I reach out to all of you in our circle.
THE GOAL: TO SELL AS MANY BOOKS AS WE CAN ON AMAZON.COM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH
LINK TO SITE: http://www.amazon.com/Powered-SOUNDS-Choose-Hear-NOISE/dp/0985603356/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
INFO: The book is $14.95.
If you feel led and are willing, I'd love for you to help me out and forward this on. If you aren't comfortable, I totally understand! Like I said, Sloan and I are so grateful for all of you and all the support, prayers, encouragement, etc. That being said, we will, as we always do.......leave it in His hands.
Much love,
Sarah and Sloan Churman
First I want to thank you all again for all the support you guys have shown Sloan and I lately! Coming to book signings, buying the book, spreading the word, etc. It all means so much that you have taken the time to do these things. We realize folks are busy, as we get busy ourselves and have to make time for certain things. That being said, I'll get right to the main reason for this current e-mail. As you know, my book was officially published late November. My publishing company, Indigo River Publishing, is a small publisher out of Pensacola, Florida. When they first initially contacted me, they explained that due to being a small company, they only deal with authors they feel had potential to be 'best sellers'. Those words were crazy and foreign to me, and still are, but going off of the last 18 months of history........we know anything is possible! Indigo River has a program called the 'Best Seller Launch'. It's a 12 week process. It's slow and boring. Just being honest. The basic principle to the program is researching and reaching out to everyone you can and getting them to buy the book. The key is getting folks to all buy the book on the same day, that's how you become a 'best seller'. Once you are labeled a 'best seller', you have that title forever. Your book is forever known as a 'best seller' and book stores, websites, organizations, etc. all list your book at the top of their recommended reading lists. That in turn gives your book more exposure and potentially snow balling the success of the book. I won't lie.........the thought of being known as a best selling author is utterly exciting. However, even more exciting is knowing that 'x' amount of people are reading the book and becoming more aware of the hearing impaired, the disabled, and the Esteem Implant. Not only that, but those same 'x' amount of folks are getting a dose of hope. I genuinely feel like the platform I have been given is solely to reach out to as many as I can and somehow affect them. Whether that's making them smile, giving them hope, encouraging them, educating them, or giving them a better outlook on life in general...........I want the opportunity to do so.
With all that being said, here's 'the catch'. My publishers are hoping that I can send this e-mail out to everyone on my list, and at least half of those people will send it out to everyone on their list, and so forth and so on. The assignment? To get everyone to purchase a book through Amazon.com on a certain day. The goal? To sell enough books in one day in order to obtain 'best seller' status.
Sounds somewhat easy right? The problem? Most of my friends and family have already bought the book! Lol. So this is why it would mean a lot to me if you guys would forward this message on, spread the news, and help me out. Folks are free to e-mail me with any questions, contact me through my public Facebook page (www.facebook.com/sarahmchurman), or call me. My book is currently only available through 3 avenues: Indigo River Publishing, me, and Amazon.com. A few days ago I reached out to people on Facebook asking them to go and give a review of my book on Amazon. The more reviews a book has, the better chance I have of Amazon recommending my book to others. I greatly appreciate all who did so!
This process has been hard for Sloan and I to swallow. In an act of being completely transparent and honest with everyone............this whole journey from day one back in May of 2011 has been completely organic and God-led. FROM DAY ONE. Plain and simple. We have done nothing to push anything to happen, we haven't groveled and begged to make things happen. We have been blessed to live our life and watch some amazing things come our way. We have strived to keep it that way. We have strived to continue to be humble, organic, and transparent throughout this whole process. Have we failed at times? I'm sure we have. Meanwhile, we have prayed and prayed and prayed as to how to go about this 'best seller' process that my publishers want me to embark on. I don't feel led to do the steps they want me to do. (Spend hours on the computer e-mailing folks, reaching out to organizations, bloggers, famous people, news, radio, TV, etc.) I do however realize that I have a part in the process and when I signed the book deal with Indigo River, I agreed to do my part of marketing the book. So, in order to meet that criteria.........I reach out to all of you in our circle.
THE GOAL: TO SELL AS MANY BOOKS AS WE CAN ON AMAZON.COM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH
LINK TO SITE: http://www.amazon.com/Powered-SOUNDS-Choose-Hear-NOISE/dp/0985603356/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
INFO: The book is $14.95.
If you feel led and are willing, I'd love for you to help me out and forward this on. If you aren't comfortable, I totally understand! Like I said, Sloan and I are so grateful for all of you and all the support, prayers, encouragement, etc. That being said, we will, as we always do.......leave it in His hands.
Much love,
Sarah and Sloan Churman
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