About Driftwood Lane:

Meridith can handle anything: guardianship of three distant siblings, a dilapidated Bed-and-Breakfast, even an ever-present handyman who’s dismantling more than her fireplace–or
can she?

When the death of Meridith’s estranged father leaves her with custody of three siblings she’s never met, she reluctantly goes to Nantucket to care for them–but only until their uncle returns from his trip. Little does she know, the uncle is already there under the guise of her friendly handyman, with plans of his own.

Will the love that grows between them be strong enough to overcome the secrets that brought them both to Driftwood Lane?

Registration now open!

Publicity Secrets for WAHMs,” on Friday, August 20th. Registration
is now open.

Also, join us for the CWAHM Book Club on Facebook. We’re reading through So You Want To Be a Work-at-Home Mom and we’ll be chatting specifically about the book, answering questions (about the book, about working from home, etc). Hope to see you there!

We had a great show today!

Here are a few notes from what we talked about throughout the show:

Our 1st guest was author Lena Nelson Dooley.
* She mentors many writers and a great many of them are now published!
* Her website has some amazing recipes, check out the Mac and Cheese Recipe.
* The fun of writing a book is doing the research. She talked about the late 1980′s where she had to research how to feed a baby on a train. This was before Formula was commonplace.

Our 2nd guest was consulting guru and author Bruce Katcher.

* To market your business, whether it’s consulting or something else, start with your network of friends and associates.
* Write down 50 people and continue to network with them. Go to lunch, etc.
* For consulting, network with other consultants. (For virtual assistants it could be networking with other VAs, or Christian Work at Home Moms, network with other Christian Work at Home moms.
* When marketing, do what you are comfortable doing and enjoy. You don’t have to do things that you aren’t.

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Then popular Christian recording artist, Author, and speaker Tammy Trent joins us!

We’ll be learning all about the Wish Me A Merry Christmas Campaign which is a loving and actionable grassroots campaign that appeals directly to retailers to put Christmas back in the holidays.

Tricia Goyer is the author of more than 20+ books. Using her own experiences as a teen mother, and leader of today’s generation, Tricia’s vision is to be a voice of hope and possibility for teenage girls, pregnant teen girls, mothers and wives through her educational and inspirational speaking, workshops and books. Her intention is to serve ordinary women by encouraging extraordinary things with God’s help. Tricia expresses real life, real hope, for real women.

He has been been writing for a living for more than twenty-five years after getting his start at a small weekly newspaper at the California ski resort of Mammoth Lakes. In 1986 he received a huge break: he was hired by Focus on the Family, a Christian ministry founded by Dr. James Dobson, to be the editor of Focus on the Family magazine. He enjoyed eleven fantastic and satisfying years at Focus on the Family before moving into a freelance career as an author, editor, and speaker.

Michelle Strombeck is a speaker and helps women think through the topic of Emotional Eating. She is funny and vivacious and tells it like it is!

Liz Curtis Higgs joins us to celebrate her ‘Bad Girls of the Bible’ series’ 10th birthday!

Shanna was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss at the age of 27 after the birth of her first child. LIP READER is her second book and her first novel. A member of the Hearing Loss Association of America and the National Association of Memoir Writers, Shanna lives in the Midwest with her family.

Robert started his own company as a young gun at the age of 24 and shows professionals that there is no better time to take a chance at starting a business than when you’re youthful, bold and have little to lose. He authored YOUNG GUNS: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own (AMACOM 2009).

Amy Wallace writes Dark Chocolate Suspense, high-action suspense that delves deep into heart issues. Her writing has been described as “…spellbinding action and characters so vivid they’ll live on in your memory long after you shelve the book.”

Rachel Gilmore is a mom and author of The Complete Leader’s Guide to Christian Retreats. Rachel has been planning and leading retreats for youth groups and women’s groups, both religious and secular, for the past 20 years.