Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt

Motivational Speaker

Readers Caf̩ Temporarily Closed РOwner is in Vegas

Filed under: Readers Cafe — by at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2007

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Thanks for stopping by the Readers’ Café – a place to gather and to share. However, I’m not currently here. I am in Las Vegas! (Life is rough at times!)

Darrell and I spent the day at b5 media’s extra sessions and are looking forward to experiencing Vegas nightlife. BlogWorld Expo begins tomorrow!

If you will here in Vegas tomorrow and Friday, I will be signing copies of my autobiography I’ll Do It Myself:

Thursday, November 8th
Outside of the Exhibitors Hall
12-1pm

and

Friday, November 9th
Blogger & Podcaster Magazine booth #315 in the Exhibitors Hall
12-1pm

Come on by and say hi! I am really looking forward to meeting many of my imaginary friends and colleagues!

The Readers’ Café will re-open Wednesday, November 21st at 4pm precisely (pacific time). See you then!

Meanwhile, please continue casting your vote daily so that I may be paid to blog for a year. See the live results – 8000+ by the time we get home Saturday night would be awesome!

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Left Thumb Blogger Signs Books in Vegas

Filed under: Blogging,I'll Do It Myself: The Book — by at 1:52 pm on Friday, November 2, 2007

Join Me at Blog World Expo

While at the BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas next week, I’ll be signing copies of my autobiography I’ll Do It Myself in which I intimately share living with cerebral palsy to show others that cp is not a death sentence, but rather a life sentence:

Thursday, November 8th
Outside of the Exhibitors Hall
12-1pm

and

Friday, November 9th
Blogger & Podcaster Magazine booth #315 in the Exhibitors Hall
12-1pm

Come on by! I am really looking forward to meeting many of my imaginary friends and colleagues!

If, perchance, we do not meet up, copies of I’ll Do It Myself will also be available at the Expo bookstore.


Thank you for your continued support for the Blog for a Year contest.. We broke the 7000 vote mark today! Please keep the votes coming in. One brilliant idea is to make the voting page your homepage to remind yourself to vote daily.

Have a great weekend!

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Invisible Blogosphere Tangibly Impacts People

Filed under: Blogging — by at 9:11 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2007

Every so often I am reminded that the blogosphere is real relationships with not imaginary but real people. I received such a reminder in the real mail yesterday.

A few weeks ago, bestselling author and an internationally recognized marketing and publicity expert Kathleen Gage kindly interviewed me about my experience with virtual book tours for her Street Smarts Marketing blog. Busy with other things, the posted interview slipped my mind…until yesterday when I received a beautiful and thoughtful thank you in the mail, confirming that what I am doing by blogging is real and touches other people. Thank you, Kathleen, for the gift and for making the intangible tangible.

Thank you everyone. I value each of the relationships and friendships I have made in the blogosphere. A wise friend once told me, “First you become famous, then you become rich.” Well, I must already be famous because I feel so rich.

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Self-Published Author Succeeds in Getting into Bookstores

Filed under: I'll Do It Myself: The Book,Motivation — by at 10:24 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas Edison

I’ll Do It Myself by Glenda Watson Hyatt

When I was a young girl with the occasional bit of pocket money, I bought books such as Black Beauty and Alice in Wonderland at a small independent bookstore Black Bond Books. I dreamt that one day my book would be on those bookshelves too.

Last year, while I was still writing the manuscript for I’ll Do It Myself, I emailed Black Bond Books and asked if they accepted self-published books. (In hindsight, that was probably not the best way to ask the question.) The response was they typically don’t accept self-published works. Disappointed but not surprised because I was learning the self-published book was the illegitimate child of the publishing industry, I continued writing and proceeded with my plan to self publish my autobiography.

More recently and with encouragement from the Surrey Writers Group, I asked again if Black Bond would consider my book. This time I focused on the book’s message rather than on how it was published. After a delay of a few months and a gentle reminder from me, the response was positive! It was another “fall on my knees” moment along this book writing and self-publishing journey.

Yesterday I dropped off ten copies, which they are taking on consignment and will evaluate in sixty days. I’ll Do It Myself will be in local stores in time for Christmas! Please let Black Bond know they made a good choice!

Some times a “No” is not the final answer. “No” doesn’t necessarily mean failure. Some times you need to ask again, perhaps in another way or another person or at another time. Being persistent and driven, without being annoying, leads to success!

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Celebrating Liz Strauss

Filed under: Blogging,I'll Do It Myself: The Book — by at 12:12 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Blogger extraordinaire Liz Strauss is a kind, gentle soul who thrives on building relationships and connecting people. Promptly responding to any and all emails, it is as if she lives inside your computer. She honours successful and outstanding bloggers, including yours truly, with her SOB Award.

Liz inspired me to open Readers’ Café as a way to build relationships and community among my readers. And, she kindly guided me around the potential pitfalls of such an initiative.

Today we celebrate Liz! Her Successful and Outstanding Blog is two years old, and, typical fun-loving Liz style, she is having a party! Please stop by and wish her a happy blog birthday!

Fully in the party mood, I am giving everyone a party favour: an excerpt edition of my autobiography I’ll Do It Myself. (Left click to open the free pdf or right click to ‘Save As’ to your computer.)

Wishing you a very happy birthday, Liz, my friend!

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