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day 11: bump life

By Kate / May 18, 2012 / Comments Off on day 11: bump life

Thank you to Megan Flatt at BUMP Life for hosting today’s stop on the Use Your Words virtual book tour! I love Megan’s post about realizing that she’s a real writer and that writing is her passion. Megan is the founder of BUMP Life, a blogger, a pre- and postnatal fitness expert and most importantly,…

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7sirens: day 10

By Kate / May 17, 2012 / Comments Off on 7sirens: day 10

A huge thank you to Aly at 17 Sirens for hosting day 10 of the Use Your Words virtual book tour! Aly is an amazing young mother who is juggling school and motherhood while her husband is far away, awaiting a visa. 17 Sirens is a family-friendly blog that shares product reviews, giveaways, and insight for…

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giving our stories a voice – day 9

By Kate / May 16, 2012 /

Thank you so much to Rachel Turiel of 6512 and Growing for hosting day 9 of the Use Your Words virtual book tour. I first discovered her blog after we both posted as part of the March of Dimes’ Fight for Preemies fall campaign, and I felt an immediate affinity with Rachel as a fellow…

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day 8: a mermaid and a mother

By Kate / May 15, 2012 /

Please stop by Elizabeth Aquino’s wonderful blog A moon, worn as if it had been a shell today for day 8 of the Use Your Words virtual book tour. I have been reading Elizabeth’s blog for several years now, and whenever I stop by I’m nourished by her words, her courage, her spunk, and her lovely writing.…

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5 minutes for mom: don’t miss this

By Kate / May 14, 2012 /

I am honored to have 5 Minutes for Mom be the Day 7 tour stop for Use Your Words, and I urge you to head over there and check out these amazing posts right now. And I say posts (plural) because there are three!! First a little about 5 Minutes for Mom: 5 Minutes for Mom…

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day 6: love and diapers

By Kate / May 11, 2012 / Comments Off on day 6: love and diapers

The Use Your Words blog book tour is stopping at Berit Thorkelson’s wonderful Love and Diapers blog today. I just met Berit a couple of weeks ago at an Another Mother Runner event in St. Paul, but I had heard wonderful things about her from two writer mama friends. And then I mentioned her name…

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the tour and disappearing posts

By Kate / May 10, 2012 /

Okay, I’m just logging in after a very crazy day to discover that my post yesterday about the wonderful Ivy League Insecurities has gone missing. What’s up with that? Aidan hosted day four of the Use Your Words virtual book tour. Aidan, I’m sorry my post disappeared! I’ll rewrite it if it doesn’t reappear tomorrow.…

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day 4: ivy league insecurities

By Kate / May 9, 2012 / Comments Off on day 4: ivy league insecurities

I’m thrilled that the lovely Aidan Donnelley Rowley agreed to be a part of the Use Your Words blog book tour. Today, the tour stops at her fabulous blog, Ivy League Insecurities. Aidan is brave and funny and smart. What more could you want? Oh right, she’s also a writer. Her novel, Life After Yes (which has been on my…

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blog book tour: literary mama

By Kate / May 8, 2012 / Comments Off on blog book tour: literary mama

Today, the blog book tour stop for Use Your Words is the Literary Mama blog. A huge thank you to Karna Converse, a blog editor at Literary Mama for posting today! Sending you a huge virtual hug, Karna! Thank you to Literary Mama for helping so many mama writers find their writing voices and their…

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the extraordinary ordinary

By Kate / May 7, 2012 /

The blog book tour stop today is at The Extraordinary Ordinary. I just read it through tears. Thank you, Heather. I am humbled by your words. I met Heather a couple of years ago at the inaugural MN Blogger Conference. I did a presentation on creative nonfiction and discussed how bloggers could utilize the elements of CNF to…

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