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Just a quick reminder: On Tuesday night, October 28, I will be interviewing Nancy Ortberg in a Virtual Book Tour to discuss her book, Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands: Lessons in Non-Linear Leadership.

The cool thing is, you get to ask Nancy a question ahead of time! Just go to http://www.asknancyortberg.com and you’ll get to sign up, ask a question (or not), get the call-in details and see how these Virtual Book Tours work! You’ll also be able to download the first two chapters of Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands: Lessons in Non-Linear Leadership free when you sign up, so you can get a taste of the book right away.

I recently sent Nancy’s book to Seth Godin, author of Tribes, another inspiring book about leadership. The other day he wrote back to thank me, and said he’d already bought a copy right before my book came. (I told him I’d send him a book for commenting on my blog, but didn’t tell him which one.)

So–Seth Godin thinks Nancy Ortberg is worth reading, and you will, too! It’s a terrific book. Great stories and insights. Make sure you get a copy, and if you can, listen to the Virtual Book Tour. If you can’t make the live event, you can always listen to the replay. You’ll get the link when you sign up.

(And you too will get a free book if you comment on my blog.)

Just got a nice surprise in the mail: copies of my book, MotherStyles: Using Personality Type to Discover Your Parenting Strengths, in Korean an “Complex Chinese”!

Janet Penley, with whom I wrote the book, labeled which was which–I sure couldn’t tell! (Though the covers were vastly different. Korean went with a cartoonish cover, while the Chinese went with something similar to the American version–Moms and kids. Tried to find a picture on line–no luck.)

In the Publishing Coach Weekly teleseminar I did today, I mentioned some of the satisfactions of being a published author (before I got the mail). This is one of them: holding in your hands a book you helped write that will reach people halfway across the world.

I’d love to hear from you–what is most gratifying to you about being an author? (Or, what is it that spurs you on toward achieving the dream?)

Remember, if you comment, you get a free book!

One of my favorite authors is Tricia Goyer (she writes terrific fiction), and she’s got a great blog that is very instructive on how to to blog effectively to promote books.

First, I love the look of her blog. Very pretty template. (Though she’s on blogspot, doesn’t have a WordPress blog, which I think is better.)

Second, she runs contests. Every week she has a drawing and gives away a free book to anyone who comments on her blog.

I love that idea! I think I’ll do the same. Comment on my blog, and get a free book from my “grab bag.” You can tell me whether you prefer fiction or nonfiction, and I’ll try to oblige. She draws names, and I may end up doing that too, but for now I have a good number of books I’d like to pass on so … comment on my blog, and get a free book! (Can’t be spam comments, however. Has to be a valuable comment.)

Anyway, Tricia runs all sorts of contests. She’s running one now, where

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