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Hello,
I’m Brenda Nixon, Kelly’s guest blogger this week. Here’s my plan. Today, I’ll introduce myself so you know a bit about me and my writing history. Tomorrow, I’m posting on how to get endorsements for your upcoming book (you’re all writing a NY Times best seller, right?). Seriously, securing “influencer” endorsements for your book cover is a strong publicity strategy. Wednesday, I’ll share some uncommon book promotion tips. . . no, not store signings, they’re too common and they’re not a good way to sell bunches of books anyway. Thursday, I’ll share a bit about dressing up your booktable when you speak or do those booksignings. You do want to get people to come up to your table, right? And Friday, I’ll field any questions y’all may have. So that day, I’ll check in a couple times and see how I can serve you individually. Sound okay?

Growing up I did not aspire to be a writer. (hear the gasps?) I did not go to college and major in English, journalism, or communication. I did earn a Masters in Education. After marriage and two kids, God nudged me to leave my school district position, where I served as a parent educator, to become a professional speaker on child behavior/parenting. Little did I know what He had in store as I launched a vertical learning curve!

Since raising kids is universal, I spoke to both corporate and faith-based organizations. Sometimes I’d keynote a childcare conference or a PTA Open House, and sometimes I’d speak to parents every night at a church’s Vacation Bible School.

After a couple years developing a local speaking reputation, I began to recognize the marriage between speaking and writing. You see, audiences wanted something beyond the platform. I began writing parenting articles in a small publication. Then I contributed to compilations like Life’s Little Rule Book. I self-published a book, Parenting Power in the Early Years, continued building my speaking career, and became the parenting expert for Kansas City’s FOX TV4 Noon News.

My passion for helping parents to be more confident and competent drove me to join the National Speakers Association, local writers groups, and learn simultaneously about these two industries. I’m still learning. Even now after 12 years, I discover new information or ways to improve my platform or writing skills.  

To date, I’ve contributed to 24 books, co-authored A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts, and  Parenting Power in the Early Years was picked up by Revell to release this January as The Birth to Five Book. I try to participate in and often serve as faculty for writers conferences as well as maintain an active speaking calendar. My heartbeat is helping parents in their sacred and enormous task.

If you’re not yawning yet, you can read more about me on  http://www.shoutlife.com/parentingauthor or feel free to browse the free parenting articles and menu of my speaking topics at  http://www.brendanixon.com/

This week will be fun and full of information! So, check in every day and at the end of this week we can chat.

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Brenda Nixon, http://www.brendanixon.com/
Speaker to parents & professionals who serve children.
Author of The Birth to Five Book (Revell, ‘09)
                Parenting Power in the Early Years (WinePress, ‘01)
Get a dose of discipline tips at http://www.brendanixon.com/newsletter.htm Co-Author of A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts www.Christmas-scrapbook.info

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