A Blog Gers Books: February 2011

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Book Tour

I'm participating in a virtual book tour connected to Yvonne Perry's new book, Whose Stuff Is This? Finding Freedom from the Thoughts, Feelings, and Energy of Those Around You. You're cordially invited to come along with me as I drop by more than twenty blogs dealing with empathy fatigue, emotional burnout, and intuition as well as information about how she wrote and published the book.

Visitors get to read something new each day as they follow the book tour from blog to blog: audio clips, video clips, written interviews, links to radio interviews, book excerpts, media releases, and content-rich articles.

Topics include the following:

Authors Must Learn to Sell What They Write

Clearing Your Energy Field

Detaching Politely Before You Reach Your Limit

Empathic Babies, Children, and Teens

How I Published My Book on Empathy Fatigue

Identifying Your Own Energy

Setting Boundaries with People

Stories from an Empath

Why I Wrote a Book for Empaths

5 Steps for Developing Your Intuition

Characteristics of an Untrained Empath

Difference Between Empathy and Intuition, The

Excerpts from the book

Gift of Intuition Reveals a Sister’s Secret, The

Influence Ghosts Have Upon Human Emotions, The

Make the Voices Stop!

Psychology of Empathy, The

Q&A Interview with the Author

Temper Tantrums ~ An Opportunity to Teach Your Child How to Process Emotions

There’s a Ghost in Our House. Can We Keep Him?

Understanding Empathy

What Is an Empath?

When Fear Turns into an Anxiety Problem

Why I Chose to Self-publish My Book About Empathic Overload

Here is the tour schedule:

Join the pre-tour warm-up on Wednesday, February 23 as Dr. Caron Goode and Yvonne Perry chat with @LynnSerafinn on Garden of the Soul Radio at 6 p.m. UK Time, 1 p.m. Eastern Time.

Another running start for the tour is on Saturday, February 26 Joyce Shafer will share an article in her State of Appreciation Newsletter: http://stateofappreciation.webs.com// Follow @JoyceShafer.

Monday, February 28 - The Shift Guru Barbara Joye will host an article by Yvonne titled "5 Steps for Developing your Intuition" http://shiftguru.wordpress.com/. Follow @TheShiftGuru.

Tuesday, March 1 - Joanne Sprott (@muselady11) will host Yvonne on Beyond Words Radio Show at Believe in the Moment radio http://www.believeinthemoment.com/bitm-radio.html.

Wednesday, March 2 - Carol Denbow (@author101) will share an article titled “Why Yvonne wrote the book” on her blog, A Book Inside http://abookinside.blogspot.com/.

Thursday, March 3- @positivepresent Dani will post an article: "Psychology of Empathy" on her blog, Positively Present http://www.positivelypresent.com/.

Friday, March 4 - Irene Conlan @ieconlan has an article: "Setting Boundaries with People" to share on The Self Improvement Blog.

Saturday, March 5 - Shelagh Jones @SpiritusShelagh will be hosting an audio interview with Yvonne for her Spiritus blog.

Sunday, March 6 - Penny Ehrenkranz @pennyehrenkranz Article: "How Yvonne Published the Book" on One Writer's Journey http://pennylockwoodehrenkranz.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 7 - Doreen Pendgracs @wizardofwords will be sharing an article from Yvonne titled: "Why I Chose to Self-publish My Book About Empathic Overload." See http://doreenisthewizardofwords.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, March 8 - Nickolove Lovemore @nickolove Skyline Coaching Blog http://www.skylinecoachingblog.com/ has a video clip, an excerpt from the book, an article “Clearing Your Energy Field,” and a book review.

Wednesday, March 9 - Callie Carling @moonpoppy shares a video, book review, and article on her blog, Empowered Healer http://www.empoweredhealer.co.uk/

Thursday, March 10 - Irene Conlan (@ieconlan) hosts Yvonne on The Self Improvement Radio Show.

Friday, March 11 - Dr. Caron Goode @parent_coach shares an interview with Yvonne and a video about the gift of empathy on the Academy for Coaching Parents International http://academyforcoachingparents.com/blog/

Saturday, March 12 - Dr. Caron Goode will be joining Shelagh Jones @SpiritusShelagh for an audio interview about the psychology of empathy. See Spiritus blog.

Monday, March 14 - Soulmate Coach Crystal @soulmatecoachc shares an article about detaching politely http://www.soulmatecoachcrystal.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, March 15 - Lisa Jackson @lisajjackson shares her question & answer interview on Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews http://lisahaseltonsreviewsandinterviews.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, March 16 - Pat Bertram @PatBertram has an article, “ Stories from an Empath,” on Dragon My Feet: http://dragonmyfeet.wordpress.com/

Thursday, March 17 has two stops: Elizabeth Bennett @PeerAbuse will post an article: “Empathy in Children and Teens” on http://www.peerabuse.blogspot.com/ AND Barbara Techel @joyfulpaws shares a YouTube video on Joyful Paws http://www.joyfulpaws.typepad.com/

Friday, March 18 - Barbara Joye (@TheShiftGuru) will share her interview with Yvonne on her Creative Cafe Radio Show: www.blogtalkradio.com/shiftguru.

Monday, March 21 - Reno Lovison Marketing Communications Services presents an article “Authors Must Learn to Sell What They Write” on his Business Card to Business Blog: http://businesscardtobusiness.com/blog. Follow @renoweb

Tuesday, March 22 - Get hold of your prescription glasses because Anne Lyken Garner (that's me) at @esther96 has a superb media release on http://www.abloggersbooks.com/ Don't forget to have a look when this is up.

Wednesday, March 23 - Dr. Caron Goode @parent_coach presents a book excerpt and press release on her blog, Kids Who See Ghosts http://kidswhoseeghosts.com/blog/.

Thursday, March 24 - Faith Ranoli interviews Yvonne on @positiveradio Heart and Home Radio Show http://healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveHH.htm

Friday, March 25 - Vonnie Faroqui @inkslngrswhmz has an article on Ink Slinger's Whimsey blog http://inkslingerswhimsey.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 28 - Dr. Caron Goode @parent_coach shares a book excerpt on Raising Intuitive Children blog http://raisingintuitivechildren.com/blog/.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Blogger: You Have Been Hacked

Today I got yet another fake email encouraging me to update my PayPal account. I knew better than to click on the link in the message. It evidently redirects to a phishing website. Sites like these steal your details (and your password if you log in), and do whatever they please with your account and email address. Writers and bloggers who use PayPal and other large sites - beware.

Hacked email address

My sister's email address was hacked recently. She had no idea about this until my 9 year-old daughter sent her a message asking her to stop sending the 'weird' emails to her. My daughter was getting all kinds of spammy emails from my sister - including ones with serious adult content! A few days later my husband, then I, began receiving a flurry of emails from my sister. Some said, 'Hope you had a good time over the hols. See you soon. Check out my pictures'. Others asked us to click on links to buy 'pant-area' enlargements etc. I knew straight away that my sister wouldn't have sent these messages.

Fraudsters accessing your contacts' details

After hacking your email address, fraudsters not only access your important details. They also give themselves access to all your saved contacts on your list (as in my sister's case). Funnily enough, she was most worried about her preacher receiving 'helpful' emails about his love life from people pretending to be her.

Search engines and virus

Big search engines all redirect our searches - first to an address which records what websites we're interested in. So technically, we've all been hacked and infected with this 'redirecting' virus to some extent. Search engines know where we've been and sometimes, even where we're going next. Bloggers clickthrough to many blogs each day. All our activities are duly recorded and redirected. We like the fact that when we type in the first two letters of a favourite website, it comes up in our browser. We like being able to open a new window and see the last 10+ sites we've visited. After all it's convenient - but is it worth it?

Some helpful tips

Always type in your Paypal address into your browser and send them any messages you think are fake. They have a great support system.

(Do the same when/if your bank emails you. Keep in mind that your bank will rarely send you an email. Call them up or drop into your local branch if you think they need to talk to you.

Emails that start with 'Dear (fill in name of company) user' are usually fake. Real emails are sent in your name.

If unsure of a website, type in the address in your browser rather than clicking on a link in an email sent to you.

Prevent the search engines from infecting your computer with the redirecting virus in the first place. Click Here to see how you you can do so. You don't have to live with it, when there's something you can do to prevent it.

Have you ever been hacked? How long did it take you to sort the problem out and what help did you receive? Please let us know in the comments' section. Thanks.

Friday, February 4, 2011

The Oddities Of The English Language

For those who love reading, books and the history and exploration of the English language, the British Library is preparing a scrumptious treat. They’re hosting ‘Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices', a free exhibition which is presently running and will be open until April 3^rd, 2011.

The event will investigate the diversity of the English tongue and compare classic books with modern text messages and language used in social media. It will explore the cultural and historical richness and International diversity which makes English what it is today. Around the globe, millions of us speak a dialect of English, even though we may not all be able to understand each other.

Years ago, when we lived in Ireland I visited some Nigerian women I was helping with their garden. They were chatting away with each other in a language I assumed was Yoruba or something else. I thought it was a bit rude of them to talk to each other and not include me (after I’d done them a favour, clearing up their garden and helping them plant out some bedding plants). After about 10 minutes I asked what the language was and they told me it was English. They were actually surprised I couldn’t understand a word of it.

I think this adds to the beauty of our language. There’s no other tongue – so versatile and adaptable! This exhibition allows you to record your own voice for the collection. Perhaps like the two Nigerian women, in 100 years future generations will find you difficult to understand. Consider the language of today’s teenager and you will see this is not so far-fetched.

Go to the link to record your voice. It doesn’t matter where in the world you live. (http://www.bl.uk/evolvingenglish/maplisten.html)

Visitors to this one-time exhibition will be able to see the only surviving manuscript of Beowulf, Shakespeare ‘quartos’, the King James Bible, and Dr Johnson’s dictionary. Recordings of famous speeches by Churchill, Ghandi and Mandela will also be on show. In addition, the public will be able to sample early examples of advertising posters, newspapers from around the world, comics, dialect recordings, web pages and much more.

Go here to get involved and take the quiz. It’s fun. Test your knowledge of the origins evolutions and oddities of the English Language. I got full marks, but that’s only because I took the easy level. :-) http://www.bl.uk/evolvingenglish/quiz.html

British Library Sponsored Post

Thursday, February 3, 2011

20+ Must-Read Articles For A New Blogger

A few years ago when I was a new blogger, I knew nothing about traffic, SEO or how to get visitors to my site. I wrote great articles, but no one read them. It took me more than a year of scouring the Internet and lots of help from my blogging friend over at Wandering Thought to help scratch the surface.

Nowadays there's more help for new bloggers than when we started. A lot of this advice has to be paid for, but quite a lot of it is free - so don't pay for it. The thing to watch for with the free advice is that much of it can be spun articles which all say the same thing in different ways. In addition, many bloggers who make money from their work, understandably don't reveal the real meat of the matter.

Here's a collection of a range of different articles the new blogger will do well to read. I've written them over the course of a few years, revealing the things I've learnt (the hard, slow way) in my blogging journey.

Posts and Blog Settings

How To Write Inspiring Blog Posts

What does Blogger nav bar do?

Online-writing tutorials

Vital Settings For Your Blogger Blog: The Newbie Guide

How To Create A Blank Page In Blogger

10 Ways To Make Your Blog Post Popular

Your Blogger Gadgets

Blogger's Most Useful Gadgets

Blogger's Top Gadgets

5 Fun Gadgets For Your Blog

Free Gadgets To Increase Page Views

Free Gadgets To Monetize Your Blog