Claire Cook's Blog: Claire Cook's Fabulous News!
September 2, 2009
Hi Everybody!
Finally! The Today Show piece will air Monday, Sept. 7, in the 8 o’clock hour, probably in the first half of the hour. For those of you who don’t want to miss any beauty sleep, I’ll post it at ClaireCook.com as soon as I can figure out how!
Who knew getting that amazing Today call would turn out to be the easy part. 9 hours of taping followed by 9 weeks of waiting, passing the time answering 9 zillion questions about when it would run! But, barring some last minute earth-shattering news or celebrity-related event (Miley gets a new boyfriend?!?) that requires another rescheduling, the Today piece about my midlife reinvention and including footage from one of my reinvention workshops will actually make it into living rooms across the country.
Not only will it really help get the word out about my books, but I hope the Today story will encourage women everywhere who are contemplating their own reinventions. So thank you so much for spreading the word – I hope you’ll tell your friends to tune in, and mention it on Facebook and Twitter. And when the piece is available online at today.msnbc.com, I hope you’ll forward it to everyone you know!
If you like it, I hope you’ll also let Today know by sending an email to TODAY@nbcuni.com and telling them you’d like to see more stories celebrating real life women. (Feel free to suggest me as a regular reinvention correspondent, too!!) Our stories are important, and sometimes I think we have more power than we realize when it comes to influencing television and movies.
And even books! You’ve certainly influenced mine, and I thank you for your support from the bottom of my heart!
Have a great LONG weekend!
xxxxx
Claire
Finally! The Today Show piece will air Monday, Sept. 7, in the 8 o’clock hour, probably in the first half of the hour. For those of you who don’t want to miss any beauty sleep, I’ll post it at ClaireCook.com as soon as I can figure out how!
Who knew getting that amazing Today call would turn out to be the easy part. 9 hours of taping followed by 9 weeks of waiting, passing the time answering 9 zillion questions about when it would run! But, barring some last minute earth-shattering news or celebrity-related event (Miley gets a new boyfriend?!?) that requires another rescheduling, the Today piece about my midlife reinvention and including footage from one of my reinvention workshops will actually make it into living rooms across the country.
Not only will it really help get the word out about my books, but I hope the Today story will encourage women everywhere who are contemplating their own reinventions. So thank you so much for spreading the word – I hope you’ll tell your friends to tune in, and mention it on Facebook and Twitter. And when the piece is available online at today.msnbc.com, I hope you’ll forward it to everyone you know!
If you like it, I hope you’ll also let Today know by sending an email to TODAY@nbcuni.com and telling them you’d like to see more stories celebrating real life women. (Feel free to suggest me as a regular reinvention correspondent, too!!) Our stories are important, and sometimes I think we have more power than we realize when it comes to influencing television and movies.
And even books! You’ve certainly influenced mine, and I thank you for your support from the bottom of my heart!
Have a great LONG weekend!
xxxxx
Claire
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Published on September 02, 2009 11:48
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May 13, 2009
"Now I knew that the hardest part of any workout was just putting on your sneakers."
- THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB
Hi Everybody!
THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB is in bookstores everywhere! I hope you’ll walk your way to the nearest bookstore and check it out. The cover is so fabulous, and it’s been great to hear what readers are saying about what’s behind the cover, too:
“I just finished reading Wildwater and I LOVED it!!!”
“I fell in love with Rosie, Tess and Noreen, and it was just the kick I needed to call my own friends and start walking again. It gave me some good ideas for my own reinvention, too.”
“Truly enjoyed it and love, love, LOVED Noreen.”
“…sat outside and soaked up the Florida sunshine, drank 4 Aquafinas and began AND finished your book today!”
“It was wicked good, thank you for writing it!!! I can't wait for your next book!!!”
This time around I’m making videos with my brand new flip camera. I hope you’ll check out the first two on the home page at http://ClaireCook.com and share them with your friends.
If you’re in Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Connecticut, please join me for one of my WILDWATER events. I guarantee we’ll have lots of fun, and you might even win a purple pedometer, and some other cool stuff. And of course, you just might become a walk star in the next video!
Sunday, May 17
2 PM -- free event but ticketed, so call Westwinds at 781-934-2128 to reserve a space.
WESTWINDS BOOKSHOP Sunday Salon @ DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY
77 Alden Street
Duxbury, MA
Tuesday, May 19
7 PM
RIVERRUN BOOKSTORE
20 Congress Street
Portsmouth, NH
Thursday, May 21
7 PM
R.J. JULIA BOOKSELLERS
768 Boston Post Road
Madison,CT
Tuesday, May 26
Noon - 1 PM
TITCOMB'S BOOKSHOP
432 Rte 6A
East Sandwich, MA
Tuesday, May 26
3 PM – walk around the lighthouse with me!
4-5 PM - signing
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
432 Main Street
Chatham, MA
May 29 & 30
Book Expo America, NYC
Friday - I'll be one of the authors at ABA's Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon. Saturday - I'll be signing at the Hyperion Café in the IndieBound room from noon-2pm.
If you’re not in walking (okay, driving) distance to any of these, you can still join me virtually on Wednesday, May 27 from 12-1 EST at CHAUNCEY’S BOOK CLUB on Facebook. And you still have time to win sneakers, a pedometer and a signed copy at THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB page on Facebook – just click through to both from http://ClaireCook.com.
Let’s start a walking revolution – one step at a time! Thanks for sharing this email with anyone and everyone who might be interested, and another huge thank you for your continuing support.
xxxxx
Claire
Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/WalkwithClaire
- THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB
Hi Everybody!
THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB is in bookstores everywhere! I hope you’ll walk your way to the nearest bookstore and check it out. The cover is so fabulous, and it’s been great to hear what readers are saying about what’s behind the cover, too:
“I just finished reading Wildwater and I LOVED it!!!”
“I fell in love with Rosie, Tess and Noreen, and it was just the kick I needed to call my own friends and start walking again. It gave me some good ideas for my own reinvention, too.”
“Truly enjoyed it and love, love, LOVED Noreen.”
“…sat outside and soaked up the Florida sunshine, drank 4 Aquafinas and began AND finished your book today!”
“It was wicked good, thank you for writing it!!! I can't wait for your next book!!!”
This time around I’m making videos with my brand new flip camera. I hope you’ll check out the first two on the home page at http://ClaireCook.com and share them with your friends.
If you’re in Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Connecticut, please join me for one of my WILDWATER events. I guarantee we’ll have lots of fun, and you might even win a purple pedometer, and some other cool stuff. And of course, you just might become a walk star in the next video!
Sunday, May 17
2 PM -- free event but ticketed, so call Westwinds at 781-934-2128 to reserve a space.
WESTWINDS BOOKSHOP Sunday Salon @ DUXBURY FREE LIBRARY
77 Alden Street
Duxbury, MA
Tuesday, May 19
7 PM
RIVERRUN BOOKSTORE
20 Congress Street
Portsmouth, NH
Thursday, May 21
7 PM
R.J. JULIA BOOKSELLERS
768 Boston Post Road
Madison,CT
Tuesday, May 26
Noon - 1 PM
TITCOMB'S BOOKSHOP
432 Rte 6A
East Sandwich, MA
Tuesday, May 26
3 PM – walk around the lighthouse with me!
4-5 PM - signing
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
432 Main Street
Chatham, MA
May 29 & 30
Book Expo America, NYC
Friday - I'll be one of the authors at ABA's Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon. Saturday - I'll be signing at the Hyperion Café in the IndieBound room from noon-2pm.
If you’re not in walking (okay, driving) distance to any of these, you can still join me virtually on Wednesday, May 27 from 12-1 EST at CHAUNCEY’S BOOK CLUB on Facebook. And you still have time to win sneakers, a pedometer and a signed copy at THE WILDWATER WALKING CLUB page on Facebook – just click through to both from http://ClaireCook.com.
Let’s start a walking revolution – one step at a time! Thanks for sharing this email with anyone and everyone who might be interested, and another huge thank you for your continuing support.
xxxxx
Claire
Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/WalkwithClaire
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Published on May 13, 2009 09:14
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March 12, 2009
Hi Everybody!
Let the WILDWATER giveaway begin! Win an official The Wildwater Walking Club bag filled with sneakers, pedometer, and a signed copy of my upcoming novel, which is about a group of women who walk and talk, talk and walk, tally their steps, share their secrets, and learn what women everywhere are finding out - time flies and getting fit is actually fun when you're walking with friends.
This time around I'm doing the giveaway at Facebook, simply because it's such an easy place for you to enter the giveaway, as well as to post your walking stories and photos. (And it will make my life WAY easier, too!)
If you're already on Facebook, just go to this link to enter: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group...
Click on "Join this Group" and you're automatically entered to win.
After you enter, I hope you'll press "Invite People to Join" and invite your entire Facebook friend list to join The Wildwater Walking Club. It will REALLY help me spread the word! Thanks so much for your book buzz support -- I don't know what I'd do without you!
I also hope you'll post your walking stories and photos right on the page. I think it's only fair that every time you post one, you'll get another chance to win, so that's how we'll do it.
If you're not on Facebook, DON'T PANIC. It's not that hard. Just go to facebook.com and set up an account. (If you don't feel like filling out the whole profile, just skip to the next section.)
Once you're in, go to the search area (upper right corner) and type in The Wildwater Walking Club. Click on the magnifying glass, and it'll bring you to the page.
Click on “Join this Group” and you're automatically entered to WIN!
Once again, thanks for sharing this message with anyone and everyone who might be interested, and another huge thank you for your continuing support.
See you on Facebook!And maybe next time I'll figure out a way to do a giveaway at Goodreads!
xxxxxClaire
Find out more at http://ClaireCook.com.
Let the WILDWATER giveaway begin! Win an official The Wildwater Walking Club bag filled with sneakers, pedometer, and a signed copy of my upcoming novel, which is about a group of women who walk and talk, talk and walk, tally their steps, share their secrets, and learn what women everywhere are finding out - time flies and getting fit is actually fun when you're walking with friends.
This time around I'm doing the giveaway at Facebook, simply because it's such an easy place for you to enter the giveaway, as well as to post your walking stories and photos. (And it will make my life WAY easier, too!)
If you're already on Facebook, just go to this link to enter: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group...
Click on "Join this Group" and you're automatically entered to win.
After you enter, I hope you'll press "Invite People to Join" and invite your entire Facebook friend list to join The Wildwater Walking Club. It will REALLY help me spread the word! Thanks so much for your book buzz support -- I don't know what I'd do without you!
I also hope you'll post your walking stories and photos right on the page. I think it's only fair that every time you post one, you'll get another chance to win, so that's how we'll do it.
If you're not on Facebook, DON'T PANIC. It's not that hard. Just go to facebook.com and set up an account. (If you don't feel like filling out the whole profile, just skip to the next section.)
Once you're in, go to the search area (upper right corner) and type in The Wildwater Walking Club. Click on the magnifying glass, and it'll bring you to the page.
Click on “Join this Group” and you're automatically entered to WIN!
Once again, thanks for sharing this message with anyone and everyone who might be interested, and another huge thank you for your continuing support.
See you on Facebook!And maybe next time I'll figure out a way to do a giveaway at Goodreads!
xxxxxClaire
Find out more at http://ClaireCook.com.
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Published on March 12, 2009 12:17
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Also, search for The Wildwater Walking Club page at Faceb...more Claire's monthly newsletter. She also has a blog at her website, http://ClaireCook.com, where she posts news and photos more often.
Also, search for The Wildwater Walking Club page at Facebook, where group members can win sneakers, pedometer and a signed copy of Claire's upcoming novel.....(less)
Also, search for The Wildwater Walking Club page at Faceb...more Claire's monthly newsletter. She also has a blog at her website, http://ClaireCook.com, where she posts news and photos more often.
Also, search for The Wildwater Walking Club page at Facebook, where group members can win sneakers, pedometer and a signed copy of Claire's upcoming novel.....(less)
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