Positive Press Party and pre-launch of Fifties Chix IV

It was a cool way to celebrate the pre-launch of  Fifties Chix book 4 Broken Record (and the availability of it as ebook for Kindle and Nook, etc TODAY, March 7) – I created an “event” on Facebook for “party-goers” to post links about girls and women portrayed in the media and getting press in a positive way. The first days, I admit, there was a dearth of good press about females. But the last fews days, I’ve been seeing inspiring stories everywhere! See a list of the links below.

I promised that whomever posted the most would win the print version of Broken Record (signed by me, natch). And the winner is: LeeAnn Williamson Henry!! I think it’s totally appropriate that LeeAnn won since we are friends from middle school, which is what age my readers are Congrats, LeeAnn, and thanks for the great links.

Go grab your own ebook version of Broken Record for just $1.99 (hurry! It’s only a 24-hour sale) and next week, 3/15, the printed version can be all yours, too!

Now for all the links posted on the Positive Press Party-Girls in the Media page:

Tavi Gevinson profile
Julia Bluhm (she convinced Seventeen Magazine to stop photoshopping their covers)
Nia Bakari, 9 year old BlogTalk Radio host of her own show
Jedediah Bila
Quvenzhané Wallis, 9 year old Oscar-nominated actor
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Karen Olson, advocate for homeless
Alice Herz-Sommer, 109 year old Holocaust survivor
Channah Zeitun, 4 year old Martial arts champ
Sheryl Sandberg’s organization, LeanIn.org
Brave Girls Club
Indira Johnson, artist
Sara Groves, performing her song”Obsolete”
Samantha Manns, 18 year old performing 89 random acts of kindness
Monica Lin Brown, 19 year old awarded silver star for acts of bravery in war
Maggie Doyne, 26 year old who started orphanage in Nepal at age 19 with her life savings

Inspired yet? Let’s keep it going.

Happy reading!