HTC: May 22, 2006 Shownotes

Welcome to the 33rd edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast: a guide to life on and off the yoga mat. Produced from the Pink Palace in Washington, DC.

Today’s podcast is on book writing 101, topped of with a pose of the podcast, hip tranquil chick suggestions, and fun podsafe music! View our shownotes at hiptranquilchick.com/blog.

Steps:
1. Create a concept
2. Query letter
3. Write the proposal
4. Search for an agent
5. Get picked up by a publisher
6. Write the book
7. Promote the book

Hip Tranquil Chick Suggestions:
Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write by Elizabeth Lyon
How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland
The Journey from the Center to the Page by Jeff Davis
Publicize Your Book by Jacqueline Deval

Pose of the Podcast: Eagle arms in Warrior 1

Conclusion:
We’ve expanded the community to MySpace, please connect with me virtually there, too!

Get the tranquiliT times delivered straight to your inbox, keep abreast of upcoming events, and get pre-ordering info of the book at hiptranquilchick.com.

For all you local gals, I’m offering a hip tranquil chick creativity circle every other Saturday in June-July, details at tranquilspace.com.

Heading to Chicago for the Midwest Yoga Conference in June, please come see me!

Be in touch—share your hip tranquil chickness with me at kimberly@hiptranquilchick.com or in the comments section of hiptranquilchick.com/blog.

To close out the show, we’re playing podsafe music—by new and independent artists who are sharing their music through podcasting from the Podsafe Music Network. Today’s selection is Gut Feeling by DJ Eric Ill. You can learn more this week’s featured artist, including how to get more of his music, at DJ Eric Ill’s MySpace page.

Thanks for joining me for the 33rd edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast. Namaste!