| I'm Sick and Tired of Chicken Soup! Real strategies for opting out of the misery and muck |
Greetings Friends, Experts, Authors, and Speakers,
Welcome to our project. If you're here, you know we're working on a compilation of stories. While we love the Chicken Soup books as much as the next
person, we're ready to lighten things up, and we think others are ready to lighten up too.
The book we are working on will include true stories about the ups and downs of life, along with suggested actions for readers in similar situations.
Thanks for checking it out--keep reading for the details. We hope you will submit a story.
P.S.
If you are able to submit a story with action in time to meet the September 13, 2010 deadline date, please let us know to expect it. We'd appreciate it.
Welcome to our project. If you're here, you know we're working on a compilation of stories. While we love the Chicken Soup books as much as the next
person, we're ready to lighten things up, and we think others are ready to lighten up too.
The book we are working on will include true stories about the ups and downs of life, along with suggested actions for readers in similar situations.
Thanks for checking it out--keep reading for the details. We hope you will submit a story.
- Thank you,
Nancy and Kelly
P.S.
If you are able to submit a story with action in time to meet the September 13, 2010 deadline date, please let us know to expect it. We'd appreciate it.
Story Submission Dates:
1. The story must be a first-person account of a true story. “Anonymous” or third-person accounts will not be included.
2. The story should be a story, not journal entry, sermon, eulogy, thesis, or letter. It should be a story, not a political,
biographical, or religious testimonial.
3. The story should include action, dialog, characters, and emotions. It should grab the readers’ attention, interest, emotions
and make them laugh, think, or feel at the end of it.
4.Answer the "Lessons Learned" section following your story. This section should answer these two questions:
5. The story must be previously unpublished. Or, at least previously released on a very limited basis.
6. Each non-fiction entry should be 250 to 800 words.
7. Submit stories via the web page: www.KellyTylerTrainingServices.com/OptingOutOfMuckStories.html
We prefer you submit via the web site so as to keep our regular emails separated—we don’t want stories lost in the day-to-day
business emails that arrive. However, if you prefer email, you are welcome to use it instead.
8. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your story. If you do not receive one within 48 hours, please let us know.
9. If your story is selected, you will receive an email indicating it was selected, along with the exact publication date of the
book. A permission to print confirmation will be requested prior to printing each story.
10. Please keep a copy of each story you submit. You are welcome to submit more than one story. Please do so using separate
forms on the web site.
- Open: July 12, 2010
- Close: September 13, 2010
1. The story must be a first-person account of a true story. “Anonymous” or third-person accounts will not be included.
2. The story should be a story, not journal entry, sermon, eulogy, thesis, or letter. It should be a story, not a political,
biographical, or religious testimonial.
3. The story should include action, dialog, characters, and emotions. It should grab the readers’ attention, interest, emotions
and make them laugh, think, or feel at the end of it.
4.Answer the "Lessons Learned" section following your story. This section should answer these two questions:
- What I learned...
- Specific actions to consider...
5. The story must be previously unpublished. Or, at least previously released on a very limited basis.
6. Each non-fiction entry should be 250 to 800 words.
7. Submit stories via the web page: www.KellyTylerTrainingServices.com/OptingOutOfMuckStories.html
We prefer you submit via the web site so as to keep our regular emails separated—we don’t want stories lost in the day-to-day
business emails that arrive. However, if you prefer email, you are welcome to use it instead.
8. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your story. If you do not receive one within 48 hours, please let us know.
9. If your story is selected, you will receive an email indicating it was selected, along with the exact publication date of the
book. A permission to print confirmation will be requested prior to printing each story.
10. Please keep a copy of each story you submit. You are welcome to submit more than one story. Please do so using separate
forms on the web site.
Here's what you get if your story is selected for the publication:
1. Excellence by Association. The stories will be selected based on fit and ability to make readers laugh, learn, and lighten up.
There is no charge to be included, which means there is more to the association than "people who could pay $xxxx to get in."
2. Implied Endorsement. If your story is selected, readers and clients will consider it an implied endorsement of you by the book's
co-authors. (If your story is not selected, that does not mean you are not supported by or cared for by the co-authors. There's
room for only so many, and we hope to publish additional editions in a series.)
3. Exposure in the Book. Your name will be displayed twice as the author of the story: at the end of your story and in the Table
of Contents--in all the copies printed. At a future date, your contact information may be included in a web site or fan page.
4. Exposure in the Marketplace. The book will be marketed to organizations and individuals. It will be sold online, at workshops,
and through affiliates. Of course, story authors will be able to be affiliates too.
5. Revenue. Each story author selected will have the opportunity to purchase books at a deeply discounted rate, and you are
welcome to resell the books at your own engagements. Information about rates and ordering will be sent to authors whose
stories are selected.
6. Savings. Unlike similar compilations, there is no charge to have a story included in this book. There is no mandatory quantity
purchase of books either. Our goal is to compile the best book possible without gouging speakers.
7. Fresh Product. You'll have a new product to promote and sell, further enhancing your clients' perception of you as being
current, updated, and relevant.
8. Proclamation as a Published Author. While many of the story authors will have been published already, we suspect this will be
the first time for others.
1. Excellence by Association. The stories will be selected based on fit and ability to make readers laugh, learn, and lighten up.
There is no charge to be included, which means there is more to the association than "people who could pay $xxxx to get in."
2. Implied Endorsement. If your story is selected, readers and clients will consider it an implied endorsement of you by the book's
co-authors. (If your story is not selected, that does not mean you are not supported by or cared for by the co-authors. There's
room for only so many, and we hope to publish additional editions in a series.)
3. Exposure in the Book. Your name will be displayed twice as the author of the story: at the end of your story and in the Table
of Contents--in all the copies printed. At a future date, your contact information may be included in a web site or fan page.
4. Exposure in the Marketplace. The book will be marketed to organizations and individuals. It will be sold online, at workshops,
and through affiliates. Of course, story authors will be able to be affiliates too.
5. Revenue. Each story author selected will have the opportunity to purchase books at a deeply discounted rate, and you are
welcome to resell the books at your own engagements. Information about rates and ordering will be sent to authors whose
stories are selected.
6. Savings. Unlike similar compilations, there is no charge to have a story included in this book. There is no mandatory quantity
purchase of books either. Our goal is to compile the best book possible without gouging speakers.
7. Fresh Product. You'll have a new product to promote and sell, further enhancing your clients' perception of you as being
current, updated, and relevant.
8. Proclamation as a Published Author. While many of the story authors will have been published already, we suspect this will be
the first time for others.
| PDF of Guidelines & Specs |
Please include your story here by September 13, 2010. It is best to create the story in Word then copy-and-paste it here.
The Confirmation Email will include your story. Don't worry about the spacing. Spaces between paragraphs show up on our
copy but not in the Confirmation Email.
Please submit each story only one time.
The Confirmation Email will include your story. Don't worry about the spacing. Spaces between paragraphs show up on our
copy but not in the Confirmation Email.
Please submit each story only one time.
Nancy Lauterbach
NLauterbach@ME.com
913.488.6480
NLauterbach@ME.com
913.488.6480
| Kelly Tyler Kelly@KellyTylerTrainingServices.com 816.353.8786 |
| Book Overview |
| Story Guidelines & Specifications |
| Thank you for coming along on this journey with us. Regardless of whether your story is selected for the first book, we are honored you would consider submitting one and are thrilled you're sharing the journey with us! Nancy and Kelly |
| Submit Your Story (by September 13, 2010) |
Stories will be selected based on impact and fit. Each story should grab readers' attention and clearly make them laugh,
learn, or lighten up. As the stories are read, it will be clear how they fit with each other. Additional editions are likely to be
formed naturally, based on the stories submitted.
As you're pondering what to send in, please consider the following:
learn, or lighten up. As the stories are read, it will be clear how they fit with each other. Additional editions are likely to be
formed naturally, based on the stories submitted.
As you're pondering what to send in, please consider the following:
- Will it make readers laugh? It does not need to be a joke, but does the story have humor?
- What did the experience prompt you to change?
- What did you learn from the story?
- What could others learn to do differently from your story?
| 8 Story Author Benefits |
Uplifting stories are terrific for a quick fix, a boost of joy, or a jolt of motivation. Once the quick fix wears off, the joy subsides,
and the motivation wanes, what do you do then? Read more stories? Not these days. People and organizations need more
than stories: they need action.
Since many people and organizations are in the midst of situations unlike any ever known, they need innovative ideas, not
trite un-tried theories. The old way of getting out of the muck won’t cut it these days, as many have discovered.
People and organizations are doing everything they can think of to stabilize, grow, and thrive. This book gives ideas they likely
have not done or thought of yet. Everyone says it’s time to be innovative and creative with regard to solutions, so the authors
are making that easier by sharing a compilation of innovative and creative ideas from the experts.
The authors turned to experts in a variety of fields to get the most cutting-edge actions for getting out of the muck. Beyond a
bowl of soup, beyond feel-good stories, beyond the fluff, these people know what works to turn things around in organizations
and in life outside of work.
Enjoy the stories, but beyond that, take their recommendations to heart and rise from the muck. Let someone else win the
competition of the miserable.
Table of Contents:
Book Description:
and the motivation wanes, what do you do then? Read more stories? Not these days. People and organizations need more
than stories: they need action.
Since many people and organizations are in the midst of situations unlike any ever known, they need innovative ideas, not
trite un-tried theories. The old way of getting out of the muck won’t cut it these days, as many have discovered.
People and organizations are doing everything they can think of to stabilize, grow, and thrive. This book gives ideas they likely
have not done or thought of yet. Everyone says it’s time to be innovative and creative with regard to solutions, so the authors
are making that easier by sharing a compilation of innovative and creative ideas from the experts.
The authors turned to experts in a variety of fields to get the most cutting-edge actions for getting out of the muck. Beyond a
bowl of soup, beyond feel-good stories, beyond the fluff, these people know what works to turn things around in organizations
and in life outside of work.
Enjoy the stories, but beyond that, take their recommendations to heart and rise from the muck. Let someone else win the
competition of the miserable.
Table of Contents:
- I. Introductory section
II. Getting out of the muck at work
- a. As an executive: what you can do for your organization
b. As a manager: what you can do for your staff, department, or team
c. As an employee: what you can do for your professional development
- III. Getting out of the muck at home
- a. Within the family (relationships, teens)
b. With the home (organization, systems, schedules)
- IV. Getting out of the financial muck
- a. Personal
b. Organization
- V. Getting out of health muck
- a. Personal (fitness, addictions, weight, stress)
b. Organization (health and wellness)
- VI. Getting out of attitude muck
- a. Personal (attitude, esteem, happiness, adversity)
b. Organization (overall culture, adversity, trust)
Book Description:
- Trim Size: 5 ½” x 8 ½”
Binding: Perfect
Cover: 4-Color; Laminated soft cover
Pages: 1-Color/Black
Page Count: Approximately 250 to 300
Story Count: There may be between 30 and 60 stories
Retail Price: $19.95 to $24.95
Publication Date: March 2011
Publisher: We are investigating non-traditional publishing options and may opt to use an
independent company, Fired Up Publishing, managed by Kelly and Nancy. Details will be
shared once the decision is made.
Please submit stories and
lessons to fit the
categories in The Table of
Contents.
The book's Table of
Contents may be altered
to reflect the stories
submitted, but this is a
good guideline for you to
use when considering
what to submit.
lessons to fit the
categories in The Table of
Contents.
The book's Table of
Contents may be altered
to reflect the stories
submitted, but this is a
good guideline for you to
use when considering
what to submit.