Finalist in the 2011 Mumpreneur Awards!

I am REALLY excited to share that I am a finalist in the 2011 Connect2Mums Mumpreneur Awards with my inspirational book for mums, The Pram Diet!!

The Mumpreneur awards are such an exciting way to celebrate the ever growing community of mums forging ahead in creative and business pursuits.

As a Mumpreneur and Author I am thrilled to be recognized, first as a nominee and now as a finalist! It is such an honour and means so much!
At first I was so touched that I wasn't sure if an author could be a Mumpreneur, but then I realised well yes actually I am, and actually I am really proud to be too. I decided to own it, that yes, I actually am and it's ok for me to be proud of my book. It's ok to be excited about my own achievements. Achievements I have reached because I wanted to help other mothers. YES I am a Mumpreneur! I created a beautiful book after all. Written during my then baby daughter's naps, often at the expense of the housework!
I had filled those pages with passion, with heartfelt passages to soothe, inspire and help other mothers. I had actually created and designed a product that was a tool for mothers. A product they could turn to for help, pick up and read if they were feeling down, use as a guide to make healthy changes for themselves and their family

Healthy changes and healthy weight loss that come from making good healthy choices like bringing fresh ingredients into your life, growing your own organic vegetables as a family and learning to respect and nurture yourself. Real life weight loss that doesn't come from skipping meals or following quick fix fads but real inspiration for real healthy weight loss that comes from looking after the whole person that is the woman behind the mother.My book was called "An important resource for women" by Queen land Women's Health and has received so many touching comments and feedback from many beautiful women who have read it and then shared these with me.

I am proud of my book and I am proud of how it has brought me the opportunities to meet and connect with other mothers and health organizations, giving me the chance to speak at events, launches, Council health programs and even at more remote out of the way places to women who really appreciated me coming all that way to share my story and inspiration.

I am smiling as I write this because I do realise that I love what I do. I love helping mums. I love being a mum. I love my book, The Pram Diet. I love my second book, Motivated Mum which will be available later on and I love being a MUMPRENEUR!!

You can now support me and my book by VOTING for me in the Connect2Mums Awards!!

Click on this link-HERE

SIGN UP to the website (only takes a second-promise)
WAIT for the email confirmation of membership ( only members can vote )
CLICK on the link again and
LIKE under my nomination photo
( the number of votes should go up!)AND then feel the wave of thank you love from me! xxxxx :)
As a SPECIAL THANK YOU for going through that effort I will be giving away a signed copy of my book ! To be in the running you need to:
Leave a comment here on this post with your name &/or facebook details so I can let you know if your the winner!! That's it!!
REMEMBER you do not have to vote for me to enter this competition! This is just to celebrate the excitement of the Mumpreneurs Awards xxx

Please note as per facebook rules I cannot name the winner there or put much of this there either so you will need to check this blog after the 28th August to see if your a winner or alternatively sign up by email to this blog and you will knwo when I post a blog announcing the winner

From one very happy mum,


Rebecca xxxx

eBook's have you read one yet?

eBook's are undeniably taking off in popularity.

While I don't personally believe they will completely replace the paperback I do think they definitely have a big place in the industry.
Me-I'm in love with them both.
I enjoy the convenience of the ebook, I like that there are books I can read this way that I might not have been able to afford  and books that I won't have to make space for on my overcrowded bookshelves!

I can even switch between books if I get bored with a couple of clicks; but I will never stop loving the whole experience of the paperback, something I have passionately enjoyed from as far back as I can remember. For me a paperback is more than just the words in print, it is the texture of it in your hands, the smell of a newly printed book, the holding it tight with a sigh after finishing that last page of a story that completely captivated you. Feeling a tug of heartstrings when I see it on my bookshelf-wondering if it's time to read it again?

With so many of us on the go, commuting to work and spending a lot of time on the home computer they have become a very handy way of reading.

I myself have now read 4 ebook's and to my surprise found it easy and enjoyable. I don't have an ereader device either, I read mine on my home laptop, so no extra expense was needed there.
For those that travel alot and spend lengths of time on trains or buses or when you go away on holiday they are fantastic. They are also good for being able to read a great many books at a more reasonable price, making them actually more accessible to a much wider audience.

I know I myself would be more likely to give a book 'a go' that I wasn't too sure about or was from a genre I wouldn't normally read when it is at an e book price.
I read an ebook recently, loved it so much I bought the paperback version. And it was a book I might not have otherwise read.

I was so thrilled myself to see my own published book released as an ebook this month! I really felt excitement because to me as an author the greatest joy is in knowing my book is more readily available to more readers and every time someone reads my book, whether it be the paper version of the electronic one they are reading my writing. Words that came from my heart and mind.

Rebecca xx

Don't know how to get ebooks on your home computer?

Click here for Amazons kindle for PC instructions

Want to read electronically the first chapter of my book, for FREE?
Click through here to read it on Amazon
(scroll down a little and the link is on the right hand side)

Want to WIN a copy of The Pram Diet ebook???
Last days to enter here:
Enter HERE
(last days!)