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That's the biggest question I've been asked lately, and with the book now in production with the publishing folks at Wiley, my answer is a lot different than what I would've said all last year! Writing a book is tough. It's time consuming. Start with the pitch. For business books, you need a compelling proposal. It's almost like writing your book because all of the thoughts and content need a map and gameplan. I'd say that was the toughest part, really. I knew what I was passionate about: the power of women in business and otherwise. I'd also just spent the past five years building what's one of the fastest-growing, progressive brand in real estate: Real Living. And, I knew my personal story as a brand marketer, a writer and woman in business for the last 25 plus years. There was a lot to say! [...]

You really should, even if you don't have a daughter - yet. The book describes in perfect detail how we women became socialized the way we did. It's by surviving middle school. My daughter graduates 8th grade tomorrow. I'm more than relieved. These middle school years are viscious. You know it, since you lived it, but until you witness it through your daughter's eyes again you can block it all out. The bullies. The peer pressure. The unbelievable social structure that permeates every act, thought, word and deed. It's enough to make you want to homeschool. But all of these middle school tests do make you stronger, if you survive it. We women learn as girls how to undermine, undercut, undervalue, undereat and otherwise UNDER appreciate everyone except those in our own cliques. We also, conversely, learn the value of true friends and the art [...]

That is what helps seed our imaginations."- Ann Bancroft That quote got me thinking about the power of women and blogging. Really. We are the world's storytellers, even if we had to publish under a male pseudonym in the 18th century. You remember that, right? I set up a Google alert to discover other women bloggers who are talking to the world and empowering women, either by pointing out obvious sexism in the traditional mainstream media or by praising random acts of kindness done by and for women around the world. There is strength in numbers and the third wave will prove that both economically and numerically. On the Today Show this morning Marlo Thomas did a piece on third wave women entrepreneurs. The Flying Nun turned St. Judes spokeswoman turned broadcast journalist spreading the good word about women in business. Times they are a [...]