Hey you! As a business owner who’s also a mom, you’ve been through some stuff to make it all happen.
Needless to say, you have a story to share.
You have a beautiful story about how being in the trenches has allowed you to come out stronger and paved your true divine-given path, leading to your passion work.
Going through that, while being a mom, has made you the person you are today.
You’ve changed and grown, adapted and pivoted to take your business where you want it to go … And BECAUSE you are a mom, you found your way.
Your family has been your inspiration.
It’s crazy how having children and stepping into the role of motherhood gives us a little edge in our own lives. It’s something that maybe we didn’t expect, but it’s allowed us to be the leaders we were truly meant to be!
We have a place for that beautiful story …
Right now, Marta Sauret Greca (MEDIA- The Creative Agency) and Cori Wamsley (Aurora Corialis Publishing) are looking for 11 women business owners who have flourished because they became mothers and want to share that story with the world in an anthology, a group book.
Because sharing our stories as a collective can be so powerful!
Every mother has a story about how it seemed like you were experiencing the end of the world, but then God put you on the path you were meant to be on, which let you soar as a business owner!
We want you to share about—
- How you found balance
- How you allowed yourselves grace
- How you pushed through your challenges
- What your story can teach others
And most of all, how your growing family inspired you through this!
Women are so dynamic that we often look at our challenges as little blips that interrupt our flow. We get through them. And then we keep going without looking back because, honestly, we are programmed to keep up that sprint!
Marta and Cori seek to celebrate how resilient mothers are and how we strive for more in our own lives because we are mothers. Our children help us push through, rise above, and rock on!
If this sounds like you, here is what we would love to hear about in your 2,000-word chapter:
Your story of perseverance during difficult moments when you might have thought it was the end, but TRULY it was the beginning to your true purpose-calling.
And MAYBE how being a mom was a driver and inspiration for you because there’s this myth out there that when you become a mother, your career, self-care—basically life as you knew it—is over.
But we know that the genuine Divine truth is that having children can infuse success into your life! We want to hear YOUR story of perseverance in motherhood and business where you discuss the systems and processes that helped you reach the big goals in your life!
Seasoned moms know that there is nothing we can’t do because we’ve been doing it for years! We want to help inspire business owners who are also mothers to join us and become the powerful leaders they want to be because they are mothers.
Join us in sharing this divine truth!
Being a contributor in the anthology Unleashing Your Soul Level Magic was a really great experience for me! Cori Wamsley (publisher) made it so easy and comfortable as she helped guide me in how to share my story. It was a much easier process for me than I thought and almost therapeutic in certain ways. I really enjoyed getting to be a part of such a wonderful group of women sharing their stories as well. I’d definitely consider doing this again and now that I have some experience, feel more ready to write a book of my own in the coming years.
Samantha Bauer
Agency Owner at Goosehead Insurance Unleashing Your Soul-Level Magic
Want to join us on this mission? Here are the deets!
- You, as a contributing author, get to share a 2,000 word story, along with up to 500 words for your bio.
- You’ll learn about writing this story through 3 group coaching sessions (for just the coauthors of this book) with book writing coach Cori Wamsley.
- In just 3 months, you’ll have a chapter to share in this anthology!
- Marta Greca Sauret will be the featured author in this book, meaning that her story will be first and that she is able to contribute a longer piece than the other co-authors.
- The Aurora Corialis Publishing team will handle copy editing of the entire work with approval by coauthors on their individual chapters. The team will also create a cover, handle book development, and publish the book in October. PR surrounding the launch is included.
- Marta will share with the coauthors how they can best optimize this book as an audience/lead generating tool during one of our calls.
- You, as a contributing author, will learn how to do an Amazon bestseller campaign with a goal of becoming a bestselling author!*
- You will be featured on the Mindset Moves Show, which streams on all podcast platforms, Roku TV, and YouTube.
- You will be featured in the online magazine MEDIAzine.
- A live launch party will be held in October to honor the authors and celebrate the book at The Global Sisterhood 501(c)(3) headquarters in Warrendale, Pa. Royalties from book sales and profit from this event will go directly to The Global Sisterhood. Royalties from online sales will also benefit The Global Sisterhood. (Learn more about this organization below.)
- As a coauthor, you will be able to purchase copies at the author price (just printing and shipping cost, roughly $5-6/book) to sell on your own at vendor tables, speaking engagements, or anywhere you go. There is no limit on how many copies you can purchase, and you keep any profit from selling these books (aside from sales and income tax).
You get all of this for just $900!
Plus, authors will have an opportunity for a branding photoshoot with MEDIA The Creative Agency to help you promote the book. (This cost is in addition to the author fee of $900.)
So who are we to be putting together a book about mama business owners?
Meet Featured Author Marta Sauret Greca
Marta Sauret Greca is the CEO of MEDIA – The Creative Agency, a niche marketing agency that provides marketing and PR to holistic healers and beauty experts with missions to serve the world.
Marta has been named “Woman Business Leader of the Year.” Her book, The Minimalist Method: The Emerging Entrepreneur’s Guide to Peace and Prosperity, is a #1 bestseller. She has been featured in national media outlets like KDKA, WPXI, The Today Show Blog and Inspiring Lives Magazine.
With over ten years of marketing experience, Marta generates her clients millions of dollars a year but more importantly thousands of free hours to do whatever they love to do instead of feeling stuck doing things in their business they really don’t want to be doing. She leads with passion and teaches lessons through humor, launching her clients and listeners alike into life-long success.
As someone who emigrated from Italy at 9 years old, Marta is fluent in both Italian and French, and is a dual citizen of both Italy and France. She takes pride in having created a business that provides careers for many creatives in the United States as an immigrant.
Her favorite thing to do in the entire world is be present for her family, most importantly her seven kids.
Learn more about Marta at https://martasauretgreca.com.
Cori Wamsley
Cori Wamsley, CEO of Aurora Corialis Publishing, works with leaders who have a transformational story to share. She helps them quickly and easily write and publish a book for their brand that helps them create a legacy and be seen as an expert while building a relationship with the reader. She is also an author of 10 books and the host of the livestream show Page-Turner’s Studio with Cori on the SWE Media Network. Her book The Treasures We Seek won first place in fiction at The Author Zone Awards in 2023, and she was a nominee for the Brave Women Project’s Evolve Pillar Award the same year.
Cori has nearly 20 years’ experience as a professional writer and editor, including 10 years with the Departments of Energy and Justice and four years as the executive editor of Inspiring Lives Magazine. She brings this expertise to her coaching sessions to help her authors share their personal stories in an empowering way.
Cori is also the mother of two “tweenage” daughters who have been keeping her on her toes for just over a decade while she built her business. She actually started her freelance writing business right after being laid off from her job as a government writer, which happened on her youngest daughter’s first birthday. With her daughters watching, she built her business from freelance writing to book coaching and editing to full publishing house over the course of several years. When she wanted to give up (because, honestly, this is flipping hard!), she was inspired to show her daughters that you really can have a career you enjoy and also be a mom.
As moms and business owners themselves, Marta and Cori understand the complexity that goes into juggling it all and loving it all, as well as what it takes to create a brand that you are proud of.
About the Nonprofit Beneficiary
Marta chose The Global Sisterhood as the nonprofit to benefit from the book. The Global Sisterhood, founded by Dr. Shellie Hipsky, educates while providing resources and networking for women and girls internationally. By forming connections and supporting each other’s missions and movements, they provide sustainable ways for women throughout the world to make their goals and dreams a reality through networking, resources, and funding.
For more information, please visit https://www.globalsisterhoodonline.org/
Here’s what authors are saying about their experience working with Cori on an anthology:
When I engaged Cori for my anthology, Twenty Won, I had no idea what to expect. I had never published a book and certainly never gathered 20 other people to contribute to one! Cori’s process is so straightforward and organized and working with her was both easy and fun! She held me accountable to timelines and responsibilities, which made a huge difference when organizing a large group. While it was “work” getting this book published, it was truly an enjoyable experience!
Kelli Komondor
K2 Creative LLC | Twenty Won
Cori Wamsley of Aurora Corialis Publishing was instrumental throughout the process of helping me bring to fruition my anthology 20 Lives Ignited: How 20 Women Over 60 are Creating Success on Their Own Terms. She walked the authors through each step, keeping us on our timeline, and helped each author clarify and improve her chapter. I especially enjoyed working with the authors and watching their chapters come together, and our book coming to completion. I highly recommend Cori Wamsley and Aurora Corialis Publishing!
Linda Laird Staszewski
Anthology Leader for 20 Lives Ignited & We Choose Joy
Sharing a personal story can be challenging when you’re trying to do it on your own. When you join forces with other authors on the same mission, the beautiful synergy leads to a powerful compilation of stories that all share a purpose: uplifting others and giving them hope. For this book, it’s no different.
And we all have seen the power of moms coming together for a purpose! When moms like you share your story, we tell others that we get their challenges, but we also shine a light on the other side, on the best parts of being a mom and business owner at the same time.
We show them that we can do anything we put our minds to! And we positively impact the next generation.
Want to join us by writing a chapter for this book?
Submit a pitch in the form below. Include your name, the name of your business, and a teaser about the story that you want to share from your experience as a mother and business owner. We want you to answer the question, “How has being a mom helped you get through a big challenge in your business that led you to something even better? How did it help you through the storm?” Some sample teasers from Unleashing Your Soul-Level Magic, published in March of 2023, are below the form to give you an idea of what we’re looking for. No, your pitch doesn’t have to be perfect. If you are selected for this book, it will be edited (keeping your voice) and used as part of the marketing materials for the book. Questions? Check out the FAQ below the sample teasers.
Sample Teasers
Kim Adley
It had been a lifelong dream of mine to own a tea house. I had been collecting vintage tea cups over the years with a dream to provide memorable tea experiences for others. I approached my husband with my idea to buy a small house that was on the market and rehab it into my tea house. He dismissed the idea as frivolous and said he didn’t care what I did as long as it wasn’t with “our” money.
I proceeded to the bank and applied for a $20,000 loan to purchase the little house. The 20-something banker, probably in his first job, said to me, “Mrs. Adley, can your husband co-sign this loan with you?”
I said, “No, I really want to get this loan on my own, please.”
He looked at me and then lowered his eyes to the papers. He said in a very matter of fact tone, “Well, I’m sorry Mrs. Adley, but you’re really not worth anything without your husband’s name attached.”
Bingo! Bam! Kaboom! He had pushed the ultimate big button that at first shut down all my systems in disbelief and then rebooted me with a rush of power and purpose. It was the painful and yet purposeful beginning to releasing my soul-level magic.
Samantha Bauer
“I can’t believe this,” I vented to my husband, “My team has exceeded our sales goals for the past year and a half and he told me I am too nice to be an effective sales leader! He literally said that I need to be more of an A-hole! So what? I’m supposed to compromise my character and treat people like garbage to squeeze more sales out of them? I’m not sure how much longer I can do this.”
And that’s when it happened. My then 5 year old daughter walked into the room. She had overheard what I had said. “Mom”, she said, “You told me never to change who I am for anyone so you shouldn’t either. Don’t listen to him, you should be the boss.”
It was in this moment that I realized just how much attention my kids were paying and I knew I had to make a change.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Do I need to pay in full for my spot?
No, the first half is due when you sign up ($450), and the remaining half is due by April 8. We start the week of the 8th.
How long do I have to write my chapter?
The project begins with the first coaching session in April. The last coaching session will be in early June, and your chapter will be due by June 30th.
Do I have to stick to the word count?
The word count is a top cap for the number of words in your chapter, but all chapters should be within a couple hundred of the word count to ensure that you’ve made the best use of your space. Obviously, you want to write until the story is told and not just add things in to take up space, so if you’re struggling to get close, have a conversation with Cori. Conversely, if you are a few words over the word count, it’s not a big deal, but chapters that are significantly beyond the word count will get recommendations for trimming. Cori will check all chapters for length before alerting the editor to review them. The bio has the same rules. Sample bios will be provided.
How is editing handled?
All coauthors agree to have their chapter copyedited by Aurora Corialis’s editor. The editor reviews the chapter to make sure it makes sense, flows well, and adheres to the goals of the book, along with standard punctuation and missing word checks. They maintain the author’s voice as they make changes, so it will still sound like you. The coauthors will be able to approve edits after the first round and again after the second round. After that, Cori will do a final quality check of the entire book.
What is an Amazon bestseller campaign?
This is a marketing strategy that allows the authors to get their book in front of as many people as possible because they all have a warm audience (an audience who knows them), asking the audience to support the launch of the book with a minimal purchase. Typically, if the authors follow Cori’s instructions, bestseller status is reached on the day of the launch.
Do we get to vote on the title or anything else?
Because Cori has seen this get sticky with other anthologies, decisions about the title, cover, etc. will be made by Cori and the featured author, Marta. Decisions will be made with the entire body of work in mind because things like the title and cover represent all the stories. You will, however, get to select a title for your own chapter.
How much fun is this going to be?
Brace yourself. It’s going to be awesome! Sharing your story is cathartic and liberating, it’s uplifting and inspiring. Writing about something that you’ve been through and giving the reader hope with it is a totally unique experience that really needs to be lived for someone to get it. We hope you will join us in sharing your story so you can feel what this is like!
*Bestselling author status is not guaranteed.