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Daydreams
at Work was a Finalist in the Self-Help category of the National Indie Excellence Awards.Had the wonderful privilege of participating in the Johns Hopkins University MA in Writing Alumni Reading Series with poet Dennis Loney and fiction writer James Mathews, on March 5.
Daydreams at Work was featured in the spring issues of two magazines: First for Women and Easy Living, a UK Conde Nast publication.
Daydreams at Work was named an "Award-Winning Finalist" in the Best
New Nonfiction category of the 2009 National Best Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book NewsMacmillan India recently reprinted an English edition of Daydreams at Work for the sub-continent of India, which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Daydreams at Work will also be published in Korean and Chinese.
Amy Fries is now a regular blogger on PsychologyToday.com. Please check out Amy's The Power of Daydreaming blog for current commentary and advice.
SUCCESS Magazine
Daydreams at Work is featured in SUCCESS Magazine September 2009
Check out Full Circle Communications for a Q&A with Amy about daydreaming and writing.
Work Matters Radio
For answers on how daydreaming and work really do go together, check out Amy's interview on the Work Matters radio show hosted by Nan S. Russell on WebTalkRadio or click here. Also, visit host Nan Russell's great career & work advice site: www.nanrussell.com
Dream List Radio
Amy was recently a guest on Dream List Radio, where she discussed how people can tap into their daydreams to achieve their dreams and goals. Listen now at Dream List Radio.
Look for Amy's Dream List guest blog on daydreams.
Amy was a guest on WSFB Radio's morning show, in Georgia.
Amy discussed Daydreams at Work on The Business Authors' Show.
Cape Gazette
Daydreams at Work was featured in the Cape Gazette, the newspaper for the Delaware beaches. Here's the article.
Daydreams at Work was featured in the Valley News Dispatch and on PittsburghLive.com.
Book Store Appearances:
Breathe Books Baltimore, MD.
Books and Coffee, Ruddertowne, Dewey Beach, DE.
Sacred Circle Books Alexandria, VA.
The Sacred Circle Book signing was the "Image of the Day" in the Shelf Awareness e-newsletter--the newsletter for indie booksellers, libraries and web booksellers. Thank you Shelf Awareness!
Presentations:
American Independent Writers
Colored Pencil Society of America , DC chapter
Publishers Weekly
Daydreams at Work is featured in the January 2009 Publishers Weekly as an upcoming business spring trade paperback title. "Daydreams at Work: Wake Up Your Creative Powers (May, $15.95) by Amy Fries reveals how capitalizing on your wandering mind can improve your on-the-job performance."
Daydreams at Work has been featured in the University of the South's Sewanee Writers' Conference newsletter; in several editions of the American Independent Writers newsletter; and mentioned as a new member book in AWP's the Writer's Chronicle.
Book Expo--Thanks to Mark, Gretchen, Rachel, Kathleen, Jean & Jane for making this a big success. Thanks also to everyone who came out to get a signed book!!! Let me know what you think of it.
Rachel (l) and Gretchen (r) helping me out at the Daydreams at Work signing session. Check out the cool T-shirts.
My publisher and friend Kathleen Hughes on the left. Thanks to all who came out and got a signed copy of Daydreams at Work.
Daydreaming News:
--Check out Amy Fries' PsychologyToday.com blog
--A new brain scan study adds to the evidence that daydreaming helps the brain tackle complex problems. Lead researcher Kalina Christoff, PhD, says, "This study shows our brains are very active when we daydream--much more active than when we focus on routine tasks."
Rachel (l) and Gretchen (r) helping me out at the Daydreams at Work signing session. Check out the cool T-shirts.
My publisher and friend Kathleen Hughes on the left. Thanks to all who came out and got a signed copy of Daydreams at Work.
Daydreaming News:
--Check out Amy Fries' PsychologyToday.com blog
--A new brain scan study adds to the evidence that daydreaming helps the brain tackle complex problems. Lead researcher Kalina Christoff, PhD, says, "This study shows our brains are very active when we daydream--much more active than when we focus on routine tasks."
--Also read more about a new psychological study on daydreaming by Dr. Eric Klinger et. al. that finds that most "heavy" daydreamers are not "disturbed" as some may have thought--but happily imaginative!
--Congratulations to my friend and colleague, and Daydreams at Work endorser and contributor, Ann Weisgarber. Ann's beautiful novel The Personal History of Rachel DuPree was double-listed for prizes in the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction 2009. She was also awarded the 2009 "best first fiction" prize by the Texas Institute of Letters.
