PA = "Publishing Amazonian""????

One of the things I spend my time on now, since leaving my full-time job nearly 2 years ago to run my own business, is write.

You'll probably have seen the cover images of my two books for the PA and EA community: "Brave PAs" and "The PA & EA Circus", plus my three therapeutic fiction books for children and young adults: "Missing Mark", "Darcy Decides" and "Tasha's Torment" - all five were published during 2015.

What you may not know is that I also work with other people to help get their books published.

October saw the launch of "Dating Dilemmas" written by 'Ditzy Daisy' and edited by Angela Garry. Daisy is the pseudonym for a good friend of mine who spent several years on the online dating secret. She recently shared her tales with me - some horrific, some hilarious, others downright strange - and we worked together on publishing them as a book, the ultimate guide to meeting entirely the wrong man through online dating... 98 pgs. 5" x 8". £8.00. "Dating Dilemmas" is available via Amazon worldwide - a link to the .co.uk page is here.

Today (9 December 2015) saw TWO more books that I've edited and worked on, going online at Amazon:

"A to Z Pearls of Wisdom for Executive PAs" - written by Lindsay Taylor and edited by Angela Garry. 154 pgs, 5.06" x 7.81". £12.99. Lindsay is holding a special launch event for the book in January - contact her for details lindsay@yourexcellency.co.uk. Available worldwide via Amazon - .co.uk link is here.

and

"Chilli the Chimp" was written by Nigel Measures, illustrated by Andy Case, produced and edited by Angela Garry under the "PICA BOOKS" brand. 28 pgs, 8.5" x 8.5". £8.00. This is volume 1 in the 'Paws for Tails' animal-themed series for little children, to be followed soon by volume 2: "Freckle the Fox". Available worldwide via Amazon - .co.uk link is here.

I'm working on several other books at the moment - including several of my own writing, and two from other authors. If you have a book hidden within you, and you'd like some assistance with planning, writing, and producing it - please get in touch! I'd love to work with you!

In particular, under my own PICA BOOKS branding (www.picabooks.co.uk), I'm looking to work with writers on the following four areas:

• fictional books for small children for fun and learning, 
• therapeutic fiction books for children and young adults.
• CPD & learning books for adults, and
• therapeutic / firsthand experiences books for adults.

Within this, there would be no fee for my involvement and for getting your book published - instead, we'd each receive a proportion of the royalties for the book.

However, if you wish to publish under your own branding, I'm happy to do this and can work with you for a flat fee instead.

Please contact me to discuss - angelagarry@picaaurum.com.

Wise up. GO TO BED.

I took some time off during November to catch up on some ill health that need looking after. This is a vital thing for all of us to do for ourselves.

Far too many of us struggle into work when we are sick, making ourselves feel worse (and often causing our illnesses to last longer as we are not giving ourselves adequate time to recover from them) - and most often, passing our germs on to everyone else.

Hands up if you are one of the "oh, but I'm so indispensable in what I do, I simply *have* to go in to work" brigade?

Now look at that from your boss's point of view: yes, your boss might need you to be there - but do you really offer a positive view of the organisation to your boss's visitors, sitting at your desk sneezing / coughing / spluttering / looking hideously ill?

If you are ill - GO HOME. GO TO BED. GET BETTER. Then return to work when you are ready.

I have worked for two previous bosses who had strokes - one of them actually IN the office. I myself had struggled in to the office on many occasions whilst suffering from severe chest infections (on two occasions I had managed to cough so hard that I had cracked a rib, and yet I STILL made my way into the office, to sit there coughing in agony).

Wise up to yourself. Look after yourself.  If you don't, it's unlikely that anyone will do it for you.