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Joanna Milne 🏺's avatar

Brilliant idea ! Do you have a recommendation for historical fiction in this category ?

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Kirsten Miller’s The Women of Wild Hill is a midlife historical thriller that comes out this October! It looks like a gorgeous book.

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Alicia Joyful's avatar

I love this!! I am so excited I have found you!! I am just about to publish my book right before my 51st birthday!! The world needs the stories, the wisdom, and the compassion passionate desires, we matter! And we are powerful!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Congratulations! So thrilled for you—what an incredible milestone! WE ARE a force, and the world needs our voices now more than ever. I’m about to share a behind-the-scenes look at our small but mighty team, working around the clock to bring Empress Editions to life. From navigating new tariffs and global logistics to designing textiles for our endpapers and bookmarks, every challenge has been worth it. But the greatest joy? Every single submission we receive—it fuels our hope and reminds us why this work matters. Our business plan is fortified by a circle of strength, and my deepest wish is that we continue to build and sustain it together. So glad you are with us, Alicia! ❤️🔥👑🙏

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Alicia Joyful's avatar

I am here with it and honored!!! Thank you!

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terra's avatar

Heck yes, they do!!!! 😺

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Huzzah! So glad you are here!!! ❤️🔥👑🙏

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The Dread Legacies's avatar

🥹❤️ 🙋🏻‍♀️they matter to me!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

So glad you are with us! ❤️🔥👑

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Lisa Chambers's avatar

Of course not! We are a reality show to be exploited and kicked off the ice floe.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Ghhaaaaagh, 😂 I know, but this is the place where you don't get kicked off the ice... this is the place where you get gently welcomed into the glurt and told you are RAD even if you don't feel that way right this second... :)

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Lisa Chambers's avatar

Thank you. It’s traumatizing af. We deserve better.

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Claire O'Leary's avatar

All our stories matter!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Indeed :) So glad you are with us. ❤️🔥👑

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Dianne Hammer's avatar

Well, this is cool!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

So glad you are with us! ❤️🔥👑

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Tammi's avatar

Love this! We are powerful together.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

We are. So glad you are with us. ❤️🔥👑

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The Independent Variable's avatar

Yes! Yes, yes, and, yes.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

So glad you are with us! ❤️🔥👑

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Thanks Elizabeth. So glad you are with us! ❤️🔥👑

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Kelly Thompson TNWWY's avatar

Yes because other midlife women want to read them.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

We are working as we can to bring them to you! So glad you are with us. ❤️🔥👑

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Thanks for being with us!

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Samantha Graham's avatar

Looks great. Congratulations - can’t wait to hear more. Reluctant to buy a t shirt off an anorexic-looking model though… Ai?

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Hahaha! You're so right! She's total AI from the printers. We need to take proper shots of the exhausted, not-so-anorexic team and post! Putting it on the list!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

So glad you with us, Angela! ❤️🔥👑

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Tiffany Nieslanik's avatar

The change is an EXCELLENT book. Let's shout that one from the rooftops. Love this next step in your journey Alisa! 💜

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

We're super excited. It's a ton of work, but to bring more books like THE CHANGE to life means everything :) 💜

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Midlife Unfiltered's avatar

You have my heart. I am with you all the way. We are sharing stories of midlife women too on our podcast and personally I am embarking on a project here in Australia to house the fastest growing homeless demographic here too...women over 50. We have much to do because there are so many gaps for women in midlife. Health and housing. I want my daughter's generation to not have those gaps to fill. For women. By women. We are the answer. Thank you for fueling the fire. Anita xx

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Anita, I just spoke to my cohorts at the Institute for Women's Futures and we'd love to learn more about what you're doing in AU on the housing front. In the US, the fastest-growing homeless segment is women over 55 and we'd love to understand other efforts and models out there that are working. Feel free to DM me! It'd also be great to feature both you and Erica in the EQ! xo-A

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Midlife Unfiltered's avatar

Hey Alisa! Sorry about the response delay, I’ve been away. Awesome. I’ll get back to you soon with a DM. Thank you. Axx

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