Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

The newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness around the world.

Dec 29, 2006

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ROSANNE CATALANO,

PUBLISHER OF THE CAT'S MEOW FOR WRITERS & READERS EZINE!

December 28, 2006: Mother of Four Plans to Beat Deadbeatism!

Fed up with the child support system and her ex-husband’s invisible presence in their children’s lives, single mother of four, Trisha Martin decided to take matters into her own hands.  Martin, who has been raising her children for the past six years without the help of her ex-husband, was sick and tired of being sick and tired.  “I quit my full-time job of thirteen years to start my own business so that I could be more available to my children,” the published author and entrepreneur says.  “I have made major sacrifices for the sake of my family and we have suffered tremendous financial hardship because of them,” she added.  On the verge of homelessness because of a foreclosure on the home that she struggled to keep for five years even after her husband left, she and the children moved into property owned by her family.  Without the burden of a double mortgage, the creative spirit racked her brain to figure out a way to use her gift of writing to prosper her family.

With one book, “My Naked Mind: An Intimate Collection of Poetry,” already published and more books to follow, the author set out to find another medium to use her gift; something people would purchase quicker than perhaps a book.

Trisha noticed that t-shirts were being worn by everyone from newborns to very grown folk. She had to tap into that market with a catchy slogan.  Deciding to incorporate what had gotten her family into the mess that they were in and what could revive them, she opted on the phrase, “Got Deadbeat???”  Watching BET music videos religiously, she had seen various t-shirts worn by rappers with the Got “something” phrase on them.  That’s where she got the idea to change the famous “Got Milk?” slogan to “Got Deadbeat???”

“Deadbeatism,” in her opinion, is the root of our society’s demise.  The phrase doesn’t necessarily have to apply to only deadbeat dads, as it was originally coined.  There are deadbeat dads, moms, kids, spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, bosses; the list can go on.  In her efforts to beat the financial crisis that can be created because of a deadbeat parent’s failure to meet their monetary obligations to their children, Martin has plans of starting a charity where a portion of the proceeds from the sales of the t-shirts will be used to help families in her community who, like her own family have struggled with the purchase of even basic needs such as clothes, shoes, toiletries, and sometimes, even food. 

To kick off the war on deadbeats, Trisha Martin has designated December 28th, 2006 as Tired of Deadbeats Day! Order your t-shirt(s) today, allowing 7 to 10 business days for delivery! The T-SHIRTS will be available at www.ourblessings.com as well as www.nomoredeadbeats.com Trisha also recently launched her umbrella business venture, “Always Saying Something Enterprises, A.S.S.E.,” which includes her t-shirt slogan business, books, greeting cards, bumper stickers, personalized poems and speaking engagements. 

For more information contact:

Trisha Martin

314-495-1837, or at:  thegyfted1@yahoo.com

Endorsed by:

Rosanne Catalano, (a.k.a. R.C.Kayla)

Publisher: The Cat's Meow for Writers & Readers Ezine (an online progressive magazine); http://www.rosannecatalano.net

Author: Touch of Tomorrow - In Loving Memory (book of poetry, 2003) and numerous short stories, poetry and articles published in print & online, with more to come... http://www.rosannecatalano.net/links.htm

Blog: http://thecatsmeowforwritersreaders.blogspot.com

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