Yay-Sayers Press Release

Yay-Sayers Debuts at #1 in the Teen & Young Adult Careers Nonfiction eBooks Category

                  New guide encourages students to follow their chief promoters’ advice

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           Yay-Sayers: The Good Guides hit the ground running this week when it debuted at #1 in the Teen & Young Adult Careers Nonfiction eBooks category.  The title also ranked in the top twenty titles for paperback books, coming in 15^th and 18^th.

 

“Yayayers are the people in your life who believe in the same future for you that you do. Yaysayers are not yes men or women; they are mentors, fans, and all other encouraging people who eagerly and confidently counteract the more plentiful (and frequently nearer and dearer)  naysayers in your life.

 

“When you’re in school, yaysayers are professionals in most cases: teachers, counselors, actors, musicians, gamers, robotics engineers, sports players, and others who are in positions to evaluate your potential and find you eager, adequate, and well on your way, skills-wise, to succeeding in your chosen field.”

 

In author Kris M. Smith’s case, early yaysayers included four teachers, a Pulitzer prize-nominated author, and a well-known iconic actor whose encouragement counteracted the oft-repeated fears her parents had that writing wasn’t a “real” career and that something more reality-based and possible (becoming a secretary) was a better career choice.

 

In Yay-Sayers: The Good Guides, Kris becomes the professional yaysayer in students’ corners, eager to help them embrace the other yaysayers in their lives and start listening to them exclusively.

 

Smith says, “Parents sometimes forget that their roles change—from protector and provider to encourager and enthusiast—as their children segue from dependence to independence. It’s just too easy to ‘worry” kids into careers that seem more secure and safe than the ones they aspire to. This is why professional yay-sayers are so crucial during the teenage years. Yay-sayers give students permission to dream big and work hard in pursuit of their chosen careers.”

 

Yay-Sayers is available in paperback and Kindle versions at Amazon now.

 

Smith will be appearing at Raincon in Forks WA over Father’s Day weekend in June and at several of B&G Sponsored Events’ bazaars in Tacoma between May and New Year’s Day.

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Kris M Smith is an author and professional copy, content and features writer. To interview or contact Kris, email kris@wordwhisperer.net or call (253) 474-6240 and leave a text message.