My Redroom URL

• http://www.redroom.com/member/ninaamir

About Me

• Nina is a seasoned journalist, nonfiction editor, author, consultant, and writing coach with almost 30 years of experience in the publishing field. She has edited or written for more than 45 local, national and international magazines, newspapers, e-zines, and newsletters on a full-time or freelance basis. Her essays have been published in five anthologies and can be found in numerous e-zines and Internet article directories. An award winning journalist, she also has a proven track record as a book editor; one of her client’s books was self-published and then purchased and re-released verbatim by Simon & Schuster and another won the 1998 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award (Inspirational category) and received a contract from William Morrow. She also is the founder of Write Nonfiction in November, a yearly informational writing blog and challenge to start and complete a work of nonfiction in 30 days.

  Nina holds a BA in magazine journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I Newhouse School of Public Communication with a concentration in psychology. In addition, she is an inspirational speaker, spiritual and conscious creation coach, teacher, and the regular holiday and spirituality expert on Conversations with Mrs. Claus, a weekly podcast heard in more than 90 countries and downloaded by 85,000 listeners per month (www.thefamilyyak.com). Through her writing and speaking, Amir offers human potential, personal growth and practical spiritual tools from a Jewish perspective, although her work spans religious lines and is pertinent to people of all faiths and spiritual traditions. Additionally, Nina has written and self-published several booklets and workbooks, including:

  • Using the Internet to Build Your Platform One Article at a Time, 8 Tips for Getting Publicity, Exposure and Expert Status by Providing Free Copy Online
  • The Priestess Practice: 4 Steps to Creating Sacred Space and Inviting the Divine to Dwell Within It
  • The Kabbalah of Conscious Creation: How to Mystically Manifesting Your Physical and Spiritual Desires
  • From Empty Practice to Meaning-Full and Spirit-Full Prayers and Rituals…in Seven Simple Steps

  She also co-authored of Planting Seeds of Change…and Watching Them Grow with Karen Stone, MSW. All of these booklets are available either at www.copywrightcommunications.com or www.purespiritcreations.com.

  Currently Nina is writing four books:

  • The Kabbalah of Conscious Creation, 7 Steps to Tapping Into the Divine Flow of Giving and Receiving
  • Setting a Place for God, A Woman’s Guide to Creating Sacred Space and Inviting the Divine to Dwell Within It
  • The Living Fully Challenge: 12 Months to a Fully-Lived Life
  • So You Think You Wanna Dance, Advice and Encouragement from Professional Male Dancers for Those Who Want to Follow in Their Footsteps

  She also compiled a Jewish celebrity cookbook, for which she is seeking a publisher.

  Nina lives in Los Gatos, CA, with her husband and two children.

Relationship Status

• I have been married for 20 years to Ronald D. Lacey.

Family

• I have two children, Ariel and Julian, and two step children. I have two sisters, Dahlia and Leora, and my mother is still alive. My other relatives all live in Israel.

Interests & Hobbies

• Reading, blogging, cycling, walking on the beach, watching my kids dance or swim, horseback riding, gardening, anything metaphysical or spiritual including Tarot reading.

Web Links

• Pure Spirit Creations
• CopyWright Communications

EDUCATION

UPCOMING WORK

• See my bio.

INFLUENCES

• Prof. Keats and Hubbard at Syracuse University.

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION

• Syracuse University

AGENTS

• Larsen and Pomada

PUBLISHERS

• Self