May 2012

{by Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta}


Scott Schiaffo, author, and Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta, proprietor

“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.”
-- Shaquille O'Neal

As much as I love my career because every day is different, I feel that some repetitiveness is necessary in order to achieve excellence. For instance, I can't start my day without doing three important things:

  1. Spending a moment in prayer after I awaken.
  2. Exercise.
  3. Consuming good breakfast with fresh juice.

These three repetitive things everyday – weekends included – are good habits that, I feel, allow me to achieve excellence, not only in my business but in my social life.

What do you do repeatedly in order to achieve excellence? Drop me a line at: maryannechristiano@gmail.com. Random answers will be published in next month's Pear Tree newsletter!

WHAT IS “PEAR TREE ENTERPRISES”?


Over the months I've had people ask me, “What exactly is Pear Tree Enterprises?”

Well, to find out, you can go to “The Vault” and check out my first newsletter which explains in full how I started my business.

In short, Pear Tree Enterprises is a business I started back in August 2008. I registered the name in February 2009 to make what I do more than just “freelance” work. The work I do is mainly book editing, writing, copyediting and proofreading. But I also manage entertainers! Being a creative person who loves all areas of the arts, that is not so far-fetched. I give each client the individual attention they deserve by using time blocks. To see how satisfied Pear Tree clients are, please read the testimonial section.

In addition to all of the above I've also dabbled in personal assistance and modeling and always welcome more work.

I hope this answers your questions and I look forward to doing business with you!

 

 

WHAT'S NEW?

Pear Tree Enterprises welcomes new assistant, Daren Loch! I'm so happy to have Daren onboard helping me out part-time on phones.

 


Yaakov Rosenthal.

HEALTH & NUTRITION

NUTRITION 4 ALL SEASONS

Nutrition 4 All Seasons is Pear Tree's newest client. Yaakov Rosenthal is a board certified health counselor specializing in nutrition for the Jewish community. For the past month I've helped book lectures for Mr. Rosenthal in Jewish Community Centers and Chabads throughout New Jersey and New York.

It's an honor working for Mr. Rosenthal because his knowledge of nutrition is vast and every day I learn something I haven't known before.

I love attending his lectures because his approach makes eating healthy appear easy and relatable to anyone's lifestyle.

Mr. Rosenthal received his training at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where he was taught over 100 dietary theories. He can help you meet your nutritional needs in a way that suits you best and fits your lifestyle and health goals.

For a FREE one-hour health consultation, you can call Mr. Rosenthal at: 201-468-0106.


Scott Schiaffo with fan at Mendham Books.

 


Book cover for Scott Schiaffo's
Vicious Dogs Attack Me in
Sleepless Nights of Summer.

WRITING: Books

VICIOUS DOGS ATTACK ME IN SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OF SUMMER

Book Release Party! Scott H. Schiaffo had his book launch party for "VDAMISNOS" Sunday, April 29 at Mendham Books.

It was a great turn out! Artist/photographer, Darlene Foster was in attendance for the reading and an autographed copy of his book.

His collection of prose, tales and streams of semi-consciousness, “Vicious Dogs Attack Me in Sleepless Nights of Summer” is available on Amazon.

Scott is best known as the Chewlies Man in Kevin's Smith's cult classic movie, “Clerks.” I had the pleasure and honor of not only editing the book, but writing the foreword!

Scott will be the featured reader in a poetry slam at Well Read in Hawthorne on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 6 p.m. He'll be doing another book signing at Symposia Bookstore in Hoboken on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 7 p.m.

I'll be at both events and look forward to seeing and meeting everyone who comes out!

 

WRITING: Articles

PATERSON PRESS

Here are three recent articles I wrote for Paterson Press:

Writing this batch of articles was wonderful for me. Everyone I interviewed was such an inspiration and I always love going back to the town I was born in and see how much it changed over the years.

Seems like only yesterday when I was a little girl and I accidentally dropped my Bugs Bunny doll on Market Street. My beloved late Grandmother stopped a bus so she could run in the street to get it for me!

 

MUSIC

JIM CUTHBERT

Jim Cuthbert continues to keep busy performing at hospitals and assisted living facilities. He is busier than ever!

CAROL ERICKSON

Carol Erickson has three special gigs this month! She will be performing at Linden Library on Wednesday, May 9, at 7 p.m.; Springfield Public Library on Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m. and Hackettstown Library on Wednesday, May 23, at 7 p.m.

Carol is awesome and not to be missed!

 


Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta,
stock photo for high blood pressure
(Photography by George Mattei)

PHOTOGRAPHY

GEORGE MATTEI

George Mattei is back onboard with Pear Tree! George is a commercial advertising artist and for the next several weeks I'll be getting companies to check out his portfolio.

I've modeled for some of George's stock photography in the past and he's a great guy to work with. I'm happy to be working with him again professionally!

 

BUTTONS

Pear Tree Enterprises has buttons! If you are interested in supporting Pear Tree by proudly wearing a button, please via email at MaryAnneChristiano@Gmail.com Please put “Button” as the subject head.

 

CONCLUSION

Feel free to contact me in regard to using any of my clients or to use my services (writing, copy editing, researching, typing, personal assistance and promoting – or anything else, just ask!) at MaryAnneChristiano@Gmail.com or call 908-276-1514 during business hours. Hours for Pear Tree Enterprises are Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rates are reasonable, and the first hour phone consultation is free to potential new clients. Every client that uses Pear Tree services will be featured in the newsletter (unless for whatever reason they don't want to be in the newsletter, as privacy is respected).

Don't forget to check out the archives for fun stuff you may have missed!