Just have to post a plug for two of the coolest blogs out there – run by women who both gained book contracts from their on-line rantings. (Yes, hope springs eternal!)
First is Wendy McClure, Oak Park author of I’m Not the New Me, Riverhead, which I favorably reviewed here last summer. Wendy runs a website called Pound that details her struggles to lose weight and – gosh, is this some sort of a theme or something? – basically get a life.
Jen Lancaster, author of Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office, is also a Chicago area resident who had a life – and then lost it when downsized. Her blog Jennsylvania.com chronicles her struggles to become a writer and keep a roof over her head. Jen knows there is nothing wrong with the universe that can’t be solved with a pair of new designer pumps, if only she could afford some. Penguin books came to the rescue and now she too is a published author. And wearing cool footwear, I’ll bet.
Both ladies will be signing their books at the Border’s store in Oak Brook on March 23, and I really think I should go. If nothing else, it will make a good post. In the meantime, would you please pester HarperCollins to produce “I Need A Life! Or at Least a Three Book Deal” by yours truly?
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