I Just Want to Be Alone

I’ve been hiding under a rock for the last week because I have HUGE, GIGANTIC news to share.

Every time I sat down at my computer last week to write, this would come out:

Holy shit, I’m in a book!

Blog posts, facebook messages, tweets, work emails, notes to my kids’ teachers….the recipient was irrelevant. The message was always the same. So I had to duct tape my hands together, hide the computer and place myself on a blog moratorium so that I wouldn’t blow the announcement.

Which brings us to today, when I can FINALLY say, “HOLY SHIT, I’M IN A BOOK!”

Whew, feels good to get that out.

Here’s how it happened: In mid-December, I got an email from Jen of People I Want to Punch in the Throat. I started hyperventilating when I saw her name in the preview screen. She said, “I wanted to invite you to submit an original essay for consideration for a NEW anthology I am putting together.”

Much running around, screaming and throwing my hands in the air. When I could stand still again, I went back and read some more of the message: “I am looking for funny, hysterical, make me cry essays that I can publish in the anthology.”

OMG, the pressure. I wrote over my Christmas holidays. I wrote more in January. I made Magnolia Ripkin and Meredith from Bad Sandy (aka the two most fabulous editor extraordinaires I know) read draft after draft. I edited and edited again and finally in late January, I submitted the most amazing thing I have ever written. And then I had to wait almost two weeks to hear back. I don’t know what was worse….the waiting to hear back or the knowing I was in and having to sit on the news for another two weeks.

Now it is here and it is real and, best of all, YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THE BOOK NOW! HOORAY!

I JUST WANT TO BE ALONE
Don’t get us wrong, we love the men in our lives – we do (most of the time). It’s just that sometimes we would like them to go away. Not forever or anything like that. Just for an hour … or a day … or a weekend. We want some time to ourselves to read a good book or take a walk or do anything other than try to make a dent in the never ending mound of dirty clothes that keeps piling up on his side of the bed. We just want to be alone. All alone. Is that too much to ask?

I Just Want to Be Alone is a collection of humorous essays from 37 of the most Super Cool Lady Writers you’ll find on the web.

Why wait? You are guaranteed to get the best price by pre-ordering I Just Want to Be Alone right now!

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Here are the links to the coolest lady writers who contributed stories to the book:

People I Want to Punch in the Throat
Moms Who Drink and Swear
Baby Sideburns
A.K. Turner
My Husband Ate All My Ice Cream
Bad Parenting Moments
The Underachiever’s Guide to Being a Domestic Goddess
The Ugly Volvo
Let Me Start By Saying
Motherhood, WTF?
Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms
Frugalista Blog
Toulouse and Tonic
Nicole Leigh Shaw
Somewhat Sane Mom
MyLifeSuckers
The Mom of the Year
Hollow Tree Ventures
When Crazy Meets Exhaustion
Funny Is Family
Abby Has Issues
Kissing the Frog
Nurse Mommy Laughs
Our Small Moments
I’m Still Learning
The Fordeville Diaries
You’re My Favorite Today
Ironic Mom
Life on Peanut Layne
Loripalooza
I Love Them The Most When They’re Sleeping
From Meredith to Mommy
The Nomad Mom Diary (Hey! That’s Me!)
649.133: Girls, the Care and Raising Of
Lisa Newlin – Seriously?
Keeper of the Fruit Loops
Magnolia Ripkin

I’M SO EXCITED!!!