A few months ago, my mother uncovered a college paper that my Grandmother Bailey (her mother) had written when she was at Oberlin College. She saw that the topic was right up my alley, so sent it along to me. The paper is titled “Building Healthy Sex Knowledge” and was written for a child development […]
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Sears Charm Book available for sale
For those of you looking for copies of the Sears Discovery Charm School book, a reader over on Facebook says she’s got one she’d be willing to part with. It’s got a 1965 copyright on it. “Great condition…..only my name is written in pencil in the front. Front page has 2 holes that pulled through,” […]
Interview in The Nervous Breakdown
Check out this fun interview of me over at The Nervous Breakdown. I was quizzed about my adventures as Miss Abigail by Uche Ogbuji, who I met years ago while working on a project for my day job at the Library of Congress. Learn more about how I got started, and how the book and play […]
Adventures in e-book publishing: one author’s experience
Last fall I decided to jump on the ebook wagon and convert Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage to electronic format. Little did I know how confusing that process might be, and frustrating at times. But ultimately I was successful, and now my book is available for your Kindle, your iPad, and your Nook (please go buy […]
Miss Abigail {the show} is heading on the road!
If you’re in Rochester, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Norwell, or Palm Beach ~ you’re in for a treat. I just received the schedule for the touring show of Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage, the play inspired by my book: 1/19 – 1/29/12: Downstairs Cabaret, Rochester, NY downstairscabaret.com 2/3 – 2/4/2012: The Broward Center for the […]
Takoma Park Authors’s Book Sale This Saturday, 5-7pm!
I’ll be at this event on Saturday, in my home town of Takoma Park, Maryland. Stop on by to pick up a signed copy of the book! And if you don’t want a book, you can just have some cheesecake and stop by to chat. Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3rd Annual Takoma Park Authors’ […]
Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage – coming soon to… Armenia?
I’ve just learned, by way of a hard-to-read royalties statement from the publisher who took over my book after the original publisher went out of business, that the foreign/translation rights have been bought up by an Armenian publisher called Gruppo Editoriale Armenia. Their website has no mention of it (that I can tell – I […]
Recent Acquisitions: Speech and Personality Books
I was in Austin, Texas, for the long, hot, weekend and was mostly spending time with family, so I got only a few moments of shopping in at the amazing Uncommon Objects. I could have spent hours there! But due to my uncanny ability to focus and look for and find advice books in high-pressure situations […]
What’s on my bookshelf?
I cleaned up my office this weekend, so that means things have been straightened enough to take some not-so-embarrasing photos of the bookshelves. I like to do this every so often to remind myself of how I organized things at any given time, and how the collection has grown. The current shelves are a bit […]
Miss Abigail meets Miss Abigail – Sunday June 5
Just a reminder, I’ll be doing a “talk back” after the Sunday, June 5th 3pm show (that’s tomorrow!) of Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage. I’ll be speaking about my book collection, the website, and the book that inspired the show. Discount tickets for Miss Abigail fans are available here. Hope to see you […]