Olivia Michele “Miss OMG” Giacomini treats readers to hilarious social commentary in her new book, Surviving the Holidays (HELL-i-DAZE). Join her as she uncovers the truth about low expectations for romantic holidays, major backfires on April Fool’s pranks, crappy birthday gifts, the insanity of the winter holidays and so much more.
Mickie has been a published writer for decades for magazines and newspapers worldwide. In more recent years, she has begun sharing her witticisms in her Miss OMG books. […]
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Who's Publishing What: Menopause Ain’t No Joke
Angela Verges, who attended her first Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in 2018, recently published Menopause Ain’t No Joke: Blending Faith and Humor in Perfectly Imperfect Situations. The book features a collection of essays that blends humor and faith in situations that can be stressful during menopause. Readers are invited to offer personal reflections on a page following each essay.
Last year, Angie performed a stand up about menopause at the Ms. Black Fit and Fine Pageant. […]
Who's Publishing What: More Traveler’s Diarrhea
Andy Bombeck is at it again with a sequel to his humorous travel memoir, Traveler’s Diarrhea.
What’s it called? More Traveler’s Diarrhea, of course. And he’s created a “fancy website” to help promote the companion books, with a third title on the way.
“I’m the only one who can’t get enough of Traveler’s Diarrhea, my first book and a metaphor I’m using for everything that goes wrong traveling,” he quipped. “I can’t be the only person who finds travel screw-ups far more entertaining than hearing about a boring museum, […]
Who's Publishing What: Thank You, God: from Kids Around the World
As Thanksgiving nears, Allia Zobel Nolan’s children’s book, Thank You, God: from Kids Around the World, published by Zondervan, offers an opportunity for children to “discover what their friends in Egypt, Russia, Africa, China and other lands are grateful for — things like koala bears, northern lights, windmills and more.”
Publisher’s Weekly calls the book “a colorful introduction to gratitude, tolerance and world geography for preschoolers of all ethnic backgrounds.”
A former senior editor at Reader’s Digest and a prolific author, […]
Who's Publishing What: Lite Whines and Laughter
If you like your optimism served with a side of snarkiness, Lee Gaitan’s Lite Whines and Laughter: Mild Rants and Musings on the Mundane, is the book for you.
Gaitan is a recognized “bounce back” expert (unless she’s not wearing eye liner, in which case she often goes unrecognized), known for looking on the bright side and finding the silver lining in dark clouds. But sometimes the best way to part the dark clouds and discover the sunshine is by way of a mild rant or musing on the myriad irritations of modern life. […]
