Who’s publishing what?
Tweeting secrets
In a newly published book, Get 10,000+ Twitter Followers Easily, Quickly and Ethically, Cathy Turney offers a step-by-step guide for building a Twitter audience. “With a disarming sense of humor” and helpful illustrations, Turney shows even the most nervous technophobe how to grow a flock of followers.
Unbucket list
Fighting midlife inertia, Sherry Stanfa-Stanley stares down a year of fear through what she calls The 52/52 Project. Her exploits range from visiting a nude beach with her 75-year-old mother to going on a raid with a vice squad and SWAT team to crashing a wedding — where she accidentally catches the bouquet. While finding her courage in the most unlikely of circumstances, Sherry ultimately finds herself. For midlifers, fatigued parents and anyone who may be discontent with their life and looking to shake things up, try new things, or just escape, Finding My Badass Self is proof it’s never too late to reinvent yourself — and that the best bucket list of all may be an unbucket list.
SAD!
From humorist/storyteller Dylan Brody comes the opposite of a self-help book. The Modern Depression Guidebook promises to help readers get the deepest possible lows and experience the darkest possible blues in a joyous and darkly funny exploration of life’s inherent sadness.
Stinker
Mike Sacks’ newest book, Stinker Lets Loose!, is described as “the outrageous 1977 filmatic smash in book form.” A former writer for The Washington Post, he’s currently part of the editorial staff of Vanity Fair magazine. He has written for The New Yorker, Time, Esquire, Vanity Fair, GQ, Radar, Believer, Vice, Women’s Health, Salon, Premiere, New York Observer, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cracked, MAD and other publications. In addition, he has published four humor books: And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Humor Writers About Their Craft (F+W Press); SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk (Random House); Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason (Tin House) and Poking a Dead Frog: More Conversations with Humor Writers (Viking/Penguin.) The book is a sequel to And Here’s the Kicker. His podcast, Doin It With Mike Sacks, can be found on Itunes.
Of mice and me
Omaha humorist Michael B. Campbell’s offbeat observations have been published in Reader’s Digest and Parent Magazine, and his “Dumpster” essays close every issue of Food & Spirits magazine. His newest book, Of Mice and Me: Thought Droppings, presents 70 new essays, many inspired by his popular humor blog and his coveted weekly email rants as owner of Mick’s Music & Bar.
Schooled
Julia S. Mandala and Linda L. Donahue’s new humorous fantasy book, Villains in Training, pits bad guys against some nosy do-gooders. “Cooperation” isn’t a recommended course for villains, though.
Almost missed you
Jessica Strawser’s debut novel, Almost Missed You, is an “expertly woven tale of a marriage in crisis with elements of daring, danger, mystery and secrets that will surprise and delight you,” says New York Times’ bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. By day, Strawser is editorial director of Writer’s Digest magazine. By night, she is a fiction writer, and, by the minute, she is a proud wife and mom to two super sweet and super young kids in Cincinnati, Ohio. She blogs at There Are No Rules on WritersDigest.com.
Misery Manifesto
Barb Best, who turns hassles into humor one laugh at a time, is the author of the new humor book, The Misery Manifesto: A Self-Help Parody for the Self-Absorbed with cartoons by Roz Chast, Liza Donnelly and Andrew Genn. Her comedy material has been performed by Joan Rivers and her essays, and light verse have been published in numerous print and digital publications. Barb’s books include Find Your Funny: The LOL Survival Guide for Teens with Joanne Jackal, Ph.D., Smiles to Go: Take-Out for the SMILE Hungry with Barbara Grapstein and 100 Fast & Funny: Ha-Musings. She is proud as spiked punch to be an Erma Bombeck Global Humor Winner.
