Book Giveaway #1! – CONTEST CLOSED!

Have I told you lately that THE BOOK IS ALMOST HERE? Style, Sex, and Substance will be released on March 2!

I wrote the chapter on motherhood, and I would like to give away two copies signed by all ten writers.

How, you ask, can you score one of these free books, edited by Hallie Lord, published by Our Sunday Visitor, and written and autographed by ten very fine Catholic women writers? Easy peasy. First let’s read the description of the book:

Here is a fresh look at life from the perspective of ten Catholic women who live in the spotlight of the Internet, ten bloggers who keep it real every day with their personal posts relating their triumphs, trials, and temptations for all to see.

In the same way, nothing is off limits in Style, Sex, & Substance. Each of these women brings a refreshingly open and humorous perspective to growing in faith and improving their relationship with Christ.

Enjoy real stories, real struggles, and best of all, real faith and trust that God will bring out the best in all circumstances whether in the family room, the bedroom, or at work.

So I says to myself, I says, who needs a book like this? If there’s one thing that modern Americans understand, it’s what it means to be a woman.

Heh.

Well, maybe not. I know I’ve come across some dumb ideas about womanhood in my time. Like the time when I was a pregnant, breastfeeding, homeschooling, stay-at-home mother of seven. If my life were any more feminine, a backward cult in Mesopotamia would be sacrificing young goats in my honor. And yet it was a this point in my life when someone said, “Mrs. Fisher is obviously the kind of woman who rejects her own femininity.” How did he know? Because I *sigh* *sigh* *sighhhhhhhhh* usually wear pants, not skirts or dresses.

So, yeah, there’s a need for this book. To let people know what real women really think about what it really means to be a real woman. I haven’t seen all the titles to the chapters yet, but I can tell you who wrote them and the subject matter. Besides my chapter on motherhood, Style, Sex, and Substance includes:

Jennifer Fulwiler on “Who is the modern Catholic woman?”

Karen Edmisten on the spiritual life

Rachel Balducci on friendship

Annie Mitchell on the single life

Rebecca Teti on work

Hallie Lord on style, beauty and balance

Betty Duffy on sex

Danielle Bean on marriage

Barbara Nicolosi on engaging the culture

and Simcha Fisher on four hours of sleep and a steady diet of Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies and beer. I also wrote the chapter on motherhood.

Anyway, you were asking how you can get a copy of this wonderful book? You can either pre-order it, or you can leave a comment at the end of this post and maybe win Style, Sex, and Substance autographed by all ten authors. I was gonna make you tell a funny story, or write the best or the worst definition of womanhood you’ve ever heard, but nertz to that – we’re all tired. Just say “me me me” or something in the comments, and you’re entered. Because I wuv you.

(But please DO NOT EMAIL YOUR ENTRY TO ME. Emailed entries will not make it into the drawing!) I’ll leave the comments open for two weeks, and then I’ll announce the winner, who will receive a free, autographed copy as soon as it’s released in March! Yay! And we’ll do another contest in a month or so.

Remember: the deadline is Monday, February 5.

Don’t forget, you can pre-order the book. Why leave it to fate? I really think you should pre-order the book. Again: yay! And spread the word!