Average Jane Says, "Order My Friend's Book!"

I have known Rita Arens since we worked together at a failed dotcom (was there any other kind?) in 1999. We've been friends ever since.

She is one of the most driven and determined people I have ever met - exactly the sort of person who gets an idea and makes it happen through hard work and sheer force of will.

She started blogging a few months after I did, and was my roommate at the 2006 BlogHer Conference. (In fact, she'll be my roommate again this year.)

Early in 2006, she started getting in touch with other moms who blogged to see if they'd be interested in contributing to a mommy blogger anthology.  I'll drop out here and let you read what happened over the next two years from Rita's perspective.

How's that for grit and determination?

Best of all, the book includes the writers of some of my favorite blogs:
Amalah
Binkytown
Birdie's New Mexico Time Machine
CityMama
Finslippy
Friday Playdate
Fussy
IzzyMom
Laid-Off Dad
Mom-101
Mommy Needs Coffee
Mommytrack'd
Motherhood Uncensored
Not Calm (dot com)
Paper Napkin
Rancid Raves
State of Grace
Surfette
Surrender, Dorothy
Sweetney
The Modernity Ward
The Naked Ovary
Three Kid Circus
Woulda Coulda Shoulda

So I'm here to report that I just pre-ordered three copies (one for me, two to give as gifts) at Amazon. It's also available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble and BookSense.

Mommy or not, if you like good writing and personal stories, you'll want to add this book to your collection.

Way to go, Rita!

Comments

[Mom101]

Friends' books are always the best kinds. You never get over seeing a buddy's name in print and saying wait! I know her!

Look forward to crashing your room at BlogHer with adult beverages and a bootleg of Showgirls.

[dorothy]

thanks, roomie!

[Suebob]

Sounds like a great collection.

[ByJane]

I'll be interested to see how this and Dooce's book go. There's the idea floating around that bloggers' books are pretty much noshows (why buy the milk when you've got the cow for free?). So the market, then, must be to non-bloggers.