Posts tagged "half-assed"

April 24, 2017 43 Comments

My body, my blog, and the Untitled Town Book Festival

I remember the day I realized I didn't want my body to be the topic of conversation anymore. I was running a giveaway on my old blog, PastaQueen, for an IGIGI gift card. As part of the giveaway I'd gotten some dresses and was required to post photos of myself wearing them. I live alone,... [Read More]

November 7, 2014 5 Comments

Mysteries of the InterWebs: My book and a bag of doorknobs

Last month a friend let me know she saw a picture of my book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, resting next to a bag of doorknobs in a comment on this Gawker post about a guy on an airplane who started screaming that he had ebola, and she wanted to know, hey, what the heck was... [Read More]

August 27, 2013 4 Comments

Audiobook of “Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir” is now available!

First off, I apologize for only posting playlists and self-promotional entries lately. I promise to get back into a more regular blogging schedule soon. I've already been making some changes in my life to make that easier to do, which I'll post about soon. That said, my publisher would probably appreciate if I mentioned that... [Read More]

July 22, 2013 2 Comments

Pre-order “Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir” in audiobook format

I'm happy to announce that an audiobook version of Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir will be available at the end of August from Audible.com. If you've got 8 hours and 22 minutes free, I hope you'll consider buying it. Great for road trips! Or for circling the blocks for hours and hours and hours. In a... [Read More]

February 1, 2013 27 Comments

Kindle edition of “Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir” is only $2.99 during February

The Kindle edition of my first book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, is on sale for only $2.99 at Amazon for the month of February. Now's a great time to buy a copy if you never got around to it before or if you only recently got an e-reader or if you just like buying things... [Read More]