I was at the Shoprite last week buying huge quantities of pork and sweet potatoes because I had volunteered to cook dinner for a group of 18 homeless folks -it's part of an interfaith program that shelters people during the coldest winter months. Because I am so compulsive, I checked my emails on the check-out line and got the news that the Wall Street Journal wanted to run an excerpt from The Mama's Boy Myth. This was huge and amazing news. And oh yes, they needed the article by noon the next day.
The next 24 hour were a blur, involving writing, editing, potato mashing, meat roasting (someone else was bringing the salad and bread), and a quick trip into Manhattan to film a video clip to accompany the article.
Then the real craziness began -seeing the article appear, watching the response as it climbed up the most emailed, viewed and read list. The comments - well, all I can say is that evidently I hit a nerve. Geez. At the end of the book I suggest that I wanted to get a conversation going about this topic. Didn't realize it would be quite such an impassioned one!
You are a rockstar. And yes, yowzer on the comments. It just validates the importance of your book. Cannot wait to read it - and am excitedly following along all the build up!
Posted by: Ash | February 29, 2012 at 01:13 PM