Yep, I’ve published a couple. And hope to continue on with that particular bad habit in days, months, years to come. Feel free to enable me by checking them out — from the library, your local bookstore or (gasp!) via e-reader. Jeez, did I really just use the “e-word”?
How to Date in a Post-Dating World
by Diane Mapes
Dating is no picnic these days. Manners are missing, expectations are out of control, and nobody knows who’s supposed to pay for dinner (or slap out the condoms). Until now. Diane Mapes’ hands-on, irreverent guide for the modern, mangled single is filled with advice from today’s savvy singles as well as experts on everything from sex to serial killers to style. Written for men and women, gay and straight, old and young and everything in between, How to Date in a Post-Dating World is a friendly roadmap to help singles navigate a world where a 100 years of conflicting customs, shifting social mores, and consumer-crazed society have made it easier for people to get their own reality TV show than find someone they like.
Fabulously witty …
– Kirkus ReviewsA fabulous compendium.
– Seattle Metropolitan MagazineA witty yet wise guide to the frenetic, confounding world of dating today, online and off.
– Seattle Post-IntelligencerClever, fresh, and totally hilarious. If you’re single, you need this book!
– Suzanne Schlosberg, author of The Curse of the Singles Table
Single State of the Union: Single Women Speak Out on Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Edited by Diane Mapes
Are single women happy individualists? Neurotic man hunters? Crazed cat ladies? Are they confused, or content? Bitter, or better off? No one seems to know. The popular media give us shoe shopaholics, ditzy desperados, and wannabe brides forever making cow eyes at The Bachelor. But what do single women have to say about their own lives? With sass, humor, and style, Single State of the Union paints a provocative, playful, and complex portrait of today’s single woman with contributions by Margaret Cho, Chelsea Handler, Susan Jane Gilman, Sasha Cagen, Jane Ganahl, Laurie Notaro and many more. Looking for a collection of essays that portrays single women as individuals whose lives extend well beyond Match.com and Manolo Blahniks? Welcome to Single State of the Union!
A collection of smart and funny stories by single and formerly single writers.
– Bust MagazineA crackerjack collection of essays by single women who write with utter frankness about the joys and challenges of singlehood, with emphasis on its considerable joys.
– Seattle Post-IntelligencerEssential reading for anyone inclined to think outside the hope chest.
– Playgirl
