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OK, so nobody who reads this blog can be unaware that Yes Means Yes! is out, and I’m in it, and you should buy it, and I FELL DOWN FOUR TIMES FOR YOU PEOPLE. But we haven’t talked much about the other contributors so far. Because, you know, I really like to talk about myself.
Today, [...]
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Hey, Shapelings, if you’ve read Feed Me! Writers Dish about Food, Eating, Weight and Body Image, could you do me (and Harriet) a favor and go review it on Amazon? Every little bit helps. Thanks!
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The good news: Last night’s reading went incredibly well. Jaclyn Friedman and Toni Amato were fucking awesome (Jessica Valenti had strep and couldn’t make it, unfortunately), I met loads of Boston fatties and a few Shapelings — including, finally, Miss Conduct! – and got way more positive feedback than I deserved. And we sold out [...]
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I just discovered today that the Amazon pre-order page for Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body is up! Squee! As if that weren’t enough, I got a bunch of bound galleys in the mail. (So, you know, if you’re a super-influential, rockstar-type person who wants to blurb or [...]
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As we’re facing a bit of a blogging slow-down here at Shapely Prose, we thought we’d occasionally repost some pieces that you might have missed the first time around or that might warrant a second look. If you’ve got suggestions for posts you’d like to see again, email me!
This post was originally written by Kate [...]
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In celebration of finishing the manuscript, Marianne and I have both recently launched blogs where we’ll be talking about the book (as information becomes available) and various other writing-related topics. Hers is at mariannekirby.com, and mine, regrettably, is at kateharding.info. (I still do not own kateharding.com, though I’ve sent an e-mail begging the current owner [...]
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In case anyone thinks I’m exaggerating when I say I’m a person who works best at the last-minute, it is 5 minutes to 4 p.m. central time — i.e., 5 p.m. eastern — and I have just this second put the final touches on our manuscript, which was due today at, oh, 5 p.m. eastern [...]
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‘Cause I’m still a little too giddy to think about anything else just yet.
Some questions came up in yesterday’s thread. I shall answer them.
Q. Don’t you mean “googol”?
A. Yes, you insufferable pedant.
Q. When will the book be out?
A. At this point, we’re aiming for spring 2009, but that could easily change. (And by [...]
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Okay, this isn’t really fluffy, but since it’s a non-fat-related meme, and we are in the midst of the Pre-holiday Cavalcade of Fluff, I’m categorizing it as such.
The lovely Harriet Brown said some very kind things about my writing and tagged me with a “Roar for Powerful Words.” What I love about this meme, other [...]
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Kate will be on a panel about body image at this year's BlogHer conference on Friday, July 24, at 1:15 p.m.
Stay tuned for a college tour in the fall and maybe some stuff in between.
Notes from the Fatosphere
Welcome, Salon readers!
Regular readers: my essay from Feed Me! Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight and Body Image, edited by Harriet Brown, is on the front page (eeee!) of Salon today. Check it out!
Visitors from Salon: Welcome! Well, most of you, anyway. Please note that the comments policy here is a whoooole lot stricter than Salon’s, and [...]
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