A Handy Dandy Reference Guide

 This is blatant self-promotion, but I confess to being slightly agog at the number of mentions that The Book (The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children and Struggling with Depression) is creating in the blogosphere. Since I don't have time to do anything else today, here's a list of who's saying what:

http://spyderkl.net/?p=175
http://jbjones.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-wouldbut-i-cant.html
http://www.amalah.com/amalah/2006/08/blog_interrupte.html
http://www.blogsheroes.com/feed/parentinganddepression
http://thismodernworld.com/3069
http://fortherecord.wordpress.com/2006/08/15/dear-dooce/
http://inneedofgrace.blogsome.com/2006/08/16/dooce-reviews-book-about-maternal-depression/
http://www.hipmama.com/node/24153
http://wakingupastonished.blogspot.com/2006/08/so.html
http://orangeconezone.wordpress.com/2006/08/15/more-on-that/

http://jujubeejenny.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/08/skip_right_on_o.html
http://limberlime.com/2006/08/13/maternal-depression-irritability-and-guilt/
http://welborn.blogspot.com/2006/08/ghost-in-this-house.html

And, just so nobody thinks I'm sitting here smoking Gauloises in my Chanel suit while fielding offers from film agents, here's how I have spent my day:

5 loads of laundry
dealing with three force-five swivets/ screaming hissy fits from the 9 year old
one screaming hissy fit of my own
trying, unsuccessfully, to get the 5 year old to nap
breaking up about 8 full-bore screaming sibling fights
packing for a trip to Wisconsin loooong before the crack of dawn tomorrow

This, ladies, is the reason Jane Austen never married.

Oh, yeah, and last item:
eating prunes to cure my constipation (Dooce, are you listening? Prunes, honey. Prunes are the cure.)

Comments

[Melissa]

I started reading your book last week. For the section on the stress of breastfeeding alone, *thank you*

[Sher]

Thats not self promotion, that is a handy reference. The more people who read your books, the better.

[clearlydistracted]

I jumped last night when I read an article in the most recent Cookie magazine that mentions your book. Congrats!

[AK]

I'm inspired that a professional writer's life looks so much like my own . . . maybe there's hope for my book . . . LOL

[JuJuBee]

Thanks for the link :) Though I haven't yet read your book, it is a must buy on my next trip to the bookstore...Thanks for doing what you do and staying sane in the process. We can all only hope to be so lucky.

[karrie]

I agree--you have written a wonderful book that has the potential to help a lot of women.

Oh, and kiwi fruit work wonders in our house. :)

[Devra]

Self promotion won't make you go blind, will it?

You deserve ALL kinds of promotion, this is one hell of a book and you have done a community service in writing it!

[Heather]

Many MANY congratulations! You're allowed a little self-promotion.