Ruth Pennebaker
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Feb 15, 2010
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"My book tour just ended, but hopefully there will be more fun signings in the future! Thanks for considering blogging about my book, that would be wonderful! xo"
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"Thanks for the kind comments about my video. Hope you are well! Love, Your Mother"
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Raising The Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation

"Are you doing more book signings? I'm going to buy your book and write about it on my blog. It sounds too good to pass up -- even though my own kids are now grown. Hope your sales have been good."
Nov 19, 2009
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Raising The Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation

"This is wonderful! Are you, by any chance, my mother?"
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I want to encourage women to submit to humor venues. I urge you; I implore you. Let’s start a revolution and change the world’s mind about who’s funny. Your heart will swell with accomplishment and your breasts will become larger. This I promise.
Nov 11, 2009
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Estrogen Power

One of our friends is a surgeon so revered in the patient community that, every time I hear his name, it’s uttered with awe and reverence. This always strikes me as a riot, and sometimes I can’t help opening my big mouth about it.“I guess I know him a bit differently,” I’ll drop into the conversation. Then, after a dramatic pause, I add: “I once saw him thrown out of a soccer game.”Boy, that gets everybody’s attention fast. So, I’m usually begged to tell the whole story, which is this: Once,…See More
Aug 3, 2009
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Whether you are using blogging as a way to let the world get to know you, market your book, or prepare the world for your talents, the form offers so many options it can be overwhelming. Let's network and share approaches. Bloggers unite!
Jul 31, 2009
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Who I am:
geezersisters.com
geezersisters on twitter
ruthpennebaker.com
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
What Did I Do to Deserve This? -- a novel that will be published by Berkley in early '11
Don't Think Twice; Conditions of Love; Both Sides Now -- all young-adult novels
Texas Family Time Capsule (collection of my newspaper columns)
Stork Realities (humor book about pregnancy)
Parents: A Toddler's Guide (humor book about kids)
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Texas Observer columnist and contributing writer
very occasional contributor to The New York Times
regular commentator for KUT public radio in Austin
My writing is:
Fiction, Nonfiction, Journalism, Blog Posts
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
occasionally
Services I offer to other writers:
I often exchange works in progress with other friends who are writers
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
nothing that's formal
My professional associations:
Authors' Guild
Texas Writers' League

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Estrogen Power

Posted on August 3, 2009 at 1:06pm 0 Comments

One of our friends is a surgeon so revered in the patient community that, every time I hear his name, it’s uttered with awe and reverence. This always strikes me as a riot, and sometimes I can’t help opening my big mouth about it.



“I guess I know him a bit differently,” I’ll drop into the conversation. Then, after a dramatic pause, I add: “I once saw him thrown out of a soccer game.”



Boy, that gets everybody’s attention fast. So, I’m usually begged to tell the whole story,… Continue

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At 12:26pm on December 22, 2009, Jennifer Lynn Knox said…
A fellow Texan!
At 7:30pm on November 19, 2009, Elizabeth Beckwith said…
My book tour just ended, but hopefully there will be more fun signings in the future! Thanks for considering blogging about my book, that would be wonderful! xo
At 4:58pm on November 19, 2009, Elizabeth Beckwith said…
Thanks for the kind comments about my video. Hope you are well!
Love,
Your Mother
 
 
 

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