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Want a book for the holidays?

This isn’t a real post. It’s just a quick note to tell you that I’m going to meet the lovely people from BookPeople tomorrow in a parking lot to sign all of the books you might want personalized for Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus/Flying Spaghetti Monster week. If you want one for yourself or for a gift make sureContinue reading “Want a book for the holidays?”

Dear stranger who made my whole day:

Dear anonymous stranger in the car ahead of me who paid for my breakfast: You made my whole morning brighter and you inspired me to pay for the next person behind me. Which actually made me feel even better, which is the nicest thing ever but it’s also sort of weird because the gift you gave me isContinue reading “Dear stranger who made my whole day:”

My grandparents would be very proud. Maybe.

You guys. My book has now been translated into Czech, which is awesome because my dad’s parents are Czech and if they were still alive I think they would be very proud. Or they’d change their names and pretend they were Bolivian. I never know what the covers are going to look like so it’s alwaysContinue reading “My grandparents would be very proud. Maybe.”

International Incidents

My first book just got released in Polish, and I haven’t seen it in real life but the cover looks sort of baffling and also adorable. I don’t speak Polish so I did a quick auto-translation to see what they’re actually saying about the book: LET US MAKE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT usually TRUE AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jenny Lawson,Continue reading “International Incidents”

I assure you, that was not my nipple.

So this week I did a keynote address at the Texas Conference for Women. The other keynote speakers were all uber-professional and awesome, and one was a nobel peace laureate, and they all said very important, inspirational things. And then I got on the stage and panicked and decided to do a reading from myContinue reading “I assure you, that was not my nipple.”

UPDATED: Well, that was…not entirely unexpected

Did you know that Alexa gives you a list of search phrases that they believe drives traffic to your blog? Because, yeah. Here are mine: Honestly, I’m not sure whether I’m more “proud” or “ashamed”. I’m leaning toward “both”. PS. When you actually do a google search for “sloth texas divorce” my blog is not evenContinue reading “UPDATED: Well, that was…not *entirely* unexpected”