Business time.

So I'm in this book, The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2. For reasons beyond my understanding, the editors asked if they could use one of my posts; needless to say I agreed. I've added a link over to the right, as well as the one above. I'm a little embarrassed to have my blog post, which probably took me a half-hour to write, published alongside essays by Heidi Julavits and Pagan Kennedy—essays I'm guessing took them each a bit longer than a half-hour to write. You know, real essays, written with, like, care, and stuff. Obviously I'm not too embarrassed, or I wouldn't be telling you about the book at all. Once again, Alice, you have fooled no one with your half-hearted attempt at self-deprecation. At any rate, I am here to tell you that you should purchase this book. It is a good book, chock full of pages with words on them.

In other news, a colleague of mine is looking for birth stories for an upcoming project. She has asked me to ask my wondrous readership for contributions. Please email me (finslippy AT gmail DOT com) with links to birth stories, either ones that you yourself wrote or your favorite story from another site. UPDATE: okay, well, I asked for that. I was deluged with birth stories, so I'm going to ask that you hold off for now. I thank you for your patience. More later!