Now an Audio Book!

I'm happy to announce that my publisher, Chronicle Books in San Francisco, teamed up with Echo Point Books and Media (in Vermont) to create an audio book of the Wedding Officiant's Guide. My editor, Alex Galou, says it is now available on all major retailers, so I did not like the above illustration to any one retailer. Choose your favorite!

I had considered narrating the book, but with my daughter Peggy's wedding, there was a lot on my plate during the weeks they wanted to record. And frankly, it was risky because I am not a professional narrator. Echo Point kindly gave me clips from six narrators and I'm very happy with the voice they chose. She kind of sounds like my better, wiser self. 

In other news, I no longer have an account on Facebook (still on Instagram, though). This lack of the public platform Facebook provides could make it harder to promote future books, though I'm looking at alternate media. But the alternative was worse! The algorithms got the better of me. First, my Facebook feed became more and more politically charged and dramatic, and then one day I found myself behaving badly, trolling someone!  I deleted my trolling.  

In preparation for dropping off, I made a list of all the people I was connected to on the platform, ones I still wanted to connect with. Then I deleted my photos and posts. Then I went into the rabbit warren of options (they do not make it easy) and deleted my account.  Facebook keeps your account in a holding pattern for 30 more days in case you want to rejoin. A couple of weeks later, I realized I felt A LOT LESS STRESSED, even though life's ups and downs continued. I still bug my congresspeople and read the news and go on marches, but I am a calmer person.