My second book, Relative Insanity, was released yesterday. And as you can imagine I’m super excited.
This is my excited face. Seems kinda lame if you ask me.
Seeing the finished product makes me very happy.
This is my happy face. Also, note the missing constipated look. Yeah, baby.
People are emailing asking what the book is about. Seriously, it’s been so long since I’ve read it that I hardly remember. But if memory serves it’s about a wife/mom named Kate, who gives up her career outside the home to stay home and raise her three children. She’s surrounded by a cast of characters also known as her family. Kate struggles with feelings of discontent…she constantly feels like her life has amounted to being nothing more than the resident nose wiper. And she’s not happy about it.
If you like this website you’ll love the book. Kate is ridiculous…like me. You will laugh more than you will cry, and don’t be surprised if you confuse Kate with me. Everyone who’s read it says something like…”I love the part where YOU blah blah blah. And I’m all “DUDE, THE BOOK IS NOT ABOUT ME!”
It’s fiction. Honest.
My favorite part of the book is the back cover. Some amazing friends of mine offered their editorial review. I should make you wait until you BUY YOUR OWN COPY (insert subliminal message here) to read what they wrote but I won’t. I’m a giver like that.
Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess, wrote: “This book is good birth control. It will also make you laugh like hell. You should buy it because it’s hard to find that kind of combination without a medical prescription.”
Adam Avitable wrote: “From the title, I thought this was a book to help me deal with my brother’s bi-polar disorder, because he’s spiraling down very quickly and I needed immediate assistance. He’d dead now, but man, this book was funny.”
Danny Evans, author of Rage Against The Meshugenah wrote: “Shauna Glenn if from that rare breed of authors who can make you laugh until you cry even when she’s writing about the most raw and visceral human emotions. Driven by heart and hilarity, RELATIVE INSANITY might just be Shauna’s best novel yet.”
I would love to give the first signed copy to one of you. Just leave a comment telling me about someone in your life who offers relative insaneness. (That sentence was so grammatically incorrect but I don’t even care. You know what I mean. In other words, which family member of yours is cray-cray)
Now hurry and get your copy of the book before it runs out. I need every $1.50 I can get.
It’s also available for Kindle. If you’re into that.
Thanks to everyone for your undying love and support. You. Complete. Me.
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In my family it is very difficult to narrow it down to just one crazy person to single out of the fray. In fact, in our hometown of Iuka, Mississippi it is quite common for people to receive a “crazy check” if they don’t feel like getting a real job and supporting themselves. (Crazy check is a Social Security check for mental disability.)
But I’ll have to pick…..my sister! She brings crazy to a whole new level. But we have to love her anyway because she’s family.
First of all, I can not wait to read this. I will be ordering it on payday. so i guess i can at least wait until Aug 30.
and for the crazy – please see my step mother in law. She has a spiky mullet haircut that is 3 different colors (she dyes it herself!) and she wears cream eyeshadow all the way up to her eyebrows, which she excessively plucks. To my wedding, she wore a dark purple dress, dark purple eyeshadow, dark purple lipstick, dark purple tights, dark purple shoes, and naturally carried a purse – that was brown.
Hannah´s last [type] ..Caring Communities Part 2
Crazy family members oy vey where do I start. I have a sister, and please don’t let her find this or maybe she should but if she did find it it wouldn’t change a thing, who knows absolutely everything about EVERYTHING! You start a conversation with her and she interjects and keeps on steamrolling through even if you interrupt to correct her, which does not cut it in her world because you are WRONG!!! I get so frustrated that I have to leave the room because there is no changing her mind.
Love & Hugs,
Pam
I forgot to add I do love her because she is what she is and why would she change LOL.
I’m sure if you polled the whole family, the general consensus would be that *I* am the crazy one. They are all wrong, I’m completely sane, I promise. The truth is that *they are ALL crazy, and since I’m sooo normal they think I’m the crazy one!
Jeanette´s last [type] ..Television and Learning
I’m assuming that I need to pick a family member OTHER than me. Hmmmm…can I get back to you on that one? I’m currently having a mental breakdown thinking about taking my daughter for her 18month check up this afternoon. I swear they’re off on their count. She can’t be more than 4 or 5 months. I think.
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Pick me! Pick me!
My family probably thinks I’m the crazy one. Because I’m the only one who is still single and lives with my cats.
But that’s OK. They’re just jealous!
Kristabella´s last [type] ..Brain Dump
Well, I’m as sane as a box of kittens on ritalin so I’m going to go with my step-mother-in-law. From her unwelcomed advice on anal lube to holiday cussings to giving me her used thongs (the underwear kind) I’m pretty sure I have more than enough reasons to be on my third (or fourth) drink of the day.
I’m the crazy one in our house. I wonder, if you sign it will it be worth more on eBay?
Hockeymandad´s last [type] ..Get Your Nerd On
So, do I get a free copy? I mean, after that glowing review, your success hinges completely on my word, right?
Avitable´s last [type] ..Puzzle pieces Or the end of an therapy
The CAHRAZY one in my family is my cousin. You could probably look up INSANE or CRAZY in the dictionary and her picture will be there.
AmazingGreis´s last [type] ..The BFL is back and better than ever…
My brother Byron – thats all i have to say – you know its true!!!
My cousins Tommy or Toto as we like to call him. He’s definitely different than the rest of us, but I love him. Last month we had a family reunion and he sat by himself reading a horror magazine while the rest of us congregated. I love him though!
Oh crap I forgot to write what I was going to before I knew a book was involved lol. Congrats on the release! Yeah, that was all.
Kaye´s last [type] ..Wonderful
If we’re talking cray-cray, I’d have to say my mother. Her mission in life was to embarass her children in public. She used a shopping cart as a skateboard in the grocery store of the eensy weensy town we’re from where everyone knows everyone and heaven forbid if you didn’t get invited to their daughter-in-law’s dog’s baptism. She has exclaimed, “Do you like my new hat?” This “hat” was the biggest bra cup she could find. This has happened on more than one occassion. And lastly, no one has the heart to tell her she’s not “gangsta.” She uses words/phrases such as: my peeps, fo shizzle and replies to most comments with “well your Mom would…” Can’t make this shit up.
my boss, picture devil wears prada without the prada
My crazy family member is my mother. She is certifiable, cu cu for Coco Puffs, crazy. But I love her.
Uncle Dick: Been married 64 years and brags that he and his wife have had sex in every state in the union. (Too much info!) His (other) hobbies are designing n’ making hooked rugs, actually some are quite lovely,and playing golf. He plays golf every day and keeps all of his scores on record. Mind you, that has been over a number of years. As long as he stays on his meds for OCD, the family is safe.
Can I just nominate my entire family?…No? Well, if I have to pick one person, my mom’s cousin “A” will definitely be it. She’s done so many crazy things over the years, that I can’t even think of her without feeling sorry for her.
I’m dialin’ it up right now!
The Sweetest´s last [type] ..Tuesday’s List
I have an older brother who’s 36. He still doesn’t drive. He gave up on being catholic (though so did I) and turned to pagan-ism. Yeah, that bag of bullshit. He only works part time even though he has a Ph.D….in PHILOSOPHY! Wtf. He constantly expects everyone to ferry him everywhere and to my constant chagrin, the parents keep obliging. He even conned them into giving him the money to come down to where we all live and visit even though he tells everyone he’s broke, he found the money to hit the pubs a lot. AND…he writes non fiction philosophy books. So when I excitedly reported that my second book was coming out later this year (also fiction) he was all “oh? I’m on my fifth”
Assmuncher.
But it’s waaay harder to publish fiction than non. And nobody but basement living in their mother’s house former dungeon and dragon players read non fiction philosophy, am I right?
P.S. he still has a long ponytail. ’nuff said.
P.P.S I’ll buy your book even if I don’t win, I love how you write.
Bellawriter´s last [type] ..There was a goat on my desk and no one asked why
I would say it is my sister. My other sister & I call her Sybil. I never know which “sister” it will be when I see her. She is Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs. Seriously.
Besides me, which seems to be everyone’s answer, the crazy ass in our family is the dog. The high hilarity begins with his need to be under a blanket at all times to going crazy when you don a life jacket. Why we don life jackets in the house you ask? Refer to the “besides me” statement above. Can’t wait to read the book and will buy it even if I “win” to support you!
I hate to admit this but I’m pretty sure I’m the crazy one in my family. No one else rotates the clean, just-out-of-the-dishwasher dishes when they put them up so that all of the glasses, plates, bowls, etc gets used equally.
Becky Mochaface´s last [type] ..Tuesday Trivia- States
My niece. She is craazzyy. Different stories for different people, does things she said she didn’t or wouldn’t, she is exhausting!!
Me…at the moment….just heard from the ex-husband i haven’t talked to in 3 years…who wanted to check on his son he hasn’t seen in 5….gonna go have a drink now before i vomit…can’t wait to read your new book! congrats!
Omg. There are so many insane people in my family. I think the cray-cray award has to go to my grandmama. Crazy since 1923. She hates animals. She hates kids. Her food is really bad. I remember once she tried to make mac and cheese from the box, but she thought it was soup. I still have nightmares about soupy mac and cheese. Bleeeccckkk.
Eunice´s last [type] ..Project EHC- Sometimes You Eff Up
We’re all insane around here. No, really, we have mood disorders, clinical depression, chemical imbalances, PPD and even a touch of schizophrenia. Between my family and the in-laws, we could stock a whole psychiatric ward.
thepsychobabble´s last [type] ..Times are Tough All Over
My mother!
Mandi Bone´s last [type] ..Diet Coke
My uncle who is 6’1 and weighs 130 pounds because of the many diets he has been on, including the Hallelujah diet. He brings his own food to Thanksgiving and restaurants, and uses vodka for cleaning, not for having a good time! Doesn’t that say it all?
My uncle who is 6’1 and weighs 130 pounds because of the many diets he has been on, including the Hallelujah diet. He brings his own food to Thanksgiving and restaurants, and uses vodka for cleaning, not for having a good time! Doesn’t that say it all?
My mother-in-law is totally a nutbag. She brought my son some toy cars from China that were very obviously painted with lead paint. Of course I was the wacky one for not giving him the toys. Next time I’ll be all “Happy Birthday enjoy your lead poisoning!”
BecZhang´s last [type] ..do i look like a newsstand
My mother is the (clinically) craziest… but my brother comes in a close second. Just left his zillionth good paying job to sell insurance … in a state that does not allow that kind of insurance to be purchased. Um, yeah. That didn’t work out.
My grandmother locked herself in the basement for a week when her in-laws threatened to move in. Enough said.
PS You should release the book to Barnes and Noble and on the Nook!
Excellent!! So happy for you! And as much as I loved the first one, this one is my favorite!
Besides myself of course…..my father is for reals
crah-ahz-ee!
Unfortunately he will not admit that he is, nor does he think he is. His dad was bipolar and committed suicide but he refuses to talk about or acknowledge it. He is as crazy as they come.
My sister’s and I all got a piece of it. Lucky us and our genes!
P.S. was that TMI?
P.P.S. I really want to read the book!
P.P.S.S. I need it free though, no $ to buy right now.
P.P.P.S.S. Pick me!
My father-in-law. Love him, I swear, but he moved to the middle of nowhere and complains constantly that no one comes to visit. He comes to the “city” argues with the hostess at an Italian restraunt over the necessity for a hat rack (because it is impolite for him to wear his 10 gallon hat at the table, and it is bad luck to put it on a chair, seriously) and then claims the world is coming to an end based on what he sees on the news. Granted, the world is a crazy place, but he was describing the plot from a movie that plays on the Western channel and honestly mistook it for the news.
I am hoping the crazy gene is not recessive or does not skip a generation… I can’t raise that for 18 years.
C´s last [type] ..Abandonment
Also, please forgive my misspellings and horrible grammar. I hit send without a second thought!
C´s last [type] ..Abandonment
My whole family is crazy, so it’s difficult to narrow it down to one person. If I had to, I’d go with my dad. He’s a little nuttier than the rest of us.
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You should do a book signing. How about the B&N closest to my house so I don’t have to drive all the way to FTW? Thanks in advance.
P.S. I can’t wait to read it.
My mom AND my sister. One’s as crazy as the other. They think they are complete opposites which raises a BiG red flag because they are so alike. they drive me insane with their fighting…but maybe it’s just their conspiracy to bring me to the Looney Tunes too? Hmmm…anyway pick me!
All my in-laws are crazy and I have to live with them! My not-blood-related SIL and I call this house Crazyfield, a play on the real address. And it’s a well earned title to be certain.
Melissa B.´s last [type] ..Pictures make everything better Or they did until now
OMG my sister. Hands down she has crazy in the bag.
Narcissistic Borderline Personality disorder. It’s a good one. I’ve been dealing with that for the last 20+ years.
She’s so nuts my family has all left the state. Everyone but me! AAAGGGHHH!
I know you’re jealous.
Oh goodness, my mother wins the “batshit crazy” award in my family for so many reasons… let’s just say, my friends were always scared of her and to this day, most still are.
Misty´s last [type] ..I have so much to tell you!
That would be my sister, diagnosed and all. 50+ years old and still not completely self sufficient and everything is always everyone else’s fault. Gotta love her ’cause I don’t look good in prison orange.
That would have to be my MIL. EVERY time I go over to her house she thinks of some stupid ass reason to take me back to her bedroom so she can pull her tube top (yes – tube top!) down and show me her boobs! She NEVER wears a bra and has the biggest, saggiest, most disgusting boobs I have ever seen.
My mama is definitely the one riding the crazy train in my family…she recently commented on my weight loss, then promptly asked me if I was on drugs…
I already bought your book, but will happily pass along my unsigned copy to a friend if I win yours!
Congrats on your book! My dad has always been crazy. He is a teenager trapped in an adult’s body. After he and my mom divorced he asked me (I was maybe 16, he was in his 40′s) if I minded if he dated an 18 year old! He eventually married someone closer to his own age. Then when I got married he gave us a vibrating cock ring to use on our wedding night… Nope, never a dull moment with my Dad! Lol, but I love him ” )
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My brother, of whom I am both jealous and irritated all to shit with most of the time (me likey the grammatically incorrect sentences). And I kinda sorta dislike myself a whole lot for enjoying finally being the ‘good kid’ after he held the title for years and years.
Relative insanity, indeed.
My kids would say that I’m the nutso one. And well, if you had to live with that bunch of psychos, you’d be all kinds of crazy too! And there’s not much else to say…
except I’m looking forward to reading about somebody else’s crazy.
Thanks and good night.
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