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April 11, 2019
WOMEN UNDER SCRUTINY LAUNCHES!
Willpower is a fable that thin people tell. — from Stephanie English, “Women Under Scrutiny” Women Under Scrutiny is an honest, intimate examination of the relationships we have with our bodies, ourselves, how we’ve been treated by the world based on our appearance—and how we have treated others. The women who created the serious, humorous, and…
April 1, 2019
Win a Bangle with Meaning!
In Waisted, two women who torture themselves, and are brutalized by others around weight issues, get caught in the war against women, disguised as a war against fat. In the end, they learn a key to an authentic life and link themselves with words from the lesson. Anyone pre-ordering (or who already pre-ordered) a copy of Waisted,…
Talismanic Jewelry for WAISTED Pre-Order
In Waisted, two women who torture themselves, and are brutalized by others around weight issues, get caught in the war against women, disguised as a war against fat. In the end, they learn a key to an authentic life and link themselves with words from the lesson. Anyone pre-ordering (or who already pre-ordered) a copy of Waisted,…
March 25, 2019
Final Goodreads Giveaway for Early Copy of WAISTED!
Click Here: Goodreads Giveaway for Waisted! “Meyers delivers a timely examination of body image, family, friendship, and what it means to be a woman in modern society. It will appeal to anyone who has ever dreaded stepping on a scale; even those who haven’t will learn from it. Culturally inclusive and societally on point, this…
March 20, 2019
WOMEN UNDER SCRUTINY Cover Reveal!
As I prepared for the launch of my new novel, Waisted, I thought of all the ways women are scrutinized, judged—and often found wanting. I thought about the previous bonus and companion books I’ve written which connect to themes from my novels—one filled with recipes and another with thoughts of women and money—and knew what the…
March 11, 2019
Goodreads Giveaway! Ends 3/15/19
Goodreads Book Giveaway Waisted by Randy Susan Meyers Giveaway ends March 15, 2019. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
March 10, 2019
Do We Jam Novels Into A Caste System of Literary Hierarchy?
I love books. Reading probably kept me from teen pregnancy, heroin, and robbing convenience stores with a badass boyfriend. I’ve read great books, good books, mediocre books, and book so awful they damaged my eyes— and it was never the genre that determined how I ranked them. Whatever the genre, it’s a rare writer who isn’t…
February 14, 2019
Worshipping at the Library Alter
“The library was a little old shabby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith. Today is Library Lovers Day—along with Valentine’s Day—and not only do I love libraries, I credit the Kensington…
February 2, 2019
Valentine’s Day with Heart: Jewelry That Gives Back
Anyone who knows me, knows there are two things I love: jewelry (whether it’s trying on the unaffordable—see above—or dressing up for the Pulpwood Queens—see above— & giving back. Here’s a way combine the two in with something exquisite (and there’s a range of prices!) that’s provides housing, jobs, relief for trafficking victims, gun safety…
January 26, 2019
Goodreads Giveaway for WAISTED: 40 Copies, 7 days!
GIVEAWAY: CLICK HERE! In this provocative, wildly entertaining, and compelling novel, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers. Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers, harbor the same secret: obsession with their weight overshadows concerns about…
