Sylvia D. Lucas's Blog
August 5, 2013
New video!
I just added a video, just one minute long, that serves as a book trailer for No Children, No Guilt. (And a little more.) Hope you enjoy! http://www.goodreads.com/videos/list_...
February 23, 2013
FREE on KINDLE this weekend!
Get What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women FREE this weekend on Kindle (US and UK).
What readers are saying:
To most of the things I was like, "Well, duh!" But when thinking about it, I was like, "Hmm. Well, I could see where most men don't understand that or think, 'Okay, I got into a fight with my significant other so I'm just going to buy her something and everything will be okay.'" For a women reading it, you start to think about your past relationships and realize why they didn't work or all the things wrong with them or the lack of understanding between the two people. You can also see the things that you did wrong as well. I know I did. So this book is an interesting read. It's funny and intriguing and the personal stories made it more relatable. I personally think its an interesting read for both sexes." - Goodreads review
Ms. Lucas calls on both men and women to step up their self awareness and to stop playing games and get real. Most importantly, she stresses the importance of taking responsibility for one's own actions, and that gender stereotypes do not excuse abusive, manipulative, or childish behavior. Two thumbs up for this one. - Amazon review
Chapters include:
We Aren't Your Mommy
You Aren't Our Daddy
We Don't All Want Marriage and Children
Why Roses Are a Great Idea (and other myths)
We Aren't Mysterious, Confusing, Morally Superior, or Manipulative
When We Say ____, What We Mean Is ____.
Get it now! Promotion ends Feb. 24, Sunday eve.
Amazon Kindle US | UK
What readers are saying:
To most of the things I was like, "Well, duh!" But when thinking about it, I was like, "Hmm. Well, I could see where most men don't understand that or think, 'Okay, I got into a fight with my significant other so I'm just going to buy her something and everything will be okay.'" For a women reading it, you start to think about your past relationships and realize why they didn't work or all the things wrong with them or the lack of understanding between the two people. You can also see the things that you did wrong as well. I know I did. So this book is an interesting read. It's funny and intriguing and the personal stories made it more relatable. I personally think its an interesting read for both sexes." - Goodreads review
Ms. Lucas calls on both men and women to step up their self awareness and to stop playing games and get real. Most importantly, she stresses the importance of taking responsibility for one's own actions, and that gender stereotypes do not excuse abusive, manipulative, or childish behavior. Two thumbs up for this one. - Amazon review
Chapters include:
We Aren't Your Mommy
You Aren't Our Daddy
We Don't All Want Marriage and Children
Why Roses Are a Great Idea (and other myths)
We Aren't Mysterious, Confusing, Morally Superior, or Manipulative
When We Say ____, What We Mean Is ____.
Get it now! Promotion ends Feb. 24, Sunday eve.
Amazon Kindle US | UK
February 16, 2012
Winners Announced!
I want to sincerely thank Goodreads' readers for entering to win a copy of What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women. There were 764 of you! Congratulations to the winners. Your signed copies will be sent in the next couple of days.
For those of you who didn't win, if you have a Kindle and you're an Amazon Prime member, you can currently borrow it for free! If not, you can purchase the Kindle version for just $4.99, and the paperback for just $6.99. I know Valentine's Day is over, but it's always the right time to try to better understand and appreciate your partner.
A recent reader called it "Funny, yet informative." I hope you'll check it out. :)
Congratulations again, winners!
- Sylvia
For those of you who didn't win, if you have a Kindle and you're an Amazon Prime member, you can currently borrow it for free! If not, you can purchase the Kindle version for just $4.99, and the paperback for just $6.99. I know Valentine's Day is over, but it's always the right time to try to better understand and appreciate your partner.
A recent reader called it "Funny, yet informative." I hope you'll check it out. :)
Congratulations again, winners!
- Sylvia
January 29, 2012
People are Talking about What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women
Geek and Jock says, "It taught this old dog some new tricks. Interestingly, it's an eye-opener for women, too."
The Girlfriend Mom calls What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women "the anti-Rules in the best way."
"About time someone wrote this educational book - cheers x" wrote a Twitter follower of City Girl.
The Girlfriend Mom calls What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women "the anti-Rules in the best way."
"About time someone wrote this educational book - cheers x" wrote a Twitter follower of City Girl.
January 21, 2012
Paperback Available - and coming giveaway!
What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women has just released as a paperback, which means it's time for a Goodreads giveaway (date to be announced - still awaiting approval).
A new reader has also posted a review of "What Every Woman" as a Facebook note, and I'm excited to share part of it here:
It is my opinion that this is perhaps one of the best books on this particular topic I have read. And I have read my fair share of relationship books. But unlike previous books I’ve read, which I found to be rather limiting in their messages, I found What Every Woman Wishes… to be more down to earth and realistic in its presentation. Sylvia D. Lucas is witty, clever, intelligent and logical as she makes many good points on topics ranging from marriage to myths surrounding gifts. - Joe Glasgow
Who said humor couldn't be helpful?
A new reader has also posted a review of "What Every Woman" as a Facebook note, and I'm excited to share part of it here:
It is my opinion that this is perhaps one of the best books on this particular topic I have read. And I have read my fair share of relationship books. But unlike previous books I’ve read, which I found to be rather limiting in their messages, I found What Every Woman Wishes… to be more down to earth and realistic in its presentation. Sylvia D. Lucas is witty, clever, intelligent and logical as she makes many good points on topics ranging from marriage to myths surrounding gifts. - Joe Glasgow
Who said humor couldn't be helpful?
January 12, 2012
1st Amazon review of "What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women": 4 stars
I was excited to wake up this morning and find my first Amazon review for "What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women," currently $.99 on Kindle and available soon as a paperback.
"RandomeReader" writes, "I felt like I had just hung out with a girlfriend and shared our views on relationships between men and women. ... The intended audience of this book is men of any age. It is not condescending toward men, nor sexist. ... This book is a good read for any man who cares enough about his current or future partner to wish to gain even a grain of insight." (Read the rest here: http://www.amazon.com/Every-Woman-Wis...)
"RandomeReader" writes, "I felt like I had just hung out with a girlfriend and shared our views on relationships between men and women. ... The intended audience of this book is men of any age. It is not condescending toward men, nor sexist. ... This book is a good read for any man who cares enough about his current or future partner to wish to gain even a grain of insight." (Read the rest here: http://www.amazon.com/Every-Woman-Wis...)
January 5, 2012
Relationship Advice Has Never Been So Modern. Rules, Schmules.
“A weird combo of really funny and really insightful.” – Beta reader, male, married
I’m very excited to announce the release of my second book:
WHAT EVERY WOMAN WISHES MODERN MEN KNEW ABOUT WOMEN
This is NOT your typical relationship advice book. From the Amazon description:
Forget what magazines and movies say men should know about women. And forget the rules.
Sylvia D. Lucas, in “What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women,” challenges the games, the rules, and any other recommended adherence to fifties-era stereotypes in this reveal of what real, modern men should know about real, modern women. #1: We don’t want to carry your underwear.
“It helped me find out where my wife was coming from and how I should be acting in a marriage.” – Beta reader, male, married
“As it is beneficial for a man to hear, I think it’d be important for a lot of women to know that it’s perfectly normal and ‘OK’ to feel this way as well. I think I just figured it out. It’s meant to educate women, but disguised as a guide to men.” – Beta reader, male, married
“This book seems like it’s MORE than just ‘What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women.’ It’s more about the modern-day woman, the independent ‘we don’t need you for things, we need you for companionship, and we want you to understand we are just like you’ woman.” – Beta reader, female, married
Ch. 1 Excerpt (yes, this happened):
One Christmas a couple of boyfriends ago, my boyfriend Ted (whose name is not Ted) and I visited his family for the holiday weekend. We’d been staying at his parents’ house the first two nights, but the final night, we went to his sister’s house. She was the closest to us in emotional age, and we wanted to have a few drinks. (We didn’t do that around his very religious, born-again parents.)
That night, after dinner and a couple glasses of wine, Ted and I said goodnight and went to sleep in the spare bedroom. We woke up wine-headed and a little late the next morning, showered, packed our small suitcases, and left in our own car for a nearby restaurant where we were meeting his sister, his parents, and his nephews for an early lunch before we headed out of town.
After looking at the menu, and while we waited for the food to arrive, Ted’s sister—about 35, at the time, and Ted and I were in our mid-twenties—said from across the table, “Psst. Sylvia.”
She was leaning forward with her breasts smashed against the edge of the table. Her eyes told me to look under there.
I had a headache and really didn’t want to, but I did, and when I lifted the edge of the tablecloth, I saw a crumpled wad of striped material, blue and white, surrounded by darkness and shaking at me to take it.
“What’s that?” I said.
“They’re his,” she said, using her free and to point at her brother. “You forgot your underwear after your shower,” she tee-heed at him. “They were in the bathroom behind the door.” And to me, she said, “Here.”
Confused, I “Huh?”ed.
She used her chin to point at the table and muttered through almost-closed lips (as if it was now time to be discreet), “Tiiiik zhhe eendrrrwrrrrr.”
I looked at Ted, who was helping one of his nephews color on the children’s placemat the server had brought. “Why are you giving them to me?” I said.
“You’re his girlfriend.” The ‘Of course!’ was implied.
“So?” I said, not quite believing I was now saying in the middle of the day in a halfway decent restaurant, “They’re his underwear.”
I must have said it a little too outside-voiced, because Ted looked at me like I’d just elbowed him in the face. And then he snatched his underwear, found the pocket in his coat lying beside him in the booth, and stuffed them inside.
By the time the food came, everyone else had moved on and was having some kind of conversation about something or other, but I was distracted. Why had she tried to give me his underwear? Why was it assumed that it was my responsibility to take them? Why had no one else at the table looked at her like she was crazy?
Get it for your Kindle for just $.99 (introductory price).
I’m very excited to announce the release of my second book:
WHAT EVERY WOMAN WISHES MODERN MEN KNEW ABOUT WOMEN
This is NOT your typical relationship advice book. From the Amazon description:
Forget what magazines and movies say men should know about women. And forget the rules.
Sylvia D. Lucas, in “What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women,” challenges the games, the rules, and any other recommended adherence to fifties-era stereotypes in this reveal of what real, modern men should know about real, modern women. #1: We don’t want to carry your underwear.
“It helped me find out where my wife was coming from and how I should be acting in a marriage.” – Beta reader, male, married
“As it is beneficial for a man to hear, I think it’d be important for a lot of women to know that it’s perfectly normal and ‘OK’ to feel this way as well. I think I just figured it out. It’s meant to educate women, but disguised as a guide to men.” – Beta reader, male, married
“This book seems like it’s MORE than just ‘What Every Woman Wishes Modern Men Knew About Women.’ It’s more about the modern-day woman, the independent ‘we don’t need you for things, we need you for companionship, and we want you to understand we are just like you’ woman.” – Beta reader, female, married
Ch. 1 Excerpt (yes, this happened):
One Christmas a couple of boyfriends ago, my boyfriend Ted (whose name is not Ted) and I visited his family for the holiday weekend. We’d been staying at his parents’ house the first two nights, but the final night, we went to his sister’s house. She was the closest to us in emotional age, and we wanted to have a few drinks. (We didn’t do that around his very religious, born-again parents.)
That night, after dinner and a couple glasses of wine, Ted and I said goodnight and went to sleep in the spare bedroom. We woke up wine-headed and a little late the next morning, showered, packed our small suitcases, and left in our own car for a nearby restaurant where we were meeting his sister, his parents, and his nephews for an early lunch before we headed out of town.
After looking at the menu, and while we waited for the food to arrive, Ted’s sister—about 35, at the time, and Ted and I were in our mid-twenties—said from across the table, “Psst. Sylvia.”
She was leaning forward with her breasts smashed against the edge of the table. Her eyes told me to look under there.
I had a headache and really didn’t want to, but I did, and when I lifted the edge of the tablecloth, I saw a crumpled wad of striped material, blue and white, surrounded by darkness and shaking at me to take it.
“What’s that?” I said.
“They’re his,” she said, using her free and to point at her brother. “You forgot your underwear after your shower,” she tee-heed at him. “They were in the bathroom behind the door.” And to me, she said, “Here.”
Confused, I “Huh?”ed.
She used her chin to point at the table and muttered through almost-closed lips (as if it was now time to be discreet), “Tiiiik zhhe eendrrrwrrrrr.”
I looked at Ted, who was helping one of his nephews color on the children’s placemat the server had brought. “Why are you giving them to me?” I said.
“You’re his girlfriend.” The ‘Of course!’ was implied.
“So?” I said, not quite believing I was now saying in the middle of the day in a halfway decent restaurant, “They’re his underwear.”
I must have said it a little too outside-voiced, because Ted looked at me like I’d just elbowed him in the face. And then he snatched his underwear, found the pocket in his coat lying beside him in the booth, and stuffed them inside.
By the time the food came, everyone else had moved on and was having some kind of conversation about something or other, but I was distracted. Why had she tried to give me his underwear? Why was it assumed that it was my responsibility to take them? Why had no one else at the table looked at her like she was crazy?
Get it for your Kindle for just $.99 (introductory price).
December 30, 2011
Contest ending soon - win a free copy of No Children, No Guilt!
It makes me uncomfortable to have my first post be a plug for a contest, but this is a book site, after all...
Until 3PM EST tomorrow, enter to win one of two copies of No Children, No Guilt, by visiting this link: http://sylviadlucas.com/2011/12/27/co...
No strings attached, not a complicated process, no requirement to sign up for anything. All you have to do is leave a comment (answering a specific question).
I just ordered even more copies of No Children, No Guilt for another giveaway to be held on Goodreads in the coming month, or so, so please stay tuned.
Until 3PM EST tomorrow, enter to win one of two copies of No Children, No Guilt, by visiting this link: http://sylviadlucas.com/2011/12/27/co...No strings attached, not a complicated process, no requirement to sign up for anything. All you have to do is leave a comment (answering a specific question).
I just ordered even more copies of No Children, No Guilt for another giveaway to be held on Goodreads in the coming month, or so, so please stay tuned.
