August 16, 2011

Freshman 15 Sneak Peek

DAY 29
of the 30-Day Blog Challenge, 2011
A preliminary PDF proof.
I recently had a non-fiction book published, "The Official Guide to ZAPPING the Freshman 15"—a health and lifestyle primer co-authored with Marsha Irving (a fitness trainer, model, and actress). I first blogged about it here, and mentioned I would post select pages "one of these days." Today is one of those days.

It's a thrill to see your work in print, especially if you're a paper girl at heart like me. When I was little, my parents had a bookstore and I grew up having free access to many books—Archie comicbooks, in particular—and magazines (I attribute my hypochondriac tendencies to having pored over issues of Reader's Digest as a tween.).True, I have a keen appreciation for the online world and the web of opportunities made possible by its existence and success in the realm of publishing. But, nothing still beats the feel of printed paper in one's hands. All of the above explains why I own an iPad and still impulse-buy magazines at Hudson News (and also why my fascination with companies like Hearst and Condé Nast will never ever wane).

So, PAGES!

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: First! Starting Freshman Year Right
Chapter 2: Stressbusters
Chapter 3: Go, carbs!
Art, layout, and design by CLAUDE RODRIGO.

Freshman 15 is available on Amazon, (paperback and Kindle edition), Barnes & Noble online and Xlibris (our publisher).

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4 comments:

  1. Katrina VillarealAugust 17, 2011 at 3:41 AM

    Hi, Mariel! You had the same link for the paperback and Kindle edition. :) Here's the one for Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Zapping-Freshman-ebook/dp/B0054D9N06/

    Congratulations again on your book! Is this the first you've had published? This is one of my dreams too.

    And I truly understand what it's like to feel and smell a new book or magazine! But I'm trying to be kinder to the environment and sticking to electronic versions. (Then again, if you're using up electricity, which is worse?)

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  2. MarielAugust 17, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    Oh wow, thanks so much for that, KV! :)

    Ah, yes, it's also still a dream of mine to have a novel published. Maya Calica has a great article on that, check out http://www.mayacalica.com/?p=234.

    Thanks for the congrats too!!

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  3. Dr. KellyAugust 17, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    Congratulations Mariel!

    May this be the start of even greater things to come!

    :)

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  4. MarielAugust 18, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    Thanks, Doctor Kelly! :)

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Welcome to my blog! Always a pleasure reading your comments, so thank you for posting :)

Cheers, cheese, and chocolate,
Mariel

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