I AM SO PROUD:
Announcing my first - and probably ONLY - publication as an Actual Paid Author!!!!  On Paper. For Reals.  ISBN number and EVERYTHING.

YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO BUY IT!:
At $8.95, it's cheaper than Ginzu Knives, and hopefully not as dull!
Better Hurry, before the first printing is Sold Out:
Publisher's Site: elidebooks.com
Amazon: amazon.com
AND NOW AT: barnesandnoble.com

A NICE PERSON WOULD ALSO PROMOTE IT:
Want to help a Small Business?  It's very trendy this year.  Steve, my Publisher, was laid off with me from Mattel Video Game programming Eons Ago & then years later we both got laid off again when offshore-outhousing became All The Rage.  So far, writing for people,  instead of machines, and being our own bosses has not resulted in a Pink Slip yet...
Or just want to be a celebrity name-dropper?  If you're too shallow to want to be generous, then just make me famous and bask in the glow of pretending to be a Personal Friend:
Amazon: amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com
--click on the "Like" button
--click on the "review" button and Wax Poetic
Publisher's site: elidebooks.com
--go to  customer review section at bottom of page

IF YOU'RE BRAVE LUCKY ENOUGH TO READ IT:
You will immediately appreciate the effort that my Editor and Co-writer and Publisher (aka Steve, Steve and Steve) put forth to make this guide useful and marketable.  He researched every nitty gritty little baby fact, making me wonder more than once: HOW did I raise a daughter without this info?  And when I wanted to say that some days selling your child to the Gypsies can feel like a win-win option, he  gently reminded me that Gypsies are a Buying Demographic too - not to mention their ability to put curses on people.  Oh.  Right.  So the fact that your Mom and even HER Mom can safely read this guide is a tribute to Steve and his innate ability to realize that even though the most seemingly innocent of ideas, like suggesting the use of Ranch Dressing to get your kids to eat vegetables, could have resulted in a visit from Michelle Obama - and not in a good way.