Here is my interview with Marla, author of the brand new e-book The Husband’s Guide to Getting Lucky. Read this fun interview, and then find out how two of you will win Marla’s fun and fab books!
Kathi: Goodness, girl. You’re a brave little thing for tackling a book about sex. For GUYS. How on earth did this come about?
Marla: That, my friend, is a great question. And honestly? I swore this is the one book I’d never write. I write for women. Why? 1.) because I am one and 2.) guys don’t read books.
Oh, I’ve gotten e-mails from guys who swiped their wives’ copies of Is That All He Thinks About? and then asked when I was going to write one for them, but I always just laughed it off. And then I got 3 e-mails from 3 guys in 3 days all asking the same question. I took it as a sign and started writing. And the rest is you know…
Kathi: You know I love your writing style, girl. Will this book be written in the same “voice” as your others, or did you have to make some changes now that you’re writing for guys?
Marla: I know why you like my style–because it reminds you of your own! Actually, I didn’t change much at all. I added a “dude” at the end of a few sentences and called it a day. I’m not really a very girly writer, and quite a few guys actually read my blog (and enjoy it apparently), so I’m
sticking with what works for me.
Kathi: Like you said, guys don’t read as much as women do. How are you going to convince them to read this book?
Marla: The irresistible title and the killer comic book cover. ‘Nuff said.
Kathi: On a more serious note, do you think wives are going to feel comfortable with their husbands reading a book about sex written by a woman?
Marla: Sure. We women read books about sex written by guys. It’s no biggie. I’m pretty certain that a lot of wives are going to be reading this book (and buying it for their husbands), so I made sure it was something they’d be cool with. And there are several points in the book where I say, “Hey, you know what? We’ll touch on this briefly here, but I’d really rather you and your wife sit down and have this particular discussion.” I’ve prayed over this book more than any other I’ve written, and I’m confident that I wrote the words I needed to write.
Kathi: Give me two good reasons a wife should buy this book for her husband for Father’s Day.
Marla: 1.) $4.99 is an amazing bargain for a sweeter, kinder husband who’s more in tune with your emotional needs and 2.) He really doesn’t need another tool for his box or set of logo golf balls, does he? Don’t you want to get him what he reeeeally wants? I mean, let’s be real here. What husband doesn’t want to get lucky for Father’s Day?
Kathi: Thanks for hanging out here on the blog, friend. It’s been a treat.
Marla: The pleasure is all mine, girl. Can’t wait to finally meet you in person one of these days! A million blessings on all 12 of your books releasing in the next year!
I want you to have the chance to win The Husband’s Guide to Getting Lucky so leave a comment about what totally husband-centric thing you are going to do for your man this Father’s Day and I will enter you into a drawing to win either a $5 Gift Card to Amazon (so you can download your own copy,) or a copy of the great book Is That All He Thinks About ? You have to tell me by Friday evening at 8 California time to be entered into the drawing.
But my suggestion? Go ahead and get the book and just tell him in a card with a big red bow. Later on that night, just wear the bow.
Happy Father’s Day to you both.
Yesterday, while I was at work, my cousin stole my iphone
and tested to see if it can survive a 25 foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now
destroyed and she has 83 views. I know this is entirely off topic but I had to share it
with someone!
I think this is one of the most important information for me.
And i’m happy studying your article. But wanna observation on few common issues, The website style
is perfect, the articles is actually great : D. Excellent process, cheers
My programmer is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP.
I have always disliked the idea because of the costs.
But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on a
number of websites for about a year and am nervous about
switching to another platform. I have heard very good
things about blogengine.net. Is there a way I can import all my wordpress posts
into it? Any help would be really appreciated!
Why visitors still make use of to read news papers when in this technological globe everything is
accessible on web?
I’m going to make sure he gets the steak he wants for lunch and we’ll have to see about the “lucky” part! Agreed that that is definitely what most guys would really want!
I ordered him a new seat for his bike and will be making his favorite dinner.
Since we don’t personally have kids we are spending father’s day with my family. To honor our food focused men my mother and I are cooking a huge lunch Sunday.
Several weeks ago I collaborated with my SILs and we all bought our men a day package at the local paint ball venue. These 3 brothers will have a great time (with our blessings to leave behind the collective 12 children) blasting each other away. The whole day to do something he’ll really enjoy.
My guys’ a minimalist, so I think sticking with “getting lucky” is best. The rest of the stuff doesn’t feed his soul. Getting MORE lucky would be good, or getting SO lucky, etc. I guess if he wondered, “How lucky can a guy get?”, that would be an indication I did well. I’ll let the kids come up with something on their own, and concern myself with feeding his soul in a fun, flirty way. I have listened to him enough to know that none of the other stuff matters! I would be shocked if he actually READS a book – but hey, maybe Marla could put an excerpt in a totally mainstream place like “Men’s Health” magazine – a workout magazine, or sneak it into the sports pages of the Mercury news. That’s it! I see your challenge and issue a challenge back to you- get it in the Merc on Sunday!
I already bought the cool tool that he wanted. The book or the gift card would be a great addition. Never thought to much about the bow thing though…..HMMMMM!
Hmmm…way am I going to do? The kids and I have been working on some things already, but I think i’m going to make him a peach pie from scratch, right after breakfast on Saturday. For some reason I don’t particularly like peaches, but he loves them. If I make that he’ll know it’s all about him!
You’re fabulous, you know that?
My husband’s brother and sis-in-law will be in the area visiting family in NJ (they live in KY; we are in PA) so we will be joining them at a bar-b-q at a cousin’s house…an all day affair…so to speak!
I called one of his buddies and made sure he gets his to do a trail run, which he loves in this heat yuck! And I am having his whole family over to BBQ and swim. And I’m doing all the grilling. Lol. He never has time to just spend with the kids and his family so I want this father’s day to be about him enjoying being a dad and I will worry about not burning the meat. Wish me luck.
I’m making stuffed mushrooms, which doesn’t sound like much, but I never make them because 1) nobody else is quite so fond of mushroooms in our family, and 2) they’re full of things the rest of us can’t eat. So these are just for him!
I’m going to make sure he has my blessing to get up early, leave the house and the kids and the other “stuff” behind, put on his “bug-tent-shirt-thing” and stand at the edge of a little river an hour away to enjoy fly fishing as the sun starts to come up. (And – bonus Father’s Day gift – I’m not going to say anything whiny later about how “sometime I’ll go by myself to do something relaxing like strolling around Home Goods.” Wow – I need to work on that heart-attitude-thing some days.)
He works SO hard. Every day. So I can stay home with our kids and pursue the ministries and desires of my heart. He blesses me with his unwavering steadiness as he leads our home and family. He is so honorable, trustworthy, precious, strong, amazing. (I am ashamed at how often I mention wanting to go out for a latte alone or to try on shoes at TJ’s… And the worst part is, he is the first to say, “Go!” and to mean it and be happy with me about “my time.” Have I mentioned I can’t possibly deserve this man God gave me!?)
So, besides “getting lucky,” I think the best husband-centric thing I could do is to make it as easy as possible for him to have a wonderful, relaxing, guit-trip-free fishing day (and hopefully HIS dad can be free to join him). Maybe I’ll even hide a flirty little love note in the pocket of the bug-net-shirt….
i am maling all his favorite foods!