Offbeat blurbs
So you know how the backs of books sometimes have blurbs from esteemed authors saying why you should really buy THIS book, the one in your hands, because they have read it and they like it? I have some of those blurbs! It's so exciting to have my book written about by women I so deeply respect. SQUEE!
“Offbeat Bride should be required reading for every couple struggling to create a wedding that uniquely reflects who they are. With wisdom and humor, Ariel Meadow Stallings reminds you that you need not buy into the wedding industrial complex in order to have a kick-ass celebration.”
—Lori Leibovich, founder and editor of Indiebride.com
“A wedding book that won’t make you puke. Whatever your idea of nontraditional may be, Offbeat Bride is here to tell you that it’s all gonna be okay.”
—Wendy McClure, columnist for BUST magazine and author of I'm Not the New Me
Finally, a wedding guide that doesn’t assume you’ve been waiting your whole life to act out tulle-swathed princess fantasies. Stallings deftly shows independent women how to embrace their inner bride without losing themselves in the process.”
—Hana Schank, author of A More Perfect Union: How I Survived the Happiest Day of My Life
“Here’s one book the wedding industrial complex doesn’t want you to read! Offbeat brides aren’t just creative and thrifty (though they’re often both)—they’re taking weddings back and reinventing them in the ways that matter most.”
—Kamy Wicoff, author of I Do but I Don’t: Walking Down the Aisle without Losing Your Mind
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About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.






seethrusound said
NIce, such wonderful blurbs! I am excited to read and recommend it.
amy.leblanc said
very impressive! congratulations! i particularly like the hana schank quote. did they all actually get a copy of the manuscript?
Ariel said
Amy: Yup! Each got a copy to read before blurbing.
jenB said
i want to have wendy mclure's babies.
perhaps yours too, i will let you know when i read yer book.
xo
Esther said
Yay, how cool!! They should get rid of one of those "Finally"s, though, or at least not have them right next to each other.
Ariel said
Esther, that's exactly what I said to my editor yesterday.
julieo said
how exciting! congratulations, ariel!!
Leah said
I always appreciate a thoughfully written blurb by someone who has clearly read the book. Rock on.
michelle said
NIIIIIIIICE! rock on…
Jenny Rough said
Ariel, that's awesome! Congrats! Hey, maybe one day when I finish my book you can be the esteemed author to write blurb on my book jacket!