12 Days To Good Manners! Today: On How Good Manners Also Involve Being Considerate To Yourself
I hope you've gotten the idea that my book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck," is a very unconventional manners book -- not some prissy tome on where to put your fork. (In fact, the first chapter is called "I Don't Care Where You Put Your Fork (as long as you don't stab anyone in the eye with it)."

Today's snippet from the book, which I also put on Pinterest and hope you'll share on social media, is an example of exactly how different it is. This is one of the tips on how good manners also involve taking care of your own needs, both out of self-consideration and so you won't fester with resentment at another person until you finally blow.

Please consider pre-ordering my book.

Pre-orders help give the book "heat." (Also, every time you pre-order a copy, a kitten lives and my electricity stays on for another 20 minutes!)

The book is discounted from the $14.99 retail price to only $9.48 at Amazon and $9.67 at Barnes & Noble.

Come to my book launch party June 3! If you live close to LA, it would be so wonderful to meet some of you, especially longtime blog commenters. There's a book launch party/reading at Diesel Books in Brentwood, at the Brentwood County Mart, on Tuesday, June 3, at from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (revised time!)

Come a little early! Wine and snacks will be served (thank you, Gregg!).

Please invite people!

Diesel Books, Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th Street, Suite #33, Santa Monica CA 90402, (310) 576-9960