Dating Advice Columnist Lisa Daily Pens New Book

Dating Advice Columnist Lisa Daily Pens New Book

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Dating advice columnist and author Lisa Daily can tell you why he didn?t call, the color you should never wear on a first date, and even where to snoop for evidence if you think your guy?s been fooling around. Millions read her dating advice column or tune in to see her every week on Daytime, and the early buzz on her debut novel Fifteen Minutes of Shame says it pops with the same signature quirky humor and fresh, irreverent voice that made her dating advice book, Stop Getting Dumped! a bestseller.
Women from 16-60 flock to Lisa?s popular Dream Girl Academy at the Learning Annex in New York City and events across the US. Lisa is a dating coach, speaker and popular media guest -- she has done more than 2000 interviews on top radio and television shows, including iVillage Live, MTV Live, Entertainment Tonight and top UK national morning show, This Morning, and she appears as a real-life dating expert on the HITCH movie DVD starring Will Smith. A frequent source for reporters, Lisa has been quoted in hundreds of publications, from the New York Times, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune to Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Men?s Health, Christian Science Monitor and US Weekly Magazine.
We had a chance to interview the new author of the bestselling book, Fifteen Minutes of Shame (PlumePenguin, March 25, 2008) and to find out more about this dynamic author whose books keep us yearning for more!
Thank you for this interview, Ms. Daily. Can you tell us if your expertise in dating wisdom helped in writing your new book, Fifteen Minutes of Shame
Thank you for having me! My experience as a TV dating expert definitely helped me in writing Fifteen Minutes of Shame. The main character, Darby Vaughn is a TV dating expert who finds out her husband is cheating, live on national television. The week before my dating advice book, Stop Getting Dumped! was first published, a very prominent dating expert was going through a very public divorce, and she was really taking a lot of heat in the media. At the time, my husband and I had just been married a few years -- I remember thinking how awful it would be to go through one of the most difficult times in your life with the entire world watching -- and the idea for Fifteen Minutes of Shame was born.
As I was developing the story, a lot of the funniest scenes deal with the world of television -- the disparity between how something (and some people) look on TV, versus in real life, has always been hilarious to me.
How long have you been helping others with relationship problems When did you first start and where did you publish your first relationship column
I wrote my dating advice book, Stop Getting Dumped!, in 2002, and started writing my column at the same time. The column developed into regular TV and radio appearances, and I've done the weekly segment on the DAYTIME show for just over two years.
Your book is chick lithumorous women?s fiction. Did you find it hard getting an acceptance with a major publisher for a genre that critics claim is dying Do you still see a market for it
I think there will always be a market for good, smart, funny women's fiction. Other humorous women's fiction authors, like Jennifer Weiner and Sophie Kinsella will continue to sell their wonderful books, whether they're called chick lit or women's fiction or something else. I feel fortunate, I didn't have any trouble getting acceptance for Fifteen Minutes of Shame -- we sold it to the same house (PlumePenguin) that published my non-fiction book. They loved the story, and bought it on nine chapters and a proposal.
That said, I do think the market is tightening a bit. When chick lit became popular, publishers flooded the bookstores with chick lit, and in some cases, contemporary romances dressed like chick lit. There was more supply than demand, and now we're seeing the publishers and the marketplace adjust.

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