Before I get to explaining what you're about to look at, some recent clips: last month I talked about a big piece I was proud to have finished, and it's finally online--Chicago Magazine's 2016 Best Places To Live--Up and Coming Neighborhoods Edition. Meanwhile over at Mom.me I've posted a few pieces: "How to REALLY Know If You're Done Having Babies," "What Will You Do the Same (or Differently) As Your Parents?" and "The Diet Fad Everyone's Totally Going to Be Doing."

Anyway, happy reading. The following list is a series of images my future-husband Steve sent me after I got my first book deal, which was a slim volume of humor pieces called Girls! Girls! Girls! (PS If you want a copy, order it from SoNewzMedia, which is me.) Back in 2002 or so we were emailing about it and I jokingly said that since a lot of the pieces were from a female POV, I'd just call the book "Boys/Eating Disorders/Kittens/Breast/Flower" with a cover that would go with. Steve took it upon himself to mock up some covers, which I just recently discovered while going through some old files. Ah to be young and in love and underemployed and to have access to MS Paint.