Dear beautiful friends,
Have I got a titillating, juicy treat for you.
Iiiiiiiiit’s Minda Lane!
Some of you might have once known her as Melinda. Now, Minda.
In April, Minda published her book, Men, Myself, & I: Revelations of an Opened Marriage (A Memoir and How Not To) as a serial on Substack. It’s now available as an Amazon eBook. This is a story about a woman wrestling with her life’s competing desires: security and wildness. On one hand, she’s seeking a loving relationship and children. And she gets it! Hooray. And then! Something else, a tug, a pull, a tap-tap of dissatisfaction, a hunger. The call of the wild is awakening inside this domestic she-beast, and our narrator gives in to these feisty yearnings.
One lover for life isn’t going to cut it. And dear reader, you can read/listen to what happens when our narrator kicks open the door of her marriage.
HERE’S WHAT’S REALLY COOL & UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS BOOK
This is not your typical story, nor is it your typical reading experience. Currently, you won’t find this on Amazon or in a bookstore. Instead, Minda has released “Men, Myself & I” on Substack, as an audio and in text form. And the book is being released one chapter a day. Spoiler alert? Not possible
For those of us who subscribed to “Men, Myself & I” from the beginning, we can experience the book like a serial. If you were to subscribe today you could binge-listen or read the chapters until you’re current, then give yourself over to the suspense and delight of daily drops. I’m enjoying the audio; Minda is a wonderful narrator. (Subscribe here.)
WE COULDN’T STOP
This Beauty Hunter Q&A turned into a free-for-all (thematically appropriate!) after the first “define beauty” question. We blew past the typical time limit of 10 minutes, and talked for almost 50 about love, marriage, sex, life’s surprises, what it’s like to publish a book outside the mainstream, and how telling such an intimate story changes a person.
We had such a meandering fun conversation. I know you’ll love where Minda will take you on this exploration. Sit back, hit play, and ENJOY.
PS. I tried something that failed.
Ignore what I say about the free / paid video portions.
I was going to have a clip for free subscribers and then dive into something extra for paid subscribers but I can’t get the preview thingy to work. So everyone gets the whole thing. And I’m glad.
You can subscribe to Men, Myself & I now, at Substack.
Purchase the Kindle release at Amazon.
BIO: Minda Lane is the author of Men, Myself, & I: Revelations of an Opened Marriage (April 2023) and creator of the celebrated food blog, Eat Like a Yogi. Previously, her work has appeared in Esquire, Elephant Journal, and Bustle. She is currently pursuing certification as a non-traditional healthcare chaplain and loves cycling, yoga, and dogs. She lives in Seattle, WA.
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Join me and Minda in A Marriage Salon
Minda has been a frequent and generous participant in the pop-up salons, and will join the next six-week “A Marriage Salon” end of May. This one will be GOOD. If you like the idea of entering any of these salons, we’d love to have you. Details here. Email me if you’re curious to know more. tatyana@everydaycreative.net xo
