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So I have some big news for you…and no, I’m not pregnant. (Why does everyone always immedidately think that?) Announcement #1: My book, Girls Fight Back! The College Girl’s Guide to Protecting Herself, is now available for pre-orders. Buy it today, it will get shipped to you in mid-June. It’s so awesome to be done and going to print…there is no other book like this just for college girls who want practical advice for staying safe and strong on campus.…

Sometimes when you’re working too hard, I think the higher powers decide they’re gonna pull the plug on you. This has been an insane few weeks at GFB, and you’ll learn about all the details in tomorrow’s e-newsletter. So yesterday the office phone line got zapped somehow and my laptop hard drive started to eat itself. Being totally incommunicado, I was forced to take a day off. So of course, I did what all people do who haven’t had a…

Yesterday a great article about self-defense was published in the Bergen Record. (New Jersey) Both myself and my lead male instructor, Kevin Lockwood, were quoted. Click here to read it.

Messages can sometimes arrive as odd packages, delivered from God, the Universe or whatever you believe in. This all comes at a time where I’m trying to put out a book and continue my hectic speaking and traveling schedule. As a result, I was starting to get a tad overwhelmed, and yesterday I did what I always do to do some good thinking. I went for a jog. So I’m running through the streets of Hoboken, contemplating all these wonderful…

Yesterday was a full day o’ ass whoopin. Started off in Gladstone, NJ speaking to about 100 fabulous girls at Gill St. Bernard High School. We had a total blast! Afterwards, the girls decided they want to start a Girls Fight Back club at their school, which I think is genius. How cool if we could have a GFB club in high schools across the country! After that I drove to Flemington, NJ where I gave a program that was…

Last week I spoke at University of Hartford, and I have to say, they were an impressive bunch. I was the guest speaker for their Sexual Assault Awareness Week, and they had a million events planned for it. Campuses like them are so inspirational, because they really make ending violence a community issue instead of just a woman’s problem.

A few days ago, my book was unwritten. Now it’s officially written! I have been in a St. Louis coffee shop for 5 hours finishing the last chapter. Just a moment ago, I pressed “send” on the email to my editor with the final chapter attached. Ironically, I am in this town for my good friend and fellow author’s wedding. I told him finishing my book after more than two long years was his wedding gift. Finishing this book feels…