PMS Princess - the book

[thepmsprincess]

:) Hello!

My friend and I are Co-Princesses of "PMS Princess" (www.pmsprincess.com (http://www.pmsprincess.com)) and we were thinking about writing a book with the same title. It would be crazy things women have done in life and blamed it on PMSing.

1) What do you think about the idea?
2) Any suggestions for the direction?
3) Does anyone have any stories?

I hope I did this right - I am new to the forum.

Thanks, Kelly

[angeebee]

:) Hello!

My friend and I are Co-Princesses of "PMS Princess" (www.pmsprincess.com (http://www.pmsprincess.com)) and we were thinking about writing a book with the same title. It would be crazy things women have done in life and blamed it on PMSing.

1) What do you think about the idea?
2) Any suggestions for the direction?
3) Does anyone have any stories?

I hope I did this right - I am new to the forum.

Thanks, Kelly

Hi Kelly

What a brilliant idea for a book. Thank heavens that at 57 I'm well and truly over PMS. I don't want to remember anything about the crazy things that I did when under the influence. I've blanked them all out, too embarrassing.

Some ideas:

* The subject obviously matters to you, so make a list of everything you've done "under the influence";

* Pick two anecdotes, and spice them up;

* Interview a physician who specializes in PMS;

* Interview a psychiatrist;

* Collect PMS stories (as you're doing).

Within a month or two, you'll have enough to write a book proposal.

Post the proposal on your site - for that matter, start a blog and post the material on your site as you collect it. If you do this, you may not have to sell your book, you may find editors and agents coming to you.

I wish you all success with it. Very good idea.

Cheers

Angela

P.S. Head over to Amazon.com and do some market research on what PMS books are available. Check out their ranks. I noticed that "The Hormonally Vulnerable Woman: Relief at last for PMS, mood swings, fatigue, hair loss, adult acne, unwanted hair, female pain, migraine, weight gain, ... all the problems of perimenopause (Hardcover)" is ranked at #13,343 so that shows that there's a market.

[Odile]

I love the idea, please continue.

Odile

[aka eraser]

I agree. I think it could be a winner. I imagine some stories could be harrowing and others hilarious.

Have you checked whether many/any other similarly themed books have been published?

[thepmsprincess]

Hi aka eraser!
Most books on PMS are medical. I just think this would be a funny gift book. Thank you for your encouragement!

Hi Odile!
Thank you!

Hi Angeebee!

Believe it or not - I am actually not one of those people that have stories. My friend and I were out at a gift show one day trying to figure out what type of business we wanted to start and she just said out of the blue, "I feel like a PMS Princess!" We ran to a computer to see if the name was trademarked and couldn't believe that it wasn't.

Our focus of the company is funny products and we are still getting it together. In January we will be sending out our aprons to stores and catalogs. Right now we are in the process of creating a PMS Princess card line - sassy but elegant cards.

I thought creating a non-fiction book would be another fun way to get our brand out. Thank you for all your thoughts and encouragement!

Kelly