Wednesday Martin

I will be discussing the emotional reality of childless and child-free stepmothers with host Mary Kelly-Williams, M.A. on her Blog Talk Radio show September 27 at 11 am EST. Hope you will tune in…you can also call into the show to ask a question.

Hope you will have a look at my latest post for psychologytoday.com…and leave a comment!

If you’re not a subscriber to StepMom Magazine, here is a chance to read a couple of sample articles from the most recent issue. In one, I discuss the dilemmas of divorced dads on Father’s Day–and the gift your partner with kids will appreciate most of all. Hope you will have a look!

Joanne Richard wrote this article about stepchildren and adult stepchildren in loyalty binds and what a stepmother “should” do to improve the situation. My answer was…nothing! Joanne also quotes my colleague and good friend Dr. Rachelle Katz, author of The Happy Stepmother, one of the only reasearch-based books out there for stepmothers other than my own. Hope you will have a read…and leave a comment.

On Monday evening Dec 20 at 8 pm EST I’ll be talking to stepmom bloggers Peggy Nolan and Erin Erickson LIVE on their Blog Talk Radio Show (you might hear my children yelling in the background!) Tune in, listen, call in, send in questions….hope to “talk” to you then!

Halloween seems like a good time to give away a free copy of Stepmonster! So just leave a comment ON MY BLOG about why you’d like a copy, and I’ll choose one respondent at random to win.

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO “REBECCA” WHOSE NAME WAS CHOSEN AT RANDOM TO RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF STEPMONSTER. REBECCA, I’VE SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR ENTERING. THERE WILL BE A WINTER HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY AS WELL SO STAY TUNED! xx wednesday

Okay, a “just for fun” giveaway. Become my 500th Facebook Fan, get a free, autographed copy of my book Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do.

All you have to do is “like” my FB author page (enter “Wednesday Martin author” in the FB search engine), and send me an email letting me know you have done so to wednesday@wednesdaymartin.com

The email part is crucial, since that’s how I’ll know who is #500. Good luck! xx wednesday

I recently sat down to be interviewed by Giselle Minoli of the Examiner, New York. Turns out Giselle, a stepmother herself, is interested in a stepmother revolution of sorts. We discussed stepmothering in context–social, political, economic–and imagined ways to make life easier for stepfamilies in general and women with stepchildren in particular. Hope you will have a look at our four-part interview and let me know your thoughts: what would a healthy, emancipated stepfamily look like?

If you’ve been on my blog before you know that I am a celebrity/popular culture junkie. Since November, I’ve been following the Sandra Bullock saga (who hasn’t?) and writing about it here, on Psychology Today and The Huffington Post. So, Sandra’s now a mother and an ex-stepmother-to-be. What does it matter? Hope you’ll check out my latest article on Psychology Today–and leave a comment!

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/stepmonster/201004/what-the-sandra-bullock-saga-can-teach-us-about-stepmotherhood

Other women with stepkids want to know: how are you and your partner handling the holidays this year? What are your “family” or couple rituals for the holidays? Any new strategies to share? Or aggravations? What are you afraid of…and looking forward to? Sound off…post a comment!