Announcing Humor Author Pat Snyder, author of The Dog Ate My Planner

Join Pat Snyder, author of the book of the humor/self help book, The Dog Ate My Planner (Two Harbors Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in December on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion!

About Pat Snyder

For nearly a decade, Pat Snyder, a recovering attorney and mother of three, has chronicled her crazed struggle to lead a balanced life in “Balancing Act,” a regular humor column that appears in Suburban News Publications, a chain of 22 weekly papers in the Columbus, Ohio, area.

When she is not dancing around in a Dr. Seuss hat and leading laugh-ins as a certified laughter leader with the World Laughter Tour, Pat speaks on life balance and leads workshops to help others bring more humor into their lives and their writing.

Before law school, as a reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal, she won state and national journalism awards. When her marriage to the late Bob Snyder made him both an unsuspecting stepparent and first-time parent, the two of them co-authored a Sunday column for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer on the challenges of stepfamily living. Her account of their adventures combining his Hanukkah traditions with her Christmas ones was published in the book A Cup of Comfort for Christmas.

The Dog Ate My Planner: Tales and Tips from an Overbooked Life is her first book.

Pat lives in Columbus, Ohio, with all the dogs that eat her planner. Visit her online at www.PatSnyderOnline.com

The Dog Ate My Planner by Pat Snyder (click on cover to purchase)

About The Dog Ate My Planner: Tales and Tips from an Overbooked Life

The Dog Ate My Planner: Tales and Tips from an Overbooked Life offers genuine stress relief to parents, caregivers and everyone else with its upbeat “me too” stories and tips for tackling an overloaded life.

With cartoon illustrations throughout, The Dog features short, fun confessionals about a dozen different ”dogs” that have made the author’s life go amuck (computers, kids & pets, fashion, health, stress relief, home construction projects, the holidays, food, shopping, self-help, aging parents, partners) along with 74 ”Leash Laws” to tame them.

Written by a seasoned humor columnist and mother of three, The Dog brings home an important message:

Simplify your chaos when you can; when the dogs get out of control, laugh away the chaos and reduce your stress.

Read the Excerpt!

The following excerpt is from Chapter 7 (“How About A Holiday From The Holidays?”), “Let’s Stop Denying Men Holiday Joy.”I was in my usual pre-holiday State of Overwhelm the other day when my friend Bill gave me a new perspective.
“There is a glory and heroic posture to cranberry-stained hands that most men will never experience,” he bemoaned. “Not quite as out-of-reach as childbirth but, in our culture, pretty close.”
According to Bill, if women are up to their elbows in cranberries and tinsel, it’s all our own doing. Men would like to do more, but they’re afraid.
“Much like oil tanker captains encountering a harbor pilot, guys know when to leave the bridge,” he said. “And the smart ones either slip into their predefined specialties or stand by for orders.”
Not knowing much about boats, I went to my husband for help.
“He means the holidays are like a storm coming,” he said. “We just try to stay out of the way and not get covered with mess.”

Here’s what reviewers have to say!

“Pat Snyder uses humor to tackle the often perplexing realities of modern family and work life. Readers will be inspired to follow her lead by turning their own familiar frustrations into manageable, mini mirth moments. This is very enjoyable, easy, and useful reading.”

Steve Wilson, Founder, Cheerman of the Bored,
World Laughter Tour, Inc.

“Pat has an insanely funny way of talking about our everyday lives that leaves you laughing, crying, relating and somehow, hopeful. And her ‘leash laws,’ practical tips for organizing your time and you life, are right on.”

Marla Dee, President, Clear & SIMPLE, Inc.
Professional Organizers and Trainers

“Have you lost seven (or more) years of your life and have no clue where they went? Well, don’t waste more time sniffing the bushes and pawing the ground because in her new book “The Dog Ate My Planner”, Pat Snyder hysterically digs up every time waster — from decoding the latest technology to having Howard Hughes fingernails applied to flossing. Pat may not be able to give your your time back, but she certainly can help you laugh at yourself and enjoy life more. I was so happy reading this book, I rolled on my back in the grass. Twice.”

Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant,
author of Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause

“Pat Snyder shows you how to laugh at your hectic, out-of-control life. So don’t try to get your life in order. Put it off another day and read her book instead.”

Tim Bete, author of Guide to Pirate Parenting and
In the Beginning…There Were No Diapers

Pat Snyder’s  THE DOG ATE MY PLANNER VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ‘09 will officially begin on Dec. 1st and end on Dec. 16th as part of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s 12 Days of Christmas Virtual Book Tour Special. You can visit Pat’s blog stops at www.virtualbooktours.wordpress.com during the month of December to find out more about this great book and its talented author. If you would like to host Pat, please contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife@yahoo.com before November 23rd.