The Book Inn reviews Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run. Each themed chapter holds tales of those unforgettable moments in life, from marriage, to family to chickens, hehe!! Read more.
A Storybook World interviews Lucy Adams. When did you first know you wanted to be an author? There wasn’t any one defining moment when I decided, "Hey, I want to write a book.” I’ve always been a reader and thought about the author’s intentions with words, sentences and phrases. I think about howI would write a paragraph or scene or dialogue differently.
Curl Up And Read reviews Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run: My thoughts: this book is a laugh-out-loud peek into those ordinary moments in every woman’s life ranging in topics from marriage, motherhood, girlfriends, to chain mail. Read more.
Reading is Sexy reviews Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run: Adams writes mostly about real events in a way that will absolutely make you laugh. This book would be perfect for the beach, a flight, or a boring meeting (as long as you can hold in your giggling, lest you lose your job and blame me). Stories like, Follow that Baby, that are simple and don’t try too hard are plentiful in this book. Read more.
2010 Parenting Publications of America Awards: In the Category of Service Feature Bronze: Augusta Family Magazine; "More Than a Meet and Greet," Lucy Adams, writer; The parent-teacher conference is the subject of this helpful feature, which highlights ways parents can make the most of these informational sessions. One parent's slightly embarrassing experience helps break the ice for other parents who may be feeling apprehensive.
In the Category of General Feature Writing
Silver: Augusta Family Magazine; "Failure," Karin Calloway, editor; Lucy Adams, writer; Kate Metts, publisher
The writer uses personal experience to share a powerful lesson on how to help your kids deal with failure. Augmented with quotes and a sidebar on Famous Failures, the story comes back to the lead anecdote in its poignant and humorous conclusion.
2009 Parenting Publications of America Awards: In the category of General Feature Writing Silver: Augusta Family Magazine; "Good Sportsmanship"; Karin Calloway, editor; Michael Rushrook, art director; Kate Metts, publisher; Lucy Adams, writer A range of informed sources and personal touch reminds parents about the responsibilities — and rewards — of teaching youth good sportsmanship.
Read Mary Bordner Tanck's glowing review of If Mama in which she writes, "So pour yourself a nice tall beer, draw a warm bath, and dig in to If Mama Don’t Laugh, It Ain’t Funny. You won’t regret one minute of the time you spend with Lucy Adams."
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Lucy Adams and If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny listed on the UGA Alumni author web page, along with many other prestigious authors and books. Check out your favorites from UGA!
Mid-Morning Live Interview - WTOC Savannah
Sonny Dixon interviews Lucy about If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny. See the clip.
Podcast Interview with Lucy
Steve Lubetkin, of Middle Chamber Books, hosts a podchat with Lucy about her family, her syndicated column, and her book, If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny. Take a listen, today.
In January my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. As we drove around on a Friday night looking for a restaurant without an hour and a half wait, my blood sugar dropped dramatically, and romance faded, and we began bickering, mostly because he kept instructing me to turn in right there. There being a place I just passed, requiring me to slam on the brakes, cross three lanes of oncoming traffic, and dodge a stray dog.
Book compiles teacher's musings on life Author got start in newspaper column
By Lynn Davidson Morris News Service
If there's one lesson Lucy Adams has learned, it's that Mama is always right.
After years of reading the shenanigans of
Adams ' children in her weekly newspaper columns, her mother is "laughing now ... because she always told me that someday I would have kids just like me."
That’s when I admitted to myself that married people with children (with being the key word, because married people without most certainly could accomplish the task, post haste) can’t possibly write books on how to raise progeny. Our expertise evaporated the second the obstetrician announced, "It’s a . . .”
