Authorpreneur Dashboard – Stephanie Kepke
Goddess of Suburbia
Literature & Fiction
Suburbia meets scandal in this hopeful and honest portrayal of that moment in every woman’s life when it's time to make a change, even if that means risking losing it all. Goddess of Suburbia by Stephanie Kepke is a must-read for women looking to reconnect with their passions, and live authentically. When pillar of the community and PTA mom, Max, allowed her husband, Nick, to record a sex video of them on his cell phone, she thought of it as simply a way to keep Nick interested and entertained during his frequent business trips. But suddenly, Max is trending everywhere—her video lighting up the blogosphere and Twitter, thanks to the fact that she’s a genuine, imperfect woman. Now the paparazzi are chronicling her every move; her daughter wants to disown her; and her marriage has completely fallen apart. Just as things can't get any more chaotic, Max's college boyfriend, shows up two decades after he broke her heart. Now Max must learn to stop going through the motions of her life on auto-pilot and start living authentically, or risk forever being a suburban lemming running towards the cliff of old age.
Book Bubbles from Goddess of Suburbia
A Tidy Life Imploded
When my youngest son was in three years old, he would fall asleep every time we drove anywhere. I'd sit in my minivan while he slept and scribble down a story that came to me in those quiet moments... A tired PTA mom living her life on autopilot suddenly finds herself embroiled in an Internet scandal, the paparazzi tracking her every move. Her marriage is in jeopardy, her college boyfriend shows up and suddenly... Her tidy, boring existence is anything but. This genesis of this opening scene was in those scribbled notes. I thought about the restlessness that can sometimes accompany the mundane tasks of motherhood, and I imagined a regular, tired mom being hounded by the paparazzi as she tried to go food shopping with her preschooler. I've always loved stories about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, and I never gave up on this one. So many editors and agents said that they loved the story, loved my writing, but couldn't figure out how to market it. There's no rakish billionaire, no vampire, no star athlete, none of the characters agents and marketing departments adore—but there is one regular, overwhelmed mom whom readers connected with and loved. Oh and that little napping nursery schooler? He's a freshman in high school now!
