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Announcements and site news from the publisher and editors of Offbeat Wed.

2009 Reader Survey results

Last month I invited y’all to tell me a bit about yourselves via my first ever Reader Survey. Close to 2000 of you took the time to answer my questions — THANK YOU! The exercise was truly enlightening on many levels, and I figured I’d take the time to share some of the results with […]

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10 reasons you need to read Offbeat Bride the book, and not just offbeatwed.com

It’s a painful irony for me as an author: I set up offbeatwed.com to promote Offbeat Bride, and now it turns out that almost 70% of my readers opt for the marketing materials instead of the book itself!

Christie (aka RedDress) says “just a moment, dear!”

Aww! This wedding photo just came to me from Christie (aka RedDress on the Offbeat Bride Tribe) with a note saying: Thank you Ariel for writing such an amazing book and starting such an amazing online community. Phill and I just wanted to show our appreciation, and we thought you might like this. Much love, […]

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Offbeat Bride & diversity

I see a bazillion tattooed white women, but very few Black punk brides, goth Asian brides, geeky Latina brides, etc. Where are all the Offbeat Brides of color?