Domestic Goddess still on bestsellers

Still on the non-fiction bestsellers top 10 after three weeks which is encouraging. I'm going to be doing some library events around town soon, so will keep you posted on those.

Reviews are coming in and all positive so far:

This from Margie Thomson in Next magazine:

"Absolutely brilliant, this handy little book will become a shouehold bible for beautifying your house and person in the greenest possible way."

Off to a novel writers' workshop next week to give me the confidence to do a first edit on the novel.

Domestic Goddess on a Budget at number 5 on bestsellers after only 5 days on sale!

Thanks to everyone who is rushing out to buy Domestic Goddess on a Budget. The good news is that it went on sale on June 1 and when they counted the figures on June 6 it was already at number 5 on the non-fiction bestsellers list. I am really pleased

Have a look at the interview I did with Oliver and Carly on Sunrise if you want to know more about the book:

http://www.3news.co.nz/News/HealthNews/How-to-be-a-domestic-goddess/tabid/420/articleID/107623/cat/58/Default.aspx

Meanwhile the novel is back in the top drawer while I address some character issues. Will probably take another look at it after a 5 day workshop on novel writing I have signed up for.

One book on shelves, another one delivered.

Domestic Goddess on a Budget hits the shelves this weekend, while I tackle my publisher's suggestions for my novel. It is very weird to have a book about cleaning recipes and life management out while I wrestle with my dark thriller. I've been very grumpy that the publisher didn't just accept it as is and requires changes, which just goes to show how naive I am about the novel writing process. Apparently this is what you do and my friend and successful novelist Nicky Pellegrino is helping me through it. I have also signed up for a novel writing workshop.  

Anyway, Domestic Goddess on a Budget is only $25 and if you make all the cleaning recipes in it you will save about $35 a month so it will pay for itself!  I'm also interested in any recipes anyone might have tucked away which I will post here and then put in the next edition if there is one. Reviews so far: my friend Jeremy Wells said he liked the relationship advice and the ZB newsroom like the lavender spray cleaner I delivered up there yesterday. Make it yourself by filling a 1 litre spray bottle with warm water, add 1 tsp baking soda, a few drops of dishwashing detergent and 10 drops of lavender essential oil.

New book Domestic Goddess on a Budget is out in June.

Thanks to everyone who has been buying Bitch and Famous my memoir of my time editing women's magazines and wrangling celebrities on Trade Me - and don't forget $1 from each sale goes to fund Cot Death Research. You can also send me a cheque for $16.50 ($15 plus postage) to Wendyl Nissen, P.O. Box 78361, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1245 - with your name and address, who you want me to sign it to and I'll post you one out.

The good news is my next book Domestic Goddess on a Budget, published by Penguin is out in June. It's a response to all the NZ Woman's Weekly readers and April in the Afternoon viewers who asked me to put all my natural cleaning recipes and work/life balance advice into a book. It has ended up as a guide to cleaning your house with baking soda and vinegar, saving money, being green, living a sustainable life and taking control of the chaos in your life.  Look out for it in bookshops for $25 and I'll be selling some on Trade Me as well.

I hope you enjoy it. 

Just a reminder for anyone looking for my Herald on Sunday columns you can now read them online at www.nzherald.co.nz.