Stepmoms: It's not a job for sissies, but it needn't be a wicked experience By Kristin Dizon - SEATTLE POST
Stepmom
Challenges
Local author Sally Bjornsen talks to "Seattle Live's" Joyce
Taylor about some of the challenges she has faced as part of a "ready-made"
family. - KING5.com KONG TV video interview
Finding
Neverland
"Being a stepmother can be a tough gig. Look at poor Wendy in Peter
Pan. I took my boys to see the middle school production of that classic
musical this week and was really struck by Wendy’s plight. She meets
a guy named Peter who is charming, can fly, and looks great in green [...]"
- Satellite Sisters
Step on a crack: Sally Bjornsen takes the stigma out of stepmothering - Queen Anne News
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Just in Time for Mother’s Day: Hip, How-To Help for
the New Stepmom
Penguin Group Releases "The Single Girls’ Guide to Marrying
a Man, His Kids and His Ex-Wife" by Stepmother Expert Sally
Bjornsen
(Seattle, Wash. – April 5, 2005) You’re a new stepmom – it’s a big step. What happens when the honeymoon comes to a screeching halt and you’re faced with a houseful of rambunctious children, an ever-present ex-wife and a new husband trying to balance the chaos? You turn to the newest resource for new or soon-to-be stepmoms –The Single Girls’ Guide to Marrying a Man, His Kids and His Ex-Wife (New American Library; $12.95). Given the fact that remarriages that involve children have a dismal 30% success rate, it’s clear there is not enough support and resources for new stepmoms.
The Single Girls’ Guide to Marrying a Man, His Kids and His Ex-Wife goes where no other stepmother advice book has gone before. With a sense of humor and sass, Bjornsen tackles taboo topics head-on like managing the ex-wife and keeping love alive through the kids' bed-wetting – all in direct, comforting, stepmother-talk akin to the revered "Girlfriends' Guides." "A Single Girls’ Guide" also includes a comprehensive list of resources, websites, publications, and organizations. "Sally Bjornsen has tapped into a population that desperately needs a sassy, contemporary voice of reason – the new stepmother," says Satellite Sister, Lian Dolan, co-author and national radio talk show host of Satellite Sisters.
Bjornsen points out that with Mother’s Day fast approaching on May 8, today’s millions of stepmothers are typically left out of the celebration. "This book helps to celebrate this forgotten community on an all-important day of family," says Bjornsen.
The Single Girls’ Guide to Marrying a Man, His Kids and His
Ex-Wife is now available for order on www.sassystepmother.com, www.amazon.com
or major National bookstores including Barnes
& Noble Booksellers and Borders.
Bjornsen will read from her book on May 7 from 1-3 p.m. at Queen
Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Avenue North in Seattle. 
About the Author
Bjornsen is a seasoned business woman and marketing professional. A stepmother
guest expert on the ABC Radio Network’s nationally broadcast "Satellite
Sisters," she also writes both nonfiction and fiction pieces
and has bee published in various trade journals. Bjornsen lives happily
in Seattle with her husband, their son and her two stepsons.
For interview requests or a review copy of the book, contact Stephanie
Rowland at (425) 487-2841,
stephanie@stephanierowland.com