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Steff Deschenes is the author of The Ice Cream Theory, a charming new book about life, love and ice cream. In addition to being an author, Steff blogs at SteffDeschenes.com. Like most of us, the author is also on Twitter at @SteffDeschenes.
In lieu of writing more about The Ice Cream Theory myself, I’ll defer to Deschenes.
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The Ice Cream Theory by Steff Deschenes (duh!)
The Ice Cream Theory is a charming “self-help” book that draws a unique parallel between ice cream flavors and human personalities, a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the variety inherent in a well-lived life.
While I agree with this snapshot summary of what the book’s about, I disagree, and have from the start, with “self-help” bit of that statement.
But then again, I’m allowed to.
Because I’m the author.
I didn’t have much of a choice, though. When it came time to pick a genre for my self-published book, “Super Cool Almost True, but Somewhat Inaccurate Anecdotes from My Life” was not a viable option. So, the powers that be shuffled me into “Self Help: General.”
Which makes me feel altogether silly – because, really, what the heck does a twenty-something know about life outside of their own little world? Continue reading
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