My book in Newsday!
My book "Instant Weddings" (written under my first and middle name) was just featured in a terrific article on the very same subject by Pat Burson of Newsday.
To San Francisco writer Jennifer Shawne, more than a ticking clock is at play here. "People are fed up with the wedding-industrial complex and being told how to get married, and how long it should take, and what everyone should wear, and what flowers everyone should have," she says.
Shawne wrote a book - 2004's "Instant Weddings: From 'Will You?' to 'I Do!' in Four Months or Less" (Chronicle Books, $14.95) - during the year and a half it took to plan her own wedding. "It was really unnecessary to take that long," she says. "I said I can't save myself, but I can save others."
Who knows? Had Georgia bride-to-be Jennifer Wilbanks opted for a quickie wedding, she might not have skipped out before her big day, leaving behind her groom and the wedding she'd planned, complete with more than a dozen bridesmaids and as many as 600 guests.
"The longer it takes, the more expensive and crazy it gets," says Shawne.
To San Francisco writer Jennifer Shawne, more than a ticking clock is at play here. "People are fed up with the wedding-industrial complex and being told how to get married, and how long it should take, and what everyone should wear, and what flowers everyone should have," she says.
Shawne wrote a book - 2004's "Instant Weddings: From 'Will You?' to 'I Do!' in Four Months or Less" (Chronicle Books, $14.95) - during the year and a half it took to plan her own wedding. "It was really unnecessary to take that long," she says. "I said I can't save myself, but I can save others."
Who knows? Had Georgia bride-to-be Jennifer Wilbanks opted for a quickie wedding, she might not have skipped out before her big day, leaving behind her groom and the wedding she'd planned, complete with more than a dozen bridesmaids and as many as 600 guests.
"The longer it takes, the more expensive and crazy it gets," says Shawne.
6 Comments:
Kick ass Jenn! Power to LaShawne.
I't funny to see you referred to as "Shawne." Great article!
--Steve
Oprah, baby, Oprah.
Terrific, Jenn! Glad to hear you're getting publicity for your awesome book!
Robin
We did it in three weeks. it was the best wedding ever. still together as well with two kiddies. so can't wait to read your book
I proposed to my love on October 22, 2003. We got married on November 9. Catered affair, in a swank (well, for Rochester) hotel. Dress. Cake. Flowers. Coupla dozen guests. Judge.
Under 3 weeks.
Under $2,000.
Couldn't be happier.
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