The Singing Patient (Carla): News

brief interview
http://tinyurl.com/3gvb427

... by one of my former babysitters, apparently. Hopefully she'll forgive my not remembering, as apparently I was asleep.
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2011/apr/09/singing-patient-sign-books-seneca/

Well, as you can tell, now that the book is completely edited and out, I'm out of the kitchen (where I wrote most of the book- no, I wasn't "cooking books") and back to my old tricks: traipsing about the country playing here, there and everywhere.

March brought me to San Francisco, where I played for Consonance (A science fiction music convention), KKUP, KJFC, and the Mudpuddle Shop in Niles, as well as geeky tourist fun at the Intel Museum and Musee Mechanique. I popped down to L.A. for a quick viist with friends and a short appearance on KZSB, and even more fun taking an aerobics class from Richard Simmons!

Back to Niles to retrieve my sneaker (doh!), then fly to Seattle to play for the magical, incredible Moisture Festival.

Back home, right back to guitar teaching, then a book event at the really nifty Clinton Book Shop, and a day at the inspiring Arts in Healthcare Conference. I unpacked a week after I got home. And now I'm packing again. Convention in Florida coming up, then zipping through North and South Carolina and doing the dreadful 800-mile drive home by myself. Which is why I'm a bit desperate to figure out where I left my ipod.

Cheers, all- and thanks for all the wonderful comments on the book!

See the MP3 page on this website for audio of this review

The book is reviewed in this month's "Humor Connection," the newsletter for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor.
http://tinyurl.com/4v5qnxb

Carla will appear on Sirius XM's Doctor Radio Feb. 23, for a half hour segment. It will air live at 8:00am, and re-air at 8:00PM. http://www.siriusxm.com/doctorradio

Listen to an hour-long podcast of Carla discussing her book on Inoculated Radio:
http://inoculatedradio.mypodcast.com/

http://www.ibookstore.com/

I'll be doing a book singing/ reading/ concert tomorrow at my favorite hangout, Elements Wellness Boutique in Westfield, NJ. http://www.facebook.com/ElementsWellnessBoutique

http://tinyurl.com/4av7nch

Listen to the interview from 1/23 on WLRN: Folk and Acoustic Music with Michael Stock

Listen here: http://tinyurl.com/4s8r548

"How Can You *Not* Laugh at a Time Like This?" is now available on Kindle!
http://tinyurl.com/4dbvjcm

I'll be live (via phone) on the air with Rabbi Bulka of Ottawa, Canada, Radio station CFRA at 9pm (same time zone in Ottawa as New York):

http://www.cfra.com/listen/default.asp

Nice feature article about me and my book in the Miami entertainment paper today:
http://miamiandmiamibeach.com/2010/carla-ulbrich-01-23-11/

Here I am in the reviews, right between Dave Barry and Jack Sparrow:

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/114389784.html

http://tinyurl.com/6d792et

To my surprise, a couple places are shipping my book out already, even though it's a couple weeks before the official release date. It's like some babies that arrive a couple weeks early- seems they just couldn't wait to get out into the world!

Get your copy of the actual book "How Can You *Not* Laugh at a Time Like This?" now at either of these stores (will ship right away!):

Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/348hroc
Direct from the publisher:
http://tinyurl.com/26nkn3z
Other fun stuff to do:

Read the table of contents and first chapter here:
http://tinyurl.com/348hroc
Hit "like" and share the amazon.com link on your facebook profile to tell your friends about the book:
http://tinyurl.com/348hroc

Thanks to everyone who came to my 2 shows Morris County First Night- we had two packed houses. And apologies to those who were turned away at the door after we filled up. We had a fantastic time, and Joe was his usual excellent Klingon self. The show was written up in the Morristown Green newspaper:
http://morristowngreen.com/tag/carla-ulbrich/ My resolution is to stop reading the comments section on the Yahoo news articles. I should save a lot of brain cells just making that one change.

Hope your new year is great.

Under "5 books to make you laugh"
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2011/01/five_books_to_make_you_laugh.html

I'm #14,587 in Books on Amazon.com, and the book isn't even out yet! (Someone tells me that is the top 4%, and that may be true. The book started at below 500,000).

Thanks, everybody, for pre-ordering my humorous manifesto! Keep crunching- we'll make more.

http://www.amazon.com/Laugh-Reclaim-Health-Humor-Creativity/dp/0981645348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293758442&sr=1-1

It's finally becoming reality- the final book has gone to the printer, and it is available for preorder at amazon.com, tellmepress.com, and barnesandnoble.com!
Official release date is Feb. 1, 2011, but I believe the preorders will be delivered sooner than that.

Check out this gorgeous cover:

http://www.luckyyogini.com/index.php/2010/11/25/win-a-copy-of-how-can-you-not-laugh-at-a-time-like-this/
I will admit, when Carla first contacted me regarding her book, I wasn’t interested in reading about someone going through illness or major health challenges. For whatever reason, I didn’t delete her email. I reread her email, checked out her website, read more about her book, I was completely taken with her amazing outlook on life, her tenacity and her passion. I emailed her back and asked if I could review her book. I wasn’t disappointed.

Carla talks to you honestly, on every level, in her book. She also does it with a fantastic sense of humor. Carla recants her journey through illness, from discovery, traversing the health care maze and dealing with friends and family. Throughout the book she also injects all of her crazy thoughts, ideas and opinions with great wit.

My favourite chapter, one that everyone can relate to, sick or not is Chapter 3, That’s Inflammatory! What Not to Eat if You Have an Autoimmune Disease, as well all have to eat. Part 8: But I Like Eating Crap! is my favourite section. I too want to become a reformed crapitarian! No spoiler alert here. You have to read the book.

Click on the above link for a chance to enter the contest and win a free copy of the book!

Wooh! I got 10 copies of the advance version of my book. Advance copies have no cover, no pictures, no graphics, just the text. But what this means is, it's going out to reviewers, and it's becoming a reality. For years I've wanted to write a book to share with everyone the things I found helpful in dealing with nasty chronic diseases, to offer some hope, some help, and a bit of humor. Being able to laugh in a tough situation is a wonderful gift, and I wanted to share it. And soo, I will finally be able to do so in book form! It is currently schedule to be released Feb. 1, 2011. "How Can You Not Laugh at a Time Like This? Facing Illness with Humor, Creativity, and Grit."
(That's grit, not grits...)

I've had this notion for years that I'd write a book about my adventures as a patient.

Over the past year, I thought about it more than usual, and boom- a book deal fell into my lap! It's a small press doing interesting books.

My book, which I've been secretly working on since fall of 2008, is slated to come out in early 2011. It's a collection of humorous essays such as "You Can Biopsy When I'm Dead: My 15 Least Favorite Medical Procedures," and "Top 10 Annoying Things to Say to Someone Who's Just Been Diagnosed."

I've gathered a few pictures for possible inclusion in the book, ranging from attractive to mildly humiliating. My famous $40 wig will hopefully make it into the photo section.

It has been copy-edited (they fixed my typos and grammatical errors- I made a lot so the editors would feel needed). We're entering the final phases- final revisions, graphics, biz stuff with the publicist.

I'll keep you posted on the expected release date as we make more progress on these last bits of business.