FOOTBALL IS FOR LOVERS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR '09

Join Robert Brooker & Kathleen O'Dougherty, authors of the humorous nonfiction book,Football is for Lovers (Mill City Press, 2008), as they virtually tour the blogosphere in September and October on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! Bob Brooker and Kaye O'Dougherty have been adventuring together for a lot of years now. They first met at a recording studio on 42nd Street. Yes, that 42nd Street. They recorded a commercial for E.J. Korvette's, who went out of business soon thereafter. Bob is an old saloon singer who, as Bobby Brookes, recorded for Victor and Capital back in the day. Kaye has trouble carrying a tune in a bucket. Nevertheless, over the years, as Brooker and O'Dougherty, the two have collaborated on a variety of theater projects, performing, writing, directing, managing, and producing. In keeping with the changing times, they have even created a cyber alter-ego named eBobb. Recently, Bob and Kaye both took long-overdue turns at being rather mature college kids. Kaye now holds a Bachelors Degree in the Humanities from St. Peter's College in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Bob was graduated magna cum laude from Montclair State University with a BA in Theater, and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. You can visit their website by going to FootballisforLovers.com or their blog by clicking here. Can learning about football be sexy? According to Football is for Lovers, when it comes to your love life, football can be better than oysters. The good news is that Football is for Lovers makes the basics so . . . well, so basic that learning the game is easy as eating an ice cream cone. And just as much fun. With anecdotes, illustrations, and a lot of laughs, Football is for Lovers not only makes it easy to understand the game, but also shows you how to put an end to the TV clicker wars, improve your relationship, and spice up your love life. It just takes looking at the game of football a little bit differently. Then again, since Football is for Lovers contains references to football great Jerry Rice in a pink tutu, images of paintings by French artist Jean Dubuffet, an alert about the dangers of speaking Northeastern Mandarin, an explanation of the value of M & M's in a relationship, and a Burma Shave sign, to say it looks at football "a little bit differently" may be something of an understatement. But if your football-obsessed partner has been making you a 'football widow' from August NFL pre-season through the February Super-Bowl, thus convincing you that you hate football, this little book may be just the 'different look' you need to discover that, after all, Football really is for Lovers! A little splattering of some words of wisdom from the first few chapters ofFootball is for Lovers: From the Introduction . . . before we launch into the 'why-you-should-learn-the-game-of-football' pitch, those of you who are already motivated, have more torridity in your lovelife than you can handle, are blessed with mirth-laden relationships, and have only gotten (or been given) Football is for Lovers so that you could understand the game of football, feel free to jump on down to Chapter V, Football Pre-101 (the really basic basics). From Chapter I In this chapter, we will begin to explore the underlying reasons for your aversion to football. Well, other than that your lover completely ignores you during the game, spills beer on the rug when his team does something great, completely ignores you during the game, spills beer on the rug when his team does something awful, and completely ignores you during the game. From Chapter II . . . now that we've established what's in it for you, the next question is: how do you go about getting it? Well, it seems to us, while halfway decent sex may be available to most of the people most of the time, great sex goes deeper than that. We'd say no pun intended, but what the heck. From Chapter III Ah, yes. The delicious implications of that lascivious question: what are you wearing tonight? You know it's coming, and you're already tantalized by the possibilities. You check the TV guide to see who's playing. If you're lucky, it will be the Oakland Raiders. They have these really hot basic black uniforms. And you know how good you look in basic black. From Chapter IV . . . if you drag your prejudices to the game, the result will be similar to dragging your lover to a Dubuffet exhibition. That is, you will not get the candy. Nor will you get the candy by faking it. When you ask what inning it is, people know. From Chapter V If the guy who is about to catch the ball notices that the opposition is close enough to hurt him as soon as he does, he's allowed to signal for what's known as a 'fair catch.' That is, the other guys are not allowed to hit him, and the next play will start at the point where he wussed out . . . er, called for the fair catch. From Chapter VI . . . it's really a matter of logic: big guys in front (they're called linemen . . . as in guys on the line of scrimmage); smaller (also fast and quick) guys behind them (called backs . . . as in guys in back of the linemen in front). Geez! Could this stuff get any easier? Dew Drop Inn. FOOTBALL IS FOR LOVERS VIRTUAL BLOG TOUR '09 will officially begin on September 1 and ends on October 30th. You can visit Bob and Kaye's blog stops at http://www.virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/ in September and October to find out more about this great book and talented authors! As a special promotion for all our authors, Pump Up Your Book Promotion is giving away a FREE virtual book tour to a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate to those not published who comments on our authors' blog stops. More prizes will be announced as they become available.