Everyone knows what a big fan I am of Shauna, aka Dietgirl. We've been friends for years now, meeting in person, finally, this year.

She's witty and sharp and brilliant and inspirational and gorgeous and just everything you could want from a friend. Especially one who allows you to say "My Australian friend living in Scotland." How many people get to say that? I do! She allows me to sound cool, which I love.

What I love even more is that her memoir, the aptly named "The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl" has been published and hits stores January 1. You European readers out there need to buy it NOW. Unfortunately for us Americans, the book won't be that easy to come by. In lieu of hopping a plane over to the UK to go pick one up - a tempting proposition, believe you me - you can always enter Shauna's Amazing Scavenger Hunt and win a copy of your very own!

It will take you all of five minutes, especially if you have a Flickr account and the upload tools. What are you waiting for?! Do you know good this book is? Don't you need something to read other than my drivel? Of course you do!

For those of you who remember, Shauna contributed her words of wisdom to Tales From The Scale and, like the others, made the book sing with honesty and humor. I was so honored when Shauna agreed to write for the book, and it wouldn't be what it turned out to be without her. I can't begin to tell you how excited I was for her when I learned she was doing a memoir of her own.

Now stop reading me! Go enter! I did!

Posted by Erin at 08:20 AM | filed under: Inspiration