Friday, April 30, 2010

This Week's Celeb Rebel Deb: Cynthia Brian


According the Net:

Cynthia Brian, "The Oprah of the Airwaves", hosts a show produced by Starstyle® Productions for Be the Star You Are! charity, which focus is on providing authors and experts an arena to empower audiences. This upbeat radio show speaks about preparing to star in your own life while igniting the flame that is already inside you..."

Cynthia's a big fan of authors and celebs who promote courage, self-confidence, self-awareness and literacy. In fact, during my recent interview with StarStyle Radio, that's pretty much all we talked about! How to believe in, trust and support yourself in becoming the gutsy, glamourous Rebel Debutante that you are. And that make *her* a true Celeb Rebel Deb in my book.

So go out and be the stars you are, ladies!

xoxo,
Rebel Deb

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Bye-Bye Brett-y?



According to the gossip rags, maybe not. It's all over the Net that Brett Michaels is in recovery and may even be back on tour at the end of May. Whoa! Unfortunately, according to People Magazine, he'll also walk away with a "side effect" that may lead to seizures. Ouch.

Seems Brett-y may not bite the tour-bus dust after all. But, after all that brain surgery, the question remains...

Will his extensions?

xoxo,
Rebel Deb

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Want a Free Copy of "Confessions of a Rebel Debutante?"


Want to win a free copy of my book? Enter here to win!

Contest ends at MIDNIGHT on April 30th!




Here are the deets... from GirlfromtheGhetto.wordpress.com:

I’m happy to announce that I have 3 copies of Confessions of a Rebel Debutante by Anna Fields to giveaway!

Anna Fields deliciously describes her childhood and what life was like going through (and eventually getting kicked out of) cotillion was like, beginning at age eleven, all the while making fun of everything about debbing including herself down to her big butt. After seeing her photo on the back of my book, I had a hard time believing she was ever fat, because she reminds me a little bit of Reese Witherspoon. But she forces me to believe it with tales of being a tall girl who wore glasses and had bad skin and a white girl ‘fro after reading her hilarious cheerleading tryout story to the tune of Too Legit to Quit.

Who would have thought a Winston-Salem girl could escape society by getting an Ivy League education, move to New York and LA and work for major celebrities such as Diana Ross and Jill Zarin, let alone act alongside the best of young hollywood in a major motion picture called Mona Lisa Smile, and eventually become a successful playwright, standup comedian and writer for As the World Turns? I can, after reading this book. I cracked up when Ms. Fields starts her memoir off with this line – I’ve only got one good story: How I became a Rebel Debutante. She’s got more than a hundred good stories in this book alone and I can not begin to cover most of them.

You would be absolutely bonkers not to read this book, because not only would you not get to learn all about her very interesting and entertaining life, but you would miss out reading all of the celebrity dirt she has collected through the years. My god, the things she has written in this book and didn’t even hint at on the cover or in the press! An unnamed female Grey’s Anatomy star telling her they loved anal and want to make out with her, her interview with Dr. Ruth that had the famous sex counselor personally offended, and her time spent working a private waiting gig at Calabasas home for three sisters (who, to me, had to have been Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian) which ended in a FBI drug bust.


A special thanks to Anna Fields and her representation for sponsoring this fantastic book giveaway!

RULES:
**U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY
**NO P.O. BOXES, PLEASE
**MUST INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS IN COMMENT
**ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE TO COUNT


HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY: Go to Anna Fields website HERE and tell me via your comment below what fun or interesting thing you learned or noticed on her website.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Go to Anna Fields blog HERE. Check out her jewelry and t-shirt shop, and tell me what you liked from her Rebel Deb wear. I’ll even throw in an extra entry for you if you also comment on Anna’s post where she gives me a shout out on her blog.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Comment if you are a loyal follower of hers, either on Facebook or Goodreads, or if you are on her mailing list. Tell me where and how you follow her.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Blog about this giveaway, share a link via Twitter, or post a link via Facebook about my Rebel Deb giveaway and come back here and comment with that link.

+1 MORE ENTRY: Read my full review on Confessions of a Rebel Debutante HERE. Then comment here and tell me why you need to win this book!

Contest ends next Friday, April 30th at midnight. Good luck to you all.

xoxo,
Rebel Deb

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Yee HAW! The Rebel Deb Takes on San Antonio


According to San Antonio Magazine...

Southern belles are supposed to be proper, polite and pretty much perfect. AnnaBelle bucks that trend with her sharp spoken wit and impertinent personality, which explains why she was kicked out of her cotillion classes. Native Southerner Anna Fields’ memoir, Confessions of a Rebel Debutante, is guaranteed to give you a good laugh. Borders Books, 255 E. Basse Road, 828-9496, borders.com.

So come on out and see me, ya'll!

April 24, 2010 2:00 PM
San Antonio - Basse - Borders
255 E. Basse Road, Suite 350
San Antonio, TX 78209

xoxo,
RD

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Howdy from Indiana!


Come over to the Christamore House in Indianapolis and see me, ya'll!

According to the Indianapolis Observer:

"Five authors will talk about their work during the 30th annual Book & Author Luncheon sponsored by the Christamore House Guild. The benefit begins at 10 a.m. with books available for purchase and signing. The luncheon program is 11 a.m to 2 p.m. (although, if truth be told, it usually runs later than that). Diane Willis is mistress of ceremonies for the event, held in the Indiana Roof Ballroom, 140 West Washington Street, Indianapolis.

The authors and books are William Alexander (52 Loaves: One Man's Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust), Elizabeth Berg (The Last Time I Saw You), Anna Fields (Confessions of a Rebel Debutante), Peter Hedges (The Heights) and Norris Church Mailer (A Ticket to the Circus).

Tickets are $85. For information, contact Jane Kroot, 317:849-5330. Proceeds from the luncheon support the Frances Carter Coburn Scholarship Fund and educational programs offered through Christamore House, 502 North Tremont Street, Indianapolis. Since 1981, more than $1 million has been awarded to more than 570 scholarship recipients from Indianapolis' Haughville neighborhood."


Books! Food! Fun! Norman Mailer's widow! It'll be *spectacular* :)

Check out the rest of the (sorta) star-studded line-up here

xoxo,
Rebel Deb

Saturday, April 17, 2010

A Great Review of "Confessions of a Rebel Debutante!"


"My review of Confessions of a Rebel Debutante, which in a word, was fabulous" -Girl from the Ghetto

from thegirlfromtheghetto.com

"Anna Fields, you had me at You can take the girl out of the South, but you can’t take the South out of the girl! I love nothing more than reading a story set in the south, or devouring a good memoir. When I heard that a book was coming out that had the best of both worlds, I knew I had to read this book.

I was literally jumping with joy when I got my advanced reader copy of Confessions of a Rebel Debutante in the mail last month. I knew I was going to love it, and love it I did. Anne Fields not only has written a charming, funny and fabulous memoir, but she tells a great story about what happens when a North Carolina society girl gets kicked out of cotillion classes and doesn’t make it as a deb. You can not believe where this Rebel Deb’s life leads her.

Anna Fields deliciously describes her childhood and what life was like going through (and eventually getting kicked out of) cotillion was like, beginning at age eleven, all the while making fun of everything about debbing including herself down to her big butt. After seeing her photo on the back of my book, I had a hard time believing she was ever fat, because she reminds me a little bit of Reese Witherspoon. But she forces me to believe it with tales of being a tall girl who wore glasses and had bad skin and a white girl ‘fro after reading her hilarious cheerleading tryout story to the tune of Too Legit to Quit.

As much as I enjoyed hearing what life was like behind the scenes of debbing, I found the heart of Anna’s story in her own personal story, and not the story of the other rich and often drunk debutantes. Things really get rolling in the book when she began writing about her life at boarding school, the prestigious Wellington Academy run by a woman named Miss Freeze. Anna never fit in to begin with, but once she became best friends with her wild roommate Alma who was a fan of public ladyscaping, known as the campus queer for her unladylike and non-deb ways, and who told outrageous tall tales that even involved the Playboy Mansion, well, fun and adventures began that were even better than attending cotillion-related events. Alma, needless to say, was a bad influence on a Anna to begin with, but the two of them together had them both on some crazy adventures. They got caught drinking at a college fraternity party, and once stumbled across a girl from school who had just been raped, but they still were the ones who got in trouble because they were caught vacationing on the wrong side of town in Myrtle Beach, let alone their biggest adventure that included a tragedy I’ll let you discover on your own.

Who would have thought a Winston-Salem girl could escape society by getting an Ivy League education, move to New York and LA and work for major celebrities such as Diana Ross and Jill Zarin, let alone act alongside the best of young hollywood in a major motion picture called Mona Lisa Smile, and eventually become a successful playwright, standup comedian and writer for As the World Turns? I can, after reading this book. I cracked up when Ms. Fields starts her memoir off with this line – I’ve only got one good story: How I became a Rebel Debutante. She’s got more than a hundred good stories in this book alone and I can not begin to cover most of them.

You would be absolutely bonkers not to read this book, because not only would you not get to learn all about her very interesting and entertaining life, but you would miss out reading all of the celebrity dirt she has collected through the years. My god, the things she has written in this book and didn’t even hint at on the cover or in the press! An unnamed female Grey’s Anatomy star telling her they loved anal and want to make out with her, her interview with Dr. Ruth that had the famous sex counselor personally offended, and her time spent working a private waiting gig at Calabasas home for three sisters (who, to me, had to have been Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian) which ended in a FBI drug bust."



xoxo,
Rebel Deb

Friday, April 16, 2010

The Biatch is Back! At Least, for Tonight...


Last night at Lincoln Center was great! Excellent turnout, a welcoming crowd and tons of laughs (mostly at my expense, which I'm totally cool with!)... and tonight? I'm back in Winston-Salem, the town that (kinda) started it all. Where I went to boarding school. Where I gotted "kicked out" (basically just not invited) of debbing. Where I got my first hickey... oh, wait? Was that a teensy bit TMI? Oh, well. Guess you'll have to read the rest in my book. So come on down and getcha a signed copy!

When: TONIGHT! Friday, April 16th @7pm
Where: Barnes & Noble Booksellers Winston Salem
Stones Throw Plaza
1925 Hampton Inn Court, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
(336) 774-0800

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Come On Down and See Me, Folks! You'll Be Glad Ya Did!

Okay... so this isn't me. But I wish it were! And who knows, maybe she'll show up to my opening night book launch at the Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble? And maybe she'll make out with the first fifty of ya'll who buy a book?! (Okay, probs not. But come anyway!)

Confessions of a Rebel Debutante

Author Event, Author Discussion

Anna Fields brings us a delicious, laugh-out-loud funny Southern-fried memoir about growing up a proper young lady... or not. Confessions of a Rebel Debutante proves you can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl!


When: Thursday April 15, 2010 7:30 PM
Where: Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
212-595-6859

Friday, April 9, 2010

This Week's Celeb Rebel Deb: Anna Paquin


Though her Southern dialect on True Blood could use some... err... serious work... Anna Paquin still rocks my world. Especially lately. And why? Check out her recent PSA...

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: True Blood Star Reveals True Self -- Anna Paquin Says She's Bisexual | RadarOnline.com

You have major balls, Anna. And we Rebel Debs salute both of them!

xoxo,
Rebel Deb

Friday, April 2, 2010

This Week's Celeb Rebel Deb: Lassie!




Hells yes, Lassie is a girl! And though she has an IQ of 14 and only four, non-opposable digits on her massive paws, she still manages to flip a huge bird to gender stereotypes. What's that, Timmy? Only men can be rescuers on circa 1960 television dramas, did you say? Yeah, well. Looks like somebody'll be leaving you locked up for a little while longer...

xoxo,
Rebel Deb

Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Rebel Deb's Comin' to Little Rock!



If you're in the Little Rock area on April 9th or 10th, please join me for Friday's beautiful soiree (did I mention the cash bar?), followed by Saturday's reading and solo discussion with your very own Rebel Debutante!

xoxo,
Rebel Deb