As some of you know, the seeds and trunks and branches of this blog were actually rooted in many manuscripts of a book I never published. Well, many of you suggested and the Lord has provided the opportunity to publish, in book form, what has been my life’s work since my retirement over 15 years ago. With the help of a great Christian publishing imprint that is Xulon Press, my book is now available online and soon in bookstores near you.
My book is titled, “Where Did All The Good Men Go?” and it is published under my real name, Bill Clark Dean. My pen name on this blog of A. Guy Maligned served to keep a measure of anonymity for me over the years, but I decided to use my real name for the book.
Having published over 1,600 daily posts on this blog, it has become somewhat of a tome of resources on how to find and nurture and sustain healthy interpersonal relationships. But this book, while in many ways similar, provides followers of WWNH with a clear, concise roadmap that is easily portable and helpful to you and yours.
I recommend the book for adult women who want to finally find and keep a good man. If you have been blessed to have already found yours, then perhaps you know somebody who is still searching or having difficulty keeping a man. I believe it makes a fine gift for family and friends.
My strong desire is that if you choose to purchase it, whether for yourself or others, you do so from my publisher at:
http://www.xulonpress.com/bookstore/bookdetail.php?PB_ISBN=9781619968349&HC_ISBN=
I have no desire to profit from this work, as Grace and I have been blessed beyond measure in both health and wealth. We believe we have been called to contribute to our Lord’s ministry via blog and now, in print. We have committed proceeds from this endeavor to our ministry that helps spread His Word in ways that He guides us.
There will be other mainstream outlets such as Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com that will carry both the paperback and e-reader versions. Please feel free to purchase from them, but our preference is that you purchase this work from our publisher, Xulon Press, whenever possible. It helps us better advance our efforts for Him and all his beloved children.
With hope and love,
A. Guy Maligned a.k.a. Bill Clark Dean and Grace DeRue Dean
Congratulations….
That’s wonderful news. A book I will gladly recommend to all my women friends and their daughters.
What a blessing to you and your family! Thank you, Sir Guy. I’ll be purchasing mine asap.
Lady Kaikou
How exciting!!! This is definitely something I will be buying, and telling all my friends about
Congratulations Sir Guy! I pray Yahweh will guide the proceeds of your book to ministries that best serve our people.
Wow congratulations! I will be checking out a copy.
Your Highness Cat,
Welcome aboard. It’s a great day when another pretty woman joins us on this cruise to WhatWomenNeverHear.
Guy
CONGRADULATIONS on your new book. May thw LORD be with you!
I’m looking forward to devour and savor it!
Thank you for publishing it, your Excellency Mr. Bill Clark Dean and your lovely happily ever after Heart Treasurer and Treasure, Mrs. Grace DeRue Dean.
All my admiration and respect for you two!
Sir & Lady Guy:
Congratulations on your wonderful accomplishment. I just ordered my copy of your book from the publisher. You’ve given us ladies so much and I definitely want to reciprocate and support your new endeavor.
Lady Arabella Victoria
Your Highness Lady Arabella Victoria,
Thank you. I love it when pretty women say that to me.
Guy
This is wonderful news!! May all your readers be blessed with beautiful marriages just as you have blessed mine with your insight. I know a few people awaiting weddings this year and many who are looking for Mr. Good Enough. I plan on gifting the newlyweds and referring those who are looking. Thank you and your lovely wife for shining a light into the darkness. Be blessed.
Congratulations, Sir Guy & Lady Grace! May God send the word out far and wide, stirring and blessing others, and ripple by ripple, working many of the needed changes in our great country.
YES!!! IT’S FINALLY PUBLISHED!! I am *so* excited!! I went ahead and recommended it on my FB to all my friends. I hope that a lot of people buy this book. Wisdom is priceless, but I can tell you how to get it for only $14.99. Ooooh yeah. ^_^
Just bought 2 copies for me and a friend:) Congratulations, all of your hard work will benefit generations to come!
Your Highness That Horse Is Dead…,
Thank you. I love it when pretty women say that to me.
Guy
Congratulations Guy\Bill. A momentous achievement. Have just adjusted the budget so will be securing a copy next pay week.
Very many congratlations Sir Guy!
And to Lady Grace too.
Thank you for all your good work.
I will definitely buy it Sir Guy!
You have been a blessing to me over the years & your message is so needed today!
Blessings & love to you!
Congratulations
Congratulations Sir Guy and Lady
Grace! Will be getting a copy soon.
What wonderful news, Sir Guy! Congratulations! I’m eager to get my hands on a copy. If your blog is this inspirational, then I can only imagine how great the book is
Congratulations on publishing your book Bill! I am sure it was quite a project and you can be justifiably proud of finishing and publishing it. May it be a fruitful blessing to many.
You are an inspiration to me as I strive to finish (and publish) a book.
Jill Farris
http://www.generationalwomanhood.wordpress.com
Guy, what other books do you recommend for a girl to learn character and stand out (other than in dating)
Your Highness Ballee,
To learn character? The Holy Bible. To stand out? Wendy Shalit’s two books.
1) “A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue” You need this now and will be ever so happy when married and even more so when you are raising daughters. I think this book, next to chapter 8 of my own book, is the greatest for learning the details and how to deal with the biblical issue about wife submitting to husband.
2) “Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-respect and Find It’s Not Bad to Be Good” (I think this one may have been retitled.)
Guy
Thanks, for these tittles, I already familiar with Wendy Shalit’s works and read these books online, but I was left hungry anyways, is there something that goes deeper for females?
It’s been a while since I commented, but I am so excited to see this! Congratulations!!
Your Highness Delicate Petals,
Thanks. You’ve been missed. I hope your return lasts as long as the blog.
Guy
I keep telling my husband that this guy should write a book!!
Your Highness Pam,
Welcome aboard. It’s a great day when another pretty woman joins us on this cruise to WhatWomenNeverHear.
Guy
My husband and I have a dilemma, We have our home for sale. We would like to get a home without a mortgage to help with the expenses of a large homeschooled family. Our oldest will be going to college in a couple of years, our cars are all old, and we really budget to provide for our needs and some of our wants. My husband has a good career. We tend to be frugal and save. The problem involves a disagreement about some hunting recreational property that we bought 10 years ago. He is only able to make it there 3-4 times a year. I would like to sell it in order to build a home in a nice area. I also see the money as being able to provide for the needs mentioned. He would rather keep it and settle for something in a less desirable area. He acknowledges the need to provide for some college and newer cars, but it makes no difference in his decision-making. The land is his dream and he sees it as a long term investment where I see the need to provide for our upcoming expenses and get us into a nice neighborhood as more important. With the money from the land we could build a very nice home debt free. I feel I will resent him for not putting us before his hobby. He will resent me for getting in the way of his hobby. He gets sullen and says I am not content. This has gone on for 2-3 years. I don’t mind being straightened up regarding this matter. Maybe it is what I will need!
Your Highness Pam,
Please don’t take this as defense of hubby against you. I only seek to point out some pressures and how to relieve them.
+ Women can change. They are very practical in weighing what the future looks like and adjusting to make the present more compatible. OTOH, you can’t change him. The more and harder you try, the more alienated he will become against your dream home objectives.
+ You have idealized what you want in new home. It will be far easier and friendlier for you to back off some to preserve compatibility and not inject sourness between you.
+ “Nice” adds nothing to family solidarity. If loss of it stimulates your resentment, you destabilize the family with a sour attitude. How would that register in homeschooling? Would the kids read it? Also resent father for not ‘adjusting’?
+ Women dream and adjust to the realities of what they face. However, men must have their dream and keep it when fulfilled. Not because they can’t dispense with it, but because their identity is tied up in it (aka their significance, and a man’s greatest fear is his wife’s pointing to or contributing to his insignificance).
+ You’re challenging the rooster about things of great importance to him. It doesn’t mean you can’t win and insert yourself into his rule of the roost, but you won’t like the consequences as they impact your future.
+ To conclude this ‘lesson’, count how much and how many things you are already grateful for. Will a new home befitting your taste add enough to compensate for other losses in gratitude?
Best wishes for continued compatibility and gratefulness. Happiness flows from gratitude, remember?
Guy
Thanks so much! I feel “straightened out.”Hubby is not a communicator and I wasn’t able to understand this at all. I think I knew that getting my way was going to ruin our family life and marriage, but I still kept thinking, this is crazy. I was not tying this into his significance at all. I never thought that by selling, he would feel insigniciant. You don’t know how much you have helped. Forever grateful (I think I can speak for my husband also), Pam