Your WOOFer name is 'Milkbone'. Why and what's behind the names?
The acronym for “Women Only Over Fifty” is WOOF. We use canine terms and analogies in stories and chapter titles, such as, Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Purebred Potpourri and Over Fifty Tailwaggers. In the process, the natural evolution was to give ourselves dog names. Diana is d.d. dawg, Melinda is Mad Dog and my name, Milkbone, comes from one of my favorite expressions. It’s a dog-eat-dog world and I’m wearing milkbone underwear.
What's all the fuss about the WOOFers Club? Who can join and what do they do?
The club is for anyone wishing to join a sisterhood for the ever-increasing number of women approaching or over Fifty. We have our own e-mail address, GreatDames@woofersclub.com, where women can choose and register a WOOF name of their choice and also vent frustrations, tell their own funny story, or submit poems. We’re also planning to run contests in the near future.
Do you have to be at least 50 to join?
No. If you're approaching 50, or just dreading (or embracing) the thought, you're welcome to join.
WOOF also has its own blog. Tell us about this. What do WOOFers blog about?
Oh, I love the blog! We not only write posts about our own over-fifty experiences — good and not so good — we invite all women to be guest bloggers. For instance, we’ve had an over-fifty woman relay her experience with TaeKwondo, and we’re so open-minded, we even posted a blog about a special cat, Dewey Readmore Books. So, gotta story to tell? E-mail us at GreatDames@woofersclub.com. We will be choosing one or two guest bloggers each month.
I hear you've done a few signings already, before the official release of the book. What has been the response from the public so far?
Overwhelmingly positive. We love it when women buy the books for themselves, or read a poem or story and say, “That’s me!” Letting women know they’re not alone is our prime objective... well, that and selling books, of course. :-)
Is there anything else you'd like to tell our readers?
No map to guide you through the "joys" of middle age? Join three witty, savvy, resourceful women as we chart our own course. Yep! You’re invited! As you romp through issues of expanding waistlines, deepening wrinkles, empty nests and muddled memories, we promise you’ll find good things to bark about! WOOF! Mary Cunningham (Milkbone)
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