i’ve been to new york a few times over the past several months for a variety of reasons. and a few weeks ago i was back in the city.
as some of you guessed, and some of you didn’t, i was meeting with publishers.
yeah.
i’m gonna write a book.
over the course of the last year or so i’ve been approached by publishers, editors and agents about writing one.
i didn’t know what to think about this at first.
but i thought long and hard about it and i finally decided in january that i wanted to do it.
what pushed me in this direction? many things, but the biggest one was the belief that this book will be an incredible gift for madeline.
and my monument to
liz.
so…
over the past couple of months i…
*signed with a literary agency.
*worked on a book proposal.
*my agents submitted it to some publishers.
*and during the week that i was in nyc, i met with a few of them.
*upon my return to los angeles the book went to auction.
*less than a week later i had chosen a publisher.
my book will be published by grand central publishing, which is part of the hachette book group usa.
(these folks also own little brown and company, the publishers of the twilight series. squeee!).
here is the announcement from this week’s issue of publisher’s weekly:
Maddy & Me
Pitched as The Last Lecture meets Marley & Me, Matt Logelin’s Adventures with Maddy: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Extraordinary Community That Healed Us, went at auction to Amanda Englander at Grand Central. Rachel Sussman and Eve Bridburg of Zachary Shuster Harmsworth brokered the deal for North American rights. In the book, Logelin, who started a blog and founded the Liz Logelin Foundation after his wife died 72 [sic] hours following the birth of their daughter, offers advice on, and his own experiences, dealing with grief and loss. Per Grand Central, the auction was “heated,” with seven publishers vying for the book.
so now what?
i figure there will be a lot of questions about this and i plan to make my writing process as interactive as possible, so fire away.
ask anything…
ask about the book, the (tentative) title, the blog, my future plans, etc.
you can go ahead and pose your questions in the comments section, and i’ll answer as many as possible in a future post. if your question has already been posed, please ask anyway. i’ll get an idea of what i should answer if i see the same question over and over again.
i can’t begin to tell you how excited i am to get started, and ultimately, deliver a book that you all will love.
(oh…and thanks for your patience with my teasing over the last few months…just needed to make sure everything was in place before announcing this).
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Congrats, what a beautiful whirlwind it will be. Can’t wait to see the process. Must be an amazing feeling to be up for bid at auction!
Congrats Matt.. this will be a wonderful thing for everyone, not just Maddy.
That is so fucking awesome Matt! I am excited to read it. Congrats to you and Maddy
Make sure to include some of your amazing photos in the book.
Congratulations!! I’ve been told I need to write a book also, but the process seems daunting. I’ll be watching!
My questions:
1. Will you use the same style as the blog posts or write in a more “traditional” way?
2. Will your photographs be included?
It will be awesome.
Congratulations! What a wonderful tribute to Liz and Maddie! I hope you will be able to include some of your photographs. Your perspective and composition is so unique … it gives those of us who don’t actually know you a better idea of how you view life.
This is fab! I will totally buy your book. Go Matt & Maddy!!
Exciting! Congrats!
Congratulations! So excited for you!
I knew it was a book that you were teasing–just knew it! So much better than a reality show… (that was rattling around in my brain too–ick).
Way to go!
congratulations! looking forward to it!
Congratulations Matt, and good for you for taking the leap! It’ll be great, and will most definitely inspire a lot of people. I know you have inspired me in dealing with my own loss. Congrats again!
Congratulations! This is awesome. Do you have a tentative release date?
I’ll be first in line.
Question: will it be written in prose style, or in your lovely sonnet style employed here?
How exciting! What a beautiful way to remember Liz. Good luck with it and I will be one of the first people in line at my local book store to buy it!
Oh, and the Twilight thing made me squeal!!
So so happy for you. Can’t wait to read it.
Brilliant! Congratulations. Do hope you include the photography.
Come do a reading in DC when it’s out…:)
What an amazing gift to Maddy and a beautiful tribute to Liz and your love for these beautiful women. Can’t wait to read it!
I have already pre-ordered my copy and made a place for it on my nonexistent coffee table.
And I echo Sara and Thor…
It will be awesome.
Matt, that’s wonderful! I hope to meet you on a book tour one day. Squeee, lol!!!
I cannot wait to add your book to my shelves! That’s awesome! Congrats!!
Umm, I think I forgot to add, CONGRATULATIONS.
Fucking amazing.
And one more question:
Will there be a chapter entitled: “K in the N groped my robot, and now he’s in therapy.”
A million questions run through my head. Maddy and Me? Is that the title? Are you going to continue the blog? Who’s playing you in the movie?? Congratulations Matt! I can’t wait to read the final product.
Congrats!! I can’t wait to grab it hot off the press!!
How exciting! Can we pre-order now?! Kidding…but I can’t wait to see the final product!
Congratulations! What an amazing opportunity. I am so excited to read it. I have introduced your blog to many friends who are unfamiliar with the blogging world, some think I’m crazy, but others have begun following as well. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching Maddy and you grow over the past 14 months, or so. The book will be a wonderful testament to that. So here is my only question, is the book going to be a timeline or sorts, documenting your adventures? And if so, how much time are you planning on covering? Or will it be more of a ‘life lessons’ work? I guess that’s actually 3 questions….oops.
Awesome! What a great tribute to Liz and a wonderful keepsake for Maddie. I can’t wait to read it!
That’s great news. I’m curious about your writing schedule– will you still work outside your house or will writing be your full-time job?
I second those who are hoping for your amazing photos to be included in the book.
I am so happy and excited for you. Congratulations, I think it is wonderful, and can’t wait to see the process unfold.
When do you think the book will come out?
Congrats! I hope that your book will be written in the same style as your blog. What is your plan regarding that? Please say that your photographs will be interwoven into the book as well.
Hope you have a book signing in Minneapolis! We’ll be there!
Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you and Maddy. Can’t wait to read it!!!!
Congrats…it will be a great gift for Maddie and the rest of us, not to mention cathartic for you Matt!
Totally awesome! I’m very excited for you. I hope you’ll include lots of pics, as they’ve really captured our hearts and helped to illustrate the highs and lows you’ve experienced. After all, who can resist that sweet Madeline?! Just hope it will be on sale in the UK, or I can bribe my family to post me a copy!
congratulations on making this incredible decision for you and maddy!
liz is proud.
for what it’s worth (as someone who is also working towards a similar venture)… i’m proud of you.
now quit going to ny and GET TO DC!!!
Will your book have an international release or just US for now? I’m in Canada and would love to purchase your book when it’s released.
Matt, I’ve been following your blog for awhile. I am so thrilled that you’ll be writing a book. Congratulations!
What’s the title? When will it be made into a movie? Can I be an extra?
Congrats again. I’m beyond excited for you and to watch this process.
Take care,
Kelly
That is effing AWESOME Matt! Congrats!!
Look forward to adding your book to my collection of MUST haves~
Congratulations! I will totaly buy your book. This is great news, what a beautiful gift for Maddy and Liz. Can’t wait to read it. I hope you do a reading in the Houston area!
Question: Will you still be able to blog about you and Maddy’s adventures as you do now? Please, please include some of your awesome pics in the book.
Congratulations! That is really awesome! A lifetime gift for Maddy!
What impresses me so much about you and your situation (as I’ve been following your story as many) is that instead of our staying home depressed that your life turned out as it did (which sucks). Instead you have done so much! It is hard to be proactive as it is and with your grief I am so impressed all that you do with Maddie and yourself. I am sure your wife would be proud. And you inspire me to enjoy the time with my family. Congratulations – I will definetly buy the book.
Congratulations!
What amazing news. Congrats to you and Maddy. Good luck with the process, I can not wait to read your finished masterpiece.
congrats! this is awesome news and i’m super happy for you!
it looks like this question has already been asked, but what kind of style will it be written in? for example, will it be similar to your blog posts, or will it be more of a traditional memoir-type deal?
this will definitely make an awesome gift for maddy.
best of luck with this new adventure! take care
Wow, that’s amazing! One more reason for Maddy to be so proud of her Daddy, I can’t wait to read it. Lots of pictures are a must! What time line are you giving yourself? With Maddy on the cover it’s sure to be a best seller
Congrats! That is so exciting!
Will you use the same writing style?
Great, more of your writing for me to get addicted to. Congrats, I’m really excited for you and am in need of a good book. Can’t wait to hear more and the timeline of when it will be ready to buy.
What an amazing opportunity! Congrats and I’m sure Liz is smiling as big as ever and that she’s really proud, what an amazing tribute to her. Can’t wait to read it (if it’s released in Canada) and you and Maddie are always welcome to come for more visits to Canada!
And like everyone has said, include lots of pictures!
Rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought that might be it, but wasn’t 100% sure!!!! I can’t wait until the book is finished and I can own a Matt Logelin original!!!!
Will they be using the photos you have taken of Maddy?? They should! They rock!
This brought tears to my eyes! (like your blog does everytime I read it… yes, I’ve read it more than once.) I’m so happy for you. This is an exciting journey you’re beginning, and what an exceptional way to celebrate Liz’s life! Maddie will know her Mom and the true love and devotion parents shared. If the book is anything like your blog, it will be a “must read” for all.
congrats! that’s amazing news for you and maddy! so happy for you! cannot wait to read it.
GO YOU!!!
Congratulations…look forward to the release!
Congratulations Matt!!
We cannot wait to buy the book!!
We look forward to meeting you at your book signing.
Hope Maddy is there as well!!
Congratulations – you should take the book on tour and get back on Oprah (with more time!).
Question – Where is the robot, its been a while since he made an appearance?
Congratulations Matt. I know it will be a loving tribute to your dear Liz. What a wonderful thing it will be for Maddy to have and read when she is older.
congrats to you. Absolutly wonderful gift to maddy.
“what kind of apporach are you going to do a straight timeline or flash back sequence?”
cant wait to buy it.
Wow Matt; incredible. If you need anything please do not hesitate to shoot me an email; I work in publishing so know a little bit about nothing
Email’s on the comment…;)O
Congratulations; this will give you a structure to work through your world and go forward with a great product at the end and alot of memories; bittersweet; sad; happy; and fufilling.
I think this is wonderful. I’ve often thought you should write a book. Aside from saying how awesome I think you writing a book is, I had 2 questions…Will your photos be included? I certainly hope so. And I’m kinda new here, so I was wondering what you do for work now. And whether that will continue as you do the book. It’s been an honor being able to read you here and follow you on Twitter. And Maddy makes my day, every day.
Congrats again, Matt.
Matt, I am so damn excited for you! You are right, what an awesome gift for Madeline. You are incredible and have made great strides. Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us strangers/friends. You’re doing awesome and so is Maddy, which is a tribute to your strength. Keep on keeping on, we’re behind you
all
the
way. (will they let you write your book like that?)
Take care and keep on keeping on…hold your memories close and your baby girl closer.
Love, Emily in the Indy
P.S. – question – how in the hell do you get to travel so much? That’s so awesome for you both.
That’s awesome. You really couldn’t give Maddy a better gift or honor Liz’s memory in a better way. Congrats! Oh, and make sure you print it to the Kindle too.
I’m totally obsessed with the damn thing.
Question (sorry if it’s been asked)
Do you plan on staying in Los Angeles for the long run or would you want to move to NYC or the surrounding areas?
Congrats on the deal!! I’ll admit. I squeeeeee’d a bit too that you got on board with the _Twilight_ company. ;P
Will you keep working at your 9-to-5, semi-unnamed job company? Which, BTW, they are *awesome* for allowing you so much time off.
how amazing to honour your wife this way!
so very cool!
Congratulations Matt! That is so awesome. I can’t wait to read your book and follow along as you go through the process of writing it. I love following your blog and through it I have “met” many other amazing people as well. Thank you once again for sharing your life with us.
Someone mentioned a movie (as a joke I’m sure) but I just need to throw my two cents in…NO LIFETIME MOVIES OKAY! haha
Congrats to you, what a great experience for you both.
i’m excited too see the pictures used for the book.
I don’t know how you’ll choose.
I love that you want to do it as a gift to your kid and a monument to your girl. May you always be so grounded… all the best!
‘The Last Lecture’ meets ‘Marley & Me’?! BWHAHAHAAHAHAHAH! That is a bizarre comparison, but I don’t care — I just want your story to reach (and benefit) as many people as possible. I love that the auction was ‘heated’! Everybody wants a piece of our Matthew.
Congrats & good luck!
I’M SO EXCITED!!!!! I wish I could give you guys a great big hug! What a great wonderful gift that you’ll be giving to Madeline and keeping Liz’s memories alive! Oh – and my only question would be – did they put a limit on the number of times you can say ‘fuck’? I certainly hope not
Wow.. congrats Matt!
Will some of the proceeds go to the Foundation?
Will it be a photobook or a memoir?
I am excited for this
Matt…I’m a daily reader and picture watcher on your sight…commenting infrequently. I don’t really have a question so much as a suggestion. You have the opportunity to give your daughter a precious gift…for her to know her mother through your loving eyes. As well as the adventures of Matt and Maddy…I hope your book will contain details of your courtship and love affair with Liz so that your daughter will be able to better know the awesome person Liz surely was.
This is the most amazing news ever! You are going to be a bestselling author!!!!!! Have you decided on a title? Have people already approached you about doing a movie? Do you already have a timeframe in mind for when things should be completed?
Sorry for all the questions. I’m studying to be a librarian so books are a soft spot for me. I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am for you. Congratulations Matt!!!!
Congrats, Matt (and Madeline)!!! I can’t wait to read it; another wonderful memory for Madeline to have when she is older. I bet Liz is so proud of you! (I totally guess it too, btw)
First off I KNEW IT!!! Secondly CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are right it will be a great gift for Maddie….and hopefully will fund even more of your adventures. So questions…
1. Will you write the book in the same style as your blog?
2. Will the book focus only on your life after Maddy was born or will it include some about your life with Liz before Maddy was born?
3. What is the proposed title(s) of the book?
4. Will the book include some of your photo’s?
Finally.
5. Who will play you in the movie that gets made from the book (like Marley & Me did)? I am guessing Ryan Gosling
Truly Matt, so incredibly happy for you & Maddy.
(((hugs)))
I too, am thrilled and hope that pictures are included and your writing style doesn’t change much. Good luck and thanks for not doing a reality show
How fucking rad! My questions are as follows:
Will you do a book tour?
Will you grace Louisville in the KY with your presence of a book tour?
Will you bring Madeline and your Robot on tour? (think of the pictures-possibly your next book “Robot Love Across the Country”)
How freaking awesome is that, this gave me chills. Maddie will appreciate this when she is older. You are strong willed and I know my husband would cave and not even leave the house if this ever happened to him.
Good luck on you new adventure and I can’t wait to see the final product! Best of luck.
Congrats that is fantastic!!
questions hmmm…
1. What is the targeted release date?
2. Will you get to do a book tour (don’t forget the south, no one comes to for book signings!!)
3. Will you be pulling the material from the blog and fatten it up, or is this going to be a whole new re-writing?
Will you be continuing with the blog? And what about living in the CA and working in the CA, will you continue that, or do you plan to move to the NYC? SO happy for you, Maddy and Liz!! Who do you want to play you in the movie?
Congratulations! Liz would be so proud and it will be an incredible gift for Maddy. She is such a lucky girl to have an amazing father like you.
I work at a publishing company in Minneapolis, so hopefully I will be able to meet you on a book tour or at BEA, IRA, and all the other acronym events that go along with publishing.
Make sure to schedule a signing back in Minnesota and please, please, please include some of your incredible photographs in the book!
Congrats! That’s SO so exciting..cant wait to hear about your journey through writing this book…Liz would be so proud..
Sweet!! I was so, so scared you were doing a reality show. I still would have watched though.
Can’t wait for the book. Would love more photos and more stories of your life with Liz. Maybe you can throw in there when exactly you got such a potty mouth (i’ve had one my whole life and blame my older sisters & their friends). Good luck with the writing and congratulations!!!
LOL @ your twilight sqeee!
Will the book be your crazy line by line writing or more traditional? :p If it’s written like your blogs it’ll be one thick book :p
Thought of 2 more questions…
1. Will you continue to work at your current job or take some time off to write the book?
2. Do you & Maddy plan on staying in LA or will you move back to the MN?
I am sure I will think of more questions…I am pretty nosy.
My No. 1 question: Will you be continuing the blog? I, uhm, I, ah, I’m kinda addicted, yeah, but in a good way.
Sure wish I could come to Maddy’s 2nd annual pool party this Sunday. But I’ll be in your (and mine) favorite spot in Mexico! Have great fun!
So wonderful!! Can’t wait to read it!!! Will any proceeds be going to the Foundation?
Wow, what an amazing opportunity for you & Maddy! I definitely second (and third…) the thought that there should be lots of photos! You’re such a gifted photographer & that should definitely be shared with the world! Not to mention the more photos, the sooner Maddy can start enjoying the book once it’s published, and she’ll be able to, as she gets older, go through the transition of enjoying her…your…story through pictures, and eventually reading it, hopefully over and over again! What an incredible gift, I’m so excited for you both!
awesome, can’t wait to read it.
yes. freaking yes.
my questions: (which have already been asked)
pictures?
style of writing? (please say it will be the same as the blog)
Wow! It seems such a natural step to go from this blog to paper form that you make it look easy to get 7 publishers heatedly vying for your book!
Questions:
1) What time will you cover in your book? Starting with your life with Liz and leading to the present or will it truly be “Maddy and Me”?
2) Were you a writer before this blog started?
3) Can I get an autographed copy? ; )
Congratulations!
I’m of the same mind as Corinne – will you take a leave from your “day” job? Are the previous blogs part of the book or are you rewritting an entire new book.
BTW – I do so admire you for the challenges you have faced – parenting is not easy and to do so with monumental grief is an astounding accomplishment. Keep up the wonderful dad work!
Wow. I have so many questions. I’m shocked that someone who regularly gets over 100 comments would say fire away!
This is why everyone loves you, Matt. You’ve made us all a part of your life. You make us all feel like we’re there with you, so of course the book will be a sensation because I’m sure you’ll make everyone who reads it feel that way. I’ve always been very curious about lots of things!
Sqeee! is right – if you get to meet Stephenie Meyer can I come, too? I’m more than serious.
I’m wondering if you think you will quit your job or if this book will make it possible to stay home with Maddy full-time. Would that be something you would want?
If so, do you think you would relocate and to where?
Do you think the book will put the Liz Logelin Foundation on the map, so to speak?
Did you recently have a secret posted on another popular blog?
Have you have any negative response on your blog?
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Congratulations! That’s great! I hope you will continue the blog too…I love reading it b/c I have a daughter only 2 weeks younger than Maddy. So I love seeing what Maddy is up too and I can totally relate to almost every story about her. I hope you do a book tour and come to St. Louis!
Congrats Matt & Maddy! Awesomesauce indeed! What a wonderful way to celebrate Liz! It will be a tremendous gift for Madeline too – I hope someday she will know how much she is thought of and loved by her internet fans! I’m also curious about what the title will be, and what writing style you will use. Also will you include blog entries or something else?
And when will book signings be?! Please come to the DC area kthx.
Please
Love your blog, technique, & from the very very beginning…ultimately amazing love for your wife & child. And I must say…Liz was beautiful…and Maddy is a clone of her! You are an amazing guy. Life’s not fair. But maybe now you can see that there was a bigger plan for Liz. and you. and Maddy. than that…happy fucking nuclear family.
put a
BOW
on Maddy!
I know
she has no hair..
but they have headbands.
In all the packages
that you have recieved…
has no one ever sent you a bow and headband?
Tell me where to send it…
now.
I have
just recently
began
BACK reading
your blog.
A straight
up
referral
from
MckMama’s Blog.
And in my
BACK reading…
I’ve never
come across
a picture
with
Maddy
in a FUCKING BOW!
She’s a
GIRL
Haha…
My
ONE
?
for your
book..
Why???
is Maddy
never
in a bow??
Shit.
There I said it.
Ok…does your style of writing drive yourself nuts? It takes a long time to scroll down to read one thought lol. But I love it
Congratulations!! That is awesome!
congratulations matt – you so deserve it! (swallowing own intense jealousy)
i’m thrilled for you – and for maddie – and hoping that for you writing is as cathartic and healing as it has been for me (guessing it is).
Congratulations! Madeline is a lucky girl to have a father like you. To be able to be broken and yet whole for her is nothing short of amazing. Can’t wait for the good read!
That is going to be one of the greatest gifts Maddy will receive from you! How long do you anticipate the process to take? Can’t wait to read it!
That is great! Congratulations. I am so glad you didn’t announce you were doing a reality television show.
This is all TOO fitting that you would do this! One of the “things” that I’ve wanted from many authors is: A signed copy of their book, SO after your book is finished how about signing copies ONLY to be sold thru your website OR The Liz Logelin Foundation (maybe at a premium)??
So proud of you, excited for you, and freaking out too! Way to go!
Congratulations! So very happy for you & Maddy. How awesome that the publishers were fighting over it, it just goes to show what an amazing father (and writer!) you are, they know that the world is going to want to (NEEDS to) hear your story. A beautiful tribute to Liz, a wonderful gift for Maddy. I will definitely be buying several copies, for myself and to give away.
P.S. If your book ever *did* become a movie, I would definitely want Ryan Gosling to play you. Not only is he an amazing actor, I think he would treat the role with great respect… not to mention the fact that he looks a great deal like you. (I’m sure you’ve heard that before.)
I don’t have any questions but I think this is awesome and I can’t wait to read it! Hopefully you’ll be coming to Denver on a book tour
OMG I knew it!! Either that or a reality show…HA! knew that wouldn’t happen!! That is so awesome! Ok here are my questions, sorry if some seem stupid
*Will it be mostly blog entries put togerther to form the book?
*Will your amazing photographs be in the book? (crossing my fingers)
*When is the release date?? Very important question!!!
*Do you have a title picked yet? (thats hard)
*last but not least…can you come to Philly for a book signing…hehehe..the last one was just a stretch!
So proud of you…and I don’t even know you~
Yay for M&M!!!
And one more thing….your wife was loved by the most amazing man, probably bc she was an amazing woman!! You should be an inspiration to most father’s and husbands!! Most women search for men like you and most daughters want a father like you!!
Pat yourself on the back!! You are a great person!!!
(sorry to sound cheesey, but I had to say it)
Woops, that music comment was meant to be posted on yesterday’s update. But either way, the song is great.
And congratulations on such an amazing opportunity, although it would have admittedly been so much more ideal had this situation not occurred in the first place. Sometimes just writing things out though has the power to heal more than words ever can, as I’m sure you know from this blog.
Maybe I’m wrong, and correct me if I am. But they have have Liz’s death listed as “72 hours following the birth of their daughter” but it was 27 hours, correct? I think they just inversed the numbers.
Matt—so amazing…congratulations.
I dislike to say it but…I don’t like the title especially on the heels of Marley & Me.
CONGRATS! can’t wait to read it. I believe your readers, us, always knew it was going to happen.
Questions huh? Hmmmm – Will you be autographing our copies for us??
Do you have a tentative release date? Will the book be full of photos?? I can’t wait to read it!
Congrats! Who would have thought that this is where the road would lead you!
Are you still going to work your current job?
Congrats Matt and Maddy! I have been reading your blog for about 6 months now, this is my first time posting. You are a wonderful person and father, Maddy is a lucky girl. She is also the most adorable little girl I have ever seen.
I cannot wait to read the book, I will be first in line to buy it. I’m sure there will be a movie made too.
Congratulations, Matt!!! And good luck.
I hope you are able to write some of it in your prose. Regular paragraphs just don’t convey that wonderful tone.
Oh, endless congratulations! How wonderful!
Hey Daddy! What a gift for your girl! I’m really happy for you. What a journey! I would tell you to celebrate, but I have a feeling you have, you are, and you totally will! If ever in Portland!
I don’t have any questions but eeek! How exciting! I hope it includes a lot of your fabulous pictures.
I hope the book will include flashbacks to your times with Liz. That has been one of the most amazing parts of your blog as you have introduced Liz to all of us through your perspective and love.
Congratulations and best of luck.
Robin
Congrats on a very exciting new journey!! I can’t wait to read the book! Please stay true to who you have presented yourself to be on the blog, you know . . . curse, be real, put the robot in, use the unedited photos, and continue to show your unending, unconditional love for BOTH of your girls!! So excited for you and to read the book!
Congrats, Matt! I’m so freaking excited for you, and I cannot wait to read what I’m sure will be an absolutely beautiful story. Here are a couple of questions I have:
1. Will you continue your day job?
2. Will you and Maddy be staying in LA?
3. Will you please stop in Houston, TX as part of your book tour?
YEAH !!! So excited !!! Maybe if Chrissy does a second book yall can do a joint book tour !!
Your birth story and mine are so strikingly similar except that by the grace of the fates I am still here. After the year you have had the one question I would love to know the answer to….and it is a REALLY hard question, to answer or to pose…Is if you could do it over, and you had to lose one or the other, would you rather have Maddie or Liz? In my experience as a Mom, I would rather have sacrificed myself for the baby. I think almost any mother would…but I don’t know what my husband would say. If it’s too heavy of a question, please ignore it.
Again, congrats! Can’t wait for the book. Questions:
1. What has your in-laws said about this?
2. Are you going to write in the same manner you do your website? Makes for such fast reading. Short chapters like James Patterson?
3. Where will the book start in your life?
4. When is the release date?
5. Will you do a booking signing tour? Please say yes!
…not so much a question but wouldn’t it be great if the foundation was a non-profit by the time this book was released?
I bet Liz is proud of you!
Yay! I can’t wait to read your book. No particular questions for you but how about a comment or two?
I am so moved by your blog, your love for Maddy, your love for Liz – you express it all so beautifully.
Maddy is one lucky little girl and when she is a little older and can get to know her mom through her dad…
Well, that’s a lovely gift that she will forever be grateful for and there’s not a nicer thing you could do for your daughter!!!
Congratulations, Matt! I’m so happy for you. Though I do have questions as well…Will you keep working while writing? I often think how awesome your employer is to allow you all the time off for your various trips…but I wonder how the book deal will change that? Do you think you’ll be able to keep working while writing? Do you think you’ll include photos in the book? Will you curse less in the book?
Again, congrats and good luck!
Awesome! So are you going to quit the day job?
Outstanding! So happy for you! What an amazing opportunity to capture all of this for your beautiful girl, family, etc.
1) will you keep working your day job?
2) will you have time to keep up the blog?
3) when will you sleep?
All the best for this next step in this adventure called life!
Congratulations!! I am beyond thrilled for you and Maddy.
Will you be including your photographs in the book?
Do you have a tentative or working title yet?
I can’t wait
I had a feeling this was the news….good for you!! I think this is a fantastic tribute to Liz, and will be a wonderful thing for Miss Maddy when she grows up to have.
Many congrats Matt!!
Congratulations!!
I always wondered are you gonna live in CA, or are you planning to come home to MN eventually? Are you going to dedicate a chapter to the robot? I think you should. This next question is kinda personal, but are you religious? I always wondered. You son’t have to answer that if you don’t want to (I probably didn’t have to tell you that). I am glad it is not a reality show, but I figured you were smart enough not to do that ; )
This is pretty fucking rad!
Congratulations, Matt! I can’t think of a more lovely tribute to your wife and a greater gift for your beautiful daughter.
Can’t wait to read it!
Last Lecture meets Marley & Me… love that description !!
Two questions:
Will you continue with your blog?
What titles are you tossing around?
Congratulations! I am so pleased for you and Maddy! Will you be able to quit your day job? Wow!
Matt, I am so excited for you! Congratulations. I have been a reader since Maddy was 2 months old. I can’t wait to buy the book!
When will it be out?
Take care,
Debbie
I am so excited!!! You don’t have to answer my nosey questions…. I’m just wondering a few things. lol
1. Projected release date?
2. Have you chosen any book names?
3. Obviously there will be some back story… will it be written like your blog, meaning stories interjected of yours and Liz’s life together throughout?
4. Will your photos be included?
5. Will you continue to write your blog?
6. Will the foundation get any proceeds from the sales?
7. Will you still work your “regular” job?
8. Will the book be written chronologicaly from the beginning (not of time… lol)?
9. Is it possible for there to be a series of books?
I CAN’T WAIT TO BUY IT!!!…. and subsequently get no sleep because I stay up reading it. YAY!!!
big fat happy tears.
Congratulations.
Congratulations! I adore your blog and am so excited for a book. What a treat! Keep up the great work. You are right, this book will be a WONDERFUL gift for Madeline.
Questions:
- Will you continue your blog once you’re uber-famous? Seriously though, will you?
- Do you have any plans to move?
- Will you do a book tour? Will Madeline go with you?
- Will the book focus on your life after Liz’s death/Madeline’s birth or will you talk about life before (ie: dating, marriage, pregnancy)?
- When the book is turned into a movie, who will play you? Liz? Madeline?
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Congratulations!! When will the book be out? Will you continue to blog? Will the proceeds go towards the foundation? What will you call it? I have lots of questions.
I think it is great that through your tragedy you have made something so positive. It breaks my heart that Liz is gone and cannot witness all of this with you. Maddy is so beautiful.
Yay! This is wonderful news. I think I got goosebumps when reading that this will be your monument to Liz (and of course to Madeline as well). What a lucky woman to have been, and still be, loved by such a phenomenal man. Both Liz and Madeline are eternally lucky to have you in their lives. A monument built out of love is the best monument of all.
*Will said book be 10,000 pages due to your
chosen
writing
style
???
Good for you! Congratulations!
Will the book be almost like a timeline of what has happend since Liz passed away? Or will it be a book about healing and trying to move on? A little of both?
And a random question because I am curious… what line of work are you in?
Thats awesome! I cant wait to buy it and read it when It comes out!!!!
How wonderful! I think you’ll kick ass. ; )
I can’t wait to read it! Congratulations. What a tribute to Liz for Maddy to have.
Wow, Matt! This is so exciting for you and Maddy! I am so so excited for the both of you. What an incredible journey you have been on thus far and this is going to take you on an even more exciting, but bittersweet, journey. I have a lot of the same questions as above, so I’ll be anxious to read your replies! I am thinking this will be made in to a movie, too. Your story and the way you have stepped out and made the best of an awful situation is so inspiring. Your book is going to touch even more lives, so they’d be CRAZY to not make the book in to a movie.
My question that I didn’t see asked above is will you be staying in LA? Or are you moving to The NYC to write?
Congrats, again. Matt! This is just incredible!
Hola Matt
I’m so happy that you are able to move forward to new opportunities!
A big kiss to the little Princess
Besos y abrazos
Sol
what are the chances you’ll be hitting Oklahoma on the book tour? haha. not likely, i’m sure. I would be the first in line though!
i am so happy for you and maddie. what an incredible opportunity. you deserve this. new york times bestseller list here we come!!! woo-hoo!
Congratulations. I think you are going about all this the right way. You don’t seem to be letting any of this go to your head, and you are keeping Maddy your #1 priority. I hope it continues to be that way as your success grows. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your extraordinary story.
Congrats on the book deal!
1. Will you include photos in the book?
2. Will they aloow you to swear in the book?
3. Why do you call her “Grandma Broccoli?”
oh matt. i’m anticipating the laughter and tears as i’m sure your writing will provoke both.
congrats, my friend, congrats!!
~nbl
yayy wonderful!!! cant wait for your book ,i hope you continue with the blog ..i really like reading/seeing matt and maddie’s adventures
Congratulations Matt! This is wonderful news and I can’t wait until the book comes out and I can meet you and Madeline at book signing! Since I am fairly new to your blogs I have some
questions that may have been answered somewhere else but I can’t find them so here they go 1. I remember that you and Liz meet at a gas station will you be devoting a chapter as to how you meet and your adventures together? 2. Will you keep on living in California? 3. Where do you see yourself and Maddie a year from now? 4. How many chapters do you think the book will be? 5. Do you have an idea for what you want your cover to be? 6. Will there a chapter about you and Maddie’s adventures at that famous record store on Tuesday and your feelings on the healing effects of music? Ok I think that’s a good amount for now- Good luck Matt we all can’t wait until the book comes out it!
Such exciting news! I have shared your blog with many family and friends, and can’t wait to tell them there is a book coming soon! I’m liking the title, too.
Like many others, I am also curious about the writing style…will it be like the blog, or more standard form? Also, will it be documented time-line style like the blog has been, or a more general narrative form?
Congrats on the big news!
wow! cool!! hopefully it’ll be available in Malaysia once it’s done.
Awesome news — congrats! Can’t wait to buy it. What an amazing gift for Maddy and tribute to Liz! I love how you so willingly share your life, and solicit opinions, from your faithful blog stranger/friends. You are such an inspiration in so many ways!
Oh Congratulations! How exciting for you and for us! I can’t wait until it is on the shelves. Well done you!
Congratulations! I’ll definitely buy your book.
What does this mean in terms of your blog, though? Will you continue to update or would this conflict with your book too much?
I like that the auction was “heated”
Will the book be written in all lowercase letters? Will it contain any full sentences?
All kidding aside, I am looking forward to it, and am sure it will be great!
Can’t wait to read it!!!
Love the daily pics of Maddy on the step.
Congratulations Matt! My questions are the same as many above:
1. Are you going to continue to blog?
2. What is the tenative release date?
3. Are you going to come to Colorado on your book tour? (It is a beautiful state!)
4. Are you going to write the book in the same style as your blog?
5. Not a question, but as stated above- I hope you include LOTS of pictures!
This isn’t so much a question for the book (which is great news and I will be buying a copy!) but I was wondering if you ever also thought about putting out a “Must Listen To” list. Your taste in music is great!
congrat-u-fucking-lations.
talk about making the best…
so happy for you and what this will mean for maddy.
Great news! Thanks for finally telling us what you’ve been up to!
My question is- how much of your past with Liz will you go into? Like will you start from the beginning of how you met, how you fell in love, got married, etc.
How awesome! I can’t wait to read it. And it will be an incredible tribute to Liz and Maddy.
Congrats – how exciting!!
Congrats Matt. I’d love to read it. You are an inspriation to many…whether you intended to be or not.
No questions, just congratulations! I wish you all the best, and I look forward to reading your book. I’m sure it will a tough haul, rehashing everything–but I know you have so much to share and it needs to be shared with an even larger audience.
Wow!! Can’t wait for it!
Incredible! I can’t wait to read it. I’m not sure if this question has to do with the book or not…but are you thinking of moving back to the MN?
Yeah, congrats! What a big, awesome decision! I don’t know how you do it but keep on.
How are you going to not swear in your book, or will you?
Can you read for us in the Minne?
Will you have a sequal as Maddy grows?
wow. just, wow. such an amazing thing you are doing. such a great gift for your Maddie.
congrats and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you two!!
Congrats!
1. Will you continue the blog?
2. Will the book be a collection of blog posts or are you rewriting about your experiences?
3. Will you continue to work?
4. Do you have any future plans of moving back to the MN (or anywhere else)?
5. Will you be able to update us about your writing process/journey or do you have to keep everything book related ‘hush hush’ until it is released?
Congratulations! I have been a long time reader of your blog, but this is my first comment. I have all of the same questions, plus one.
1. Will you continue to work full time, and what is that you do exactly? Or will writing be full time for you now?
2. Will you stay in LA or will you move, if so where?
3. Will you include your beautifully amazing photos, hope so
4. When is it coming out?
5. Was there ever talk and/or offers about a reality show (I totally thought that was your announcement as well).
Can’t wait to read your book
I would like to hereby nominate Jason Mraz to portray you in the film version of your book (I hear he wants to get into acting.)
If he’s busy, Bob Saget will just have to do.
CONGRATULATIONS!
What a truly beautiful testament to your continuing love for Liz and what a beautiful gift it will be for Maddy — and I’m sure a beautiful read for all of us!
WOW! What an amazing announcement! I’m so incredibly happy for you and Maddie both! I cannot wait to get my hands on this book! When it hits the best seller list (which it will) I hope you’ll be in Toronto for a book signing!
I am so FUCKING excited! You MUST do a book tour and you MUST come to Rochester NY! I am very happy for you both!
hi matt, looong time reader first time commenter.
First of all, congratulations! What an amazing gift and tribute this will be. One question I have often wondered is how you feel about telling maddy (when she’s older) about her mother. Do you dread it? Or do you look forward to the oppertunity to tell maddy all about what anamazing woman she was? I hope I’m making sense here…
P.S. Make it a worldwide book tour, we’d lover to have you in Melbourne
Awesome, just awesome!! So excited for you and I’m sure it will be a NY Times Best Seller. Can’t wait to read it. Do you have a tentative release date? Proposed titles? Photos included? Congratulations!!
Congrats Matt!! I remember you mentioning something like this when I was down in LA. So happy for you that it happened!!
Wow, I’m so excited for you! And I will surely be buying a copy for myself to read. What a lovely gift for your two girls.
congratulations, matt! that’s really awesome. the mention of “the last lecture” and “marley & me” in conjunction with pitching your book is a real compliment. your writing style has always reminded me of that of james frey. i hope your book writing journey is a much more positive experience! be careful with the “memoir” classification…i hear oprah can turn on you like that!
jk. best of luck…looking forward to reading the finished product. liz would be proud.
Awesome! Congratulations on the book! What a wonderful gift for Maddy and a great tribute to Liz! 2 questions: Are you going to write all new material or will you use a lot of what you’ve written for the blog? Will you come to Birmingham, AL on your book tour?
Matt, omg that’s amazing…i’ll be so excited to read it..but please please don’t forget the little bloggers and keep us updated on Maddy…Liz would be so proud
Is your book going to make me cry? Because your blog seems to do that on the regular.
Congrats!
Do you have things to say in the book that haven’t already been said on the blog? (I’m sure you do, just curious how much you have held back – you seem pretty open)
I remember thinking to myself when I was obsessively (in a totally non-threatening, non-stalkerish way, that is) reading your blog from the beginning, “He should turn this into a book. I would totally read it.” And now you are. Can’t wait to see the finished product! Is the process very complicated?
I get so excited when you post a new blog, I can only imagine how excited I will be when your book comes out!!! I’m almost finished with Rattled! Could you arrange for yours to be finished, published, and at Barnes & Noble by the time I finish?? Thanks!;-)
Yeah for you. This seems totally appropriate and a natural step to be taken.
I don’t have a question, but a comment on the title…. I like “life and death. all in a 27- hour period.” like you have for the blog. When I started reading the blog last April, that was something I noticed right away. Or, there is the “alone but not really” like you say a lot. Maddy & Me just doesn’t do it for me… sounds TOO much like Marley & Me
And I think the book would be great if all it contained was reprints of your blog for the first year after Liz died… writing style and all.
Just my 2cents!
whoohooo! Awesome!!
like you said..what a monument to liz and what a treasure for maddy to have always.
Now i cannot wait to read this wonderful book
congrats matt….awesome awesome awesome!
hooray!
i’m ready to pre-order as soon as you post a link!
Congratulations! Wishing you much happiness and success on the book. You are doing an amazing job raising Maddy. Few questions… how will the book be like/unlike your blog? How will you fit this into your schedule? What is your favorite thing to do with Maddy?
Did Publisher’s Weekly mean to say 27 hours? That’s what I thought it always was. Will you keep writing the blog?
Congratulations! What an amazing tribute to Liz and gift to Madeline. Do you think you’ll move back to MN once the new Twins stadium opens?!
I am so excited and believe this will be an amazing book. I know I will be reading!! Your book will continue to inspire and give strength to those of us who have experienced loss and know life will be somewhat okay again….
Thank you for sharing Maddy (and yourself) with us!
Congrats Matt! I’m so happy for you! Will you stay at your current job, or have the luxury of writing full time? I hope you do a book tour and wind up in CO!
Hi Matt, if you dont mind me asking, how much is the advance that the publisher gave you? Do you think you’ll be quitting your job? What exactly do you do, it seems like its quite the good job — allowing you to travel & such!
Thanks,
Carol
Congrats, Matt.
Hopefully Jason, me and the boys can see you guys when you’re in town this weekend.
Beki
I will be one of the first to buy that masterpeice. I can’t wait! Congratulations to you – Maddy is so lucky to have you.
my questions:
what about your day job? How do you keep up with it all?
will you mostly publish your blog or start from scratch?
will the book be written in the same style as your blog? (fyi, I think it should, because it is unique and draws in the reader)
What a lovely tribute to Liz!
I can not wait to read the book and wish you all the best in your new journey!
It would be great if you could include your photography-your pictures are beautiful and very much a part of your story.
I knew it. ;o)
Congratulations, Matt. I can’t wait to read it. You truly are an inspiration. You have really confirmed to me that life can be turned around at any point to make it better than it has been. Thank you, Matt.
Wonderful news Matt! And possibly the most cool thing you could do to honor Liz. All the best,
Katie ~ bald {still} baby Elizabeth’s mom
Yay!!! So exciting. I can’t wait to buy it. My question is will it be in the same format as your blog…a few words per line?
Hi Matt,
Will you write about your childhood too?
Will you write some about Liz’s family too and what they have gone through losing her so unexpectedly?
I’m really looking forward to the book and I hope it has some of your photographs too.
thx,
Cyndy
Congrats! I love the title, I know it’s going to be a fabulous book. Are you going to include some of the many fantastic pictures you have taken of Maddy? My favorites would have to be her playing with the Tiffany’s bags and your credit card =).
I hope there will be lots of your photographs of you, Maddy and Liz. And, of course, a chapter on the robot. Congratulations on the book deal. I hope it’s out before Christmas.
Very cool…Love reading your blog and I’m sure I would enjoy a book too, but…don’t like the proposed title…Too much like Marley & me. Can’t think of a good alternative right now, but I’ll work on it
Congratulations…
Matt – this is AMAZING news. Congrats!!!
Wow, that’s just amazing Matt!! Congrats all the way!! I can’t wait to hear more about the book. Will the book contain pictures? How about the writing style, will it written in the way you write here or a different way? Oh and of course.. when’s it coming out?
Congratulatios Matt and Maddy!! This will be an amazing legacy.
My question: will it be available to purchase in Canada?
Matt, Congratulations on your big news! It will be a wonderful gift to Maddy and for all who read it, too! You are doing a beautiful job with your beautiful daughter. I know Liz is smiling down on you for the love and care you give Maddy.
Blessings to you and Maddy, Vicky
Congratulations Matt! This is totally cool
I think it almost feels as if we know you from following your blog and it feels as if a very close friend is writing a book. I am so thrilled and overfolwing with happiness for you! I cannot wait to read the finnished product and hope you will continue to blog over the process of writing.
I am also curious to know what kind of writing style you will use. Take good care.
Natalie
Congratulations! I couldn’t be any happier for you.
Hugs to you and sweet Maddy!
I knew it!!! Congrats Matt!!!! Can’t wait for the book! You rock!
That is absolutely fantastic! I can’t wait to be able to buy the book!!!
Now, a question for you – but not about the book. I have been searching through all of your posts trying to find the one about your tattoos. You got something in Hindi script, didn’t you? If so, how did you make the translation? If I’m totally off base then I’m sorry,.
Congrats matt! Can’t wait to read it!
Congratulations Matt & Maddy. This is such a great announcement. I will definately be waiting for the book to be released. My question is:
1.I know that it has only been 15 months since Liz’s passing and I know that you are still grieving, but what are your plans for the future. Have you thought about what will happen when someone new comes into you & Maddy’s life. Of course no one will ever take the place of Liz, and Maddy does not need a mother, you have done a far better job with raising her alone-(well with the help of family, stranger friends, and the whole community that you have supporting you) than most parents have done with both parents around. Will one of those requirements for your new companion have to be willing to take on all of what Matt Logelin is about, which include your blog, twitter, flickr & all of your followers. Have you even thought about going out on the dating scene, or been approached by all those women who see you as their future babies daddy? I know this may be something that has not even crossed your mind but I am such a follower of yours and I check your site everyday, ( although I have never left a comment because I can only imagine how many you must get daily), but I wouldn’t know what to do if all of the sudden there is no more Matt & Maddy for me to read, (that would be a good thing for my boss, because that would mean that I would get much more work done around here, but not a good thing for me.) I know I have been told I am a nosey one, but I don’t like to call myself that, I look at it as observent.
Best regards,
Stephanie Padilla Salgado
This is fucking amazing! I’m so excited for you!!! I’m just wondering when we can expect this book to be out in stores. I’ll be giving it for gifts…if not this Christmas, then for birthdays or next Christmas, etc.
This is SO awesome!
Is it going to be mainly taken from your blog or are you going to write it starting from new, without any blog entries, etc.? Okay, last question…when will my advanced copy arrive? HA!
Congrats to you and Maddy! How exciting and great for you BOTH!
Oooohhh!! I didn’t even think of the book tour thing! If you come anywhere in Michigan or close, I’ll be there. Would love to be able to meet face to face with you and/or Maddy!!
i don’t have any questions right now, just wanted to say congratulations! i can’t wait to hear all about it and hopefully you will keep us aprised of all the steps you take while writing it…hi to maddy
That is Awesome! CONGRATS! Now I just can’t wait to read the book!!!
Christine D.
That is so exciting!!! I can’t wait to get my hands on your book. And what a wonderful tribute to Liz and a wonderful gift to Maddy. Congratulations!!!
Oh MY
I love your title- has a “sociological” feel to it- must be your academic background coming home to roost. I would love to see you do some work/research/PhD dissertation on the ideas of community and how the Internet has the potential to fill a void where traditional community can not. I think your experiences of the past 15+ months are a mere tip of the iceberg for potentially your lifes work. And I think this is so exciting and WOW some new knowledge being developed and then shared, further defining community. So fricken cool.
Yay for you! What an awesome gift for Madeline. And yourself. Will you use the same type of writing style as your blog? With pictures? Will you keep writing your blog through the whole process? I know it takes awhile, but how long until the finished product? Congrats from a native mn’er.
Yay! Awesome news. And definitely an amazing gift for Maddy. I hope it will include photos and I hope you won’t let the editors at it too much. See you in Ohio on the book tour! I’ll be happy to organize the Ohio visit/party for you!
Matt, I’m so glad and proud for you!! I think this is going to be a wonderful adventure for you and a priceless treasure and keepsake for Maddy.
Me personally, I would like to see the book start with a memory of the first time you met Liz or your first date or something. As a new reader, I don’t know your history with your wife, I just know you and Maddy, so I would love to get to know her the way you knew her.
I will definitely be buying this book when it comes out! Congratulations! We’re all so very proud!
When I started reading your blog over a year ago, I thought to myself, that guy should write a book. And I’m so glad you decided to do so. You’ll extend your reach and help so many people. Congratulations to you and Maddy. You make Liz so proud, I’m sure.
Congrats, what a beautiful tribute.You’re an amazing person Matt! You must come to KY or very near on your book tour (yes, we have books & bookstores here!) Best of luck as you tackle the job of writing the book!
You are a gifted writer which is one of the many reasons so many people read this blog. I know the book will be incredible. So does this mean you’re quitting your full-time job? (you asked for questions!)
I almost fell asleep after reading the tentative title….
Seriously, if you write it like your prose style-it will take up the front and the back. LoL.
We were trying to decide if we wanted to come out to SD when you will be there and try to go from stranger to friends but may have to wait until the book release.
Congratulations and waiting anxiously over the next year…
congrats Matt!! Liz would be so proud of the way you are raising Maddy and everything you have accomplished. I will buy the book once it comes out for sure! Get writing!
I am so buying your book!!! Can’t wait!
Awesome. I cannot wait to read it.
Questions:
1. Where will it begin? With your relationship w/ Liz? With Maddy’s birth?
2. Are you keeping your day job? Cutting back your hours? Or trying to write in non-working hours?
3. Will you do a book tour?
4. Are you including pictures?
WILL EDWARD CULLEN BE IN IT???????
just kidding matt
the sparkles of love will be enough sparkles for this book, you dont need no freakin vampires. so happy for you guys. cant wait to talk allll about it and smooch on that little babygirl at dinner. talk to you soon. xo
Are you still working your “normal” job? Or do you get to stay with Maddy full time?
congrats!!!
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! that will be a great present for Maddie.
I am glad you will be able to do this and share your journey with the masses that don’t get the opp to read your blog. Congrats on this new endeavor!
Congrats! I’m so happy for you and Maddy. I’ve been reading your blog for some time and get excited for each update. I’ll be rushing to buy your book as soon as it comes out.
What a way to honor Liz and pay tribute to the special year you’ve had with Maddy and more! I will buy it and read it and tell everyone I know! Congrats Matt!
This book will help so many people! I can’t wait to read it.
1. You must include your photos (I’m not posing a question because I don’t want you to have an option NOT to) They are a part of who you and Maddy are!
2. I’d like to know how you see your future, what your thoughts are about finding love again, or if you’re even interested. Unfortunately (I say that because you weren’t supposed to have to think about this again in your life), I’m sure you’ve thought about this, but it isn’t something that is necessarily comfortable to talk about with strangers.
Congratulations again, I hope you know how amazing you are.
Will you be talking about your life with Liz or mainly your life with Maddy after you lost Liz?
Dear Matt,
Congratulations to you! I am a faithful blog reader from the MN, and I will be the first in line when your book signing tour comes to MN! I know that both of your best girls (Liz and Maddy) are so proud of you! What a wonderful gift to honor them. You are inspiring to so many of us.
Hugs to your sweet Maddy!
Becca from the MN.
What an incredible story to share for your daughter. Congratulations! I’m very curious about the title, is it going to have robots in the title?
What a fabulous announcement! Congratulations and I look forward to reading the book.
Are you still going to keep the blog up and running? Are we still going to get to see pictures of your beautiful little girl growing up? Tentative book title?
So so excited for you!
Congrats!! I am so happy for you and we all need more books about what it is really like for a young widow or widower.
Congratulations! I absolutely love your blog and can’t get enough of it. Your daughter is beautiful and very lucky to have a cool father!
Question: What you know now, is there anything you would change if you could go back in time? A conversation, a fight, they way you did/didn’t do something?
Congratulations! I think your book will be fantastic and it’s a guaranteed best seller. Consider it already on my to-read list.
Please do include as many photos as you can.
So many good things are going to come from this. I’m so happy for you and Maddy.
Congratulations!!! That’s really exciting news for both of you! Now for questions:
-How long do you think it will take you to write it?
-Will the blog continue as you are writing?
-Will you do a book tour? Will Maddy attend and if not, will you hire any outside help?
-Will you stay at your job? In L.A.? In your home?
And now a completely unrelated question: What happened to your wedding ring? I’ve noticed in several pictures you aren’t wearing yours but still have Liz’s on your pinky. Just an observation and probably just coincidence, but I was curious. Feel free to ignore.
And to the question that PuddsMom posed. It’s not just a hard question, it’s a horrible question. Because regardless of the answer, there are no do overs. Having said that, it’s a question I have thought of myself. Primarily because I would hate to think of Maddy asking herself (which she will no doubt do one day) or you (which she might one day) that question. More than that, I hate to think of her answering that question on her own.
OMG OMG OMG~~~
How wonderful!!! I’m so excited for you, for Maddy, and for Liz. I know that your book will be such as awesome testimony to love and loss and how to move forward when moving forward is the very last thing you want to do.
Now I know why you had to find those wedding pictures and why Liz led you them.
(Not that I’m nosy or anything)
I hope you come through Atlanta on the book tour!
SEVEN publishers bidding at auction??? That is awesome to the nth degree!!!
My questions have been asked several times, but…
1. Will the style of the book be similar to your blog postings?
2. Pictures….pretty pretty please?? I know there are so many to choose from, but they are all just so damn good!
3. Will there be the swearing warning on the front cover or front page, just like on the blog?? I think it would be a nice touch…..
Congratulations! I had a hunch that this was the big announcement that you were hinting at, but it’s still so fracking cool to see this labor of love come to fruition….I know so many people who will LOVE this book, and I’m looking forward to giving this to several people at Christmas….wait, will it be released by Christmas this year??
Congrats Matt! I’m so excited! I wanna read your book now! I wasn’t thinking a book – I was thinking a movie! That should be next! Is Maddy & Me going to be the title? I like that. I also think you should definitely put your fabulous pictures in the book. I think Liz would be proud of you!
I am SO coming to a book signing – I don’t care where it is!
Title Suggestion (part 1…i’m sure I’ll find time for more later…whatevs); and an ode to your style of writing:
Thanks.
As far as questions go, that’ll be a whole nother blog comment thing…but since I’m sure you’ll post before now and whenever, are you going to have a sidebar for people to continue and send suggestions, or just keep this one post up long enough?
Yay! I knew it. Congratulations. Of course the negotiations were heated…your book is going to be a huge success. I have the same questions as many of the others: writing style?, swear words?, photos included?, time frame/ flashbacks?, and where will you find the time to write?
I cannot wait!!! I hope to get myself a signed copy eventually! What an amazing journey life is taking you on. Congratulations!!!
YES!!! Huge congrats! Cant wait to hear more…
Please don’t say you can’t write the blog any longer!
Congrats Matt! I will be waiting ever-so-patiently (or not-so-patiently as most of us as your blog-readers normally wait) for more posts and the book to be published!
so exciting! Congratulations! I can’t wait to read it
Congrats on the book deal! I am so excited to read it. I seriously love your blog and how you write. Good luck with it all.
Congratulations!! What an awesome opportunity! Can’t wait to read your book! And hear all the answers to the questions!
I cannot wait to read the book. It is so amazing that you are able to do this.
do they know about your, uh, language issues!
PLEASE DO NOT LOSE THAT….at first I was a little taken aback, but now realize that you are just a honest guy who has been through a rough ride, and has come out well. Maddy is wonderful.
My question is about the future: do you see yourself moving on? Not forgetting at all, but just moving on? Dating? Single dad forever?
Huge congratulations, Matt- what amazing news!! I am so happy for you!
Here are my questions- remember you said to ask away and I’m a nosy, nosy chick.
1) what is the book going to cover? Your life with Liz, then your life with maddie as a memoir? Or is it more a self-help book?
2) Are you writing new content and shaping this like a traditional book (meaning Chap 1, 2, etc) or pulling together blog posts to share?
3) How in the holy hell does your full time employer feel about all the travel, etc going on in your life. I’m in awe of how you balance it all!
4) I echo the other folks- pictures, please!
5) What’s going on with the blog? Will you keep is up as you have been?
6) (and this is a personal question, so I’m sorry if I cross a line). Do you think you’ve had time yet to process Liz’s death? From the outside in, it seems like life has been such a whirlwind, I don’t know how you have been able to process it all. Not accepting, not healed-I don’t know if that ever happens- just processed. From taking care of Maddy, traveling, the blog, the followers, the book- so much craziness!
7) Do you ever worry about all the followers you have knowing so much about your and Maddy? It’s gotta be odd to have complete strangers approach you when you’re out living your life!
Again, congrats! Cannot wait to see how all this unfolds for you two!
Well first congratulations!! What a gift it will be for Maddie when she is old enough to read it!!
I have a few questions that everyone has already asked….
1. Will you be including your photos?
2. Will it be written much like your blog, swear words and all?
3. Will anyone be co-writing it with you, or are you doing it all on your own?
4. Will you be moving?
5. At what point in your life do you plan to start writing? (meeting liz, your marriage, the pregnancy?)
6. Will your family and close friends who are mentioned a lot in your blog be included in the writing process?
7. Who will you want to play you and Maddy when the rights of the book are sold to make a movie? (I’m kind of joking here…but I hope it’s not too bad taste?)
8. Do you think you’ll get to meet the Twilight cast? (your comment about the book cracked me up!!
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Congrats to you both! This is be a great gift for maddie and another testiment to your love for her and liz!!!
Title?? and will you keep your job and work on the book in your “spare” time?
Congratulations on this new project. The book will be wonderful and I can’t wait to read it!
When it is out and you are doing promotion, would you consider doing a fundraiser book reading/signing here in my town (in Westchester county, New York). I like to organize book signings to raise money for the Maggie Rose Perinatal Bereavement Program named in memory of our darling little daughter. Your book would be perfect and it would be so meaningful. Thanks for considering it!
I thought for sure you were going to end up with a show on TLC or something! But this is even better since the book will end up as a movie, I’m sure. Please don’t forget about all of us that were the originals though… I never really comment, but I’ve been following your blog for-ev-er. So like someone else said, don’t forget about us when you become ubber-famous…
Congradufuckinglations Matt! This is so exciting and such a wonderful amazing gift for Madeline and Liz!
My Q’s
- What’s the targeted release date?
- Will you write in your blog style or go traditional?
- Is it a memoir?
- Will it be new content or will you [as another comment put it] “fatten up” your current material from your blog?
- Do you plan to stay in SoCal? I hope so! I promise to make it to the next play date at the park.
- Tentative title?
- Will you be allowed to swear in your book? I hope so.
I also vote for Ryan Gosling playing you in the movie! And I vote for pictures! I love this comment idea: “I hope the book will include flashbacks to your times with Liz.” Unless of course you plan on starting the book pre-pregnancy.
Can’t wait to read it! Good luck!
Congratulations, Matt! I am so thrilled for you. Can’t wait to read your book.
Could you ever have imagined all this?
Now the rest of the world can fall in love with your story and your spirit. Be ready to bat off all the more women Matt.
A true and natural thing such as love and heartache and love again, is so intoxicating for the reader.
The way you have channeled this attention into a living memory of Liz, in order to help other’s in their pain is truly honorable.
Thank God you have your shit together.
Congratulations Matt! This is some awesome news and I can’t wait to read it.
Hey Again, this is my 3rd or 4th time to your blog and I am loving it! I need to go back and read everything! But that might take awhile and well now I can just wait for the book!
How long will the book be?! Where will you begin? Will it be a story or will it be question and answers?! Will it have posts form your blog?
How do you know where to start?
Congratulations!!!!! Just make sure there are a lot of pictures in the book so that those readers who live without internet can get a clear appreciation for just how adorable Maddy is and just how much you adore her!
Best of Luck!
Congratulations! What a wonderful gift for you all
I linked to your blog a few months ago from MckMama. My first thought as I started reading was ,”This needs to be a book”. I am curious what form it will take – similar to your blog or completely opposite. Looking forward to it.
Congrats! Such exciting news for you two. Will be waiting for it to hit the book stands.
I think many of my questions have been asked so I’ll wait for a response.
Matt – (this is my first time commenting, but I’ve been reading for a LONG time. Good ole commenter two-hundred-something, that’s me!) -
This is awesome. Can’t wait to get the book! I hope it sends Maddy to college.
I haven’t commented because I live in West LA and I always hope to bump into you somewhere and tell you that you’re doing a great job being a dad. Who knows, maybe one day I will (and then at least I’ll be able to tell you I commented)! YOU ARE doing a great job by the way.
One of the Creeps,
Manda
WOW congrats Matt and Maddy. This will be an amazing step forward for both of you. I cant wait to run out and buy it. Will the proceeds from the book be for you and Maddy, or will it be going to the foundation? Will the book be a lot of the same posts you have up on your blog?
I cant wait to read it…
Hi Matt, i’ve been reading your blog for a long time, but i’ve never posted. I have a couple of questions, i’m not sure if they are appropriate, but I hope it is okay to ask.
I am a student midwife and I have been so curious since I first started following your story – what thrombo prophilactics was Liz taking & is there a reason they had no effect on her PE? I have cared for a woman with a PE recently, but it was obviously not as serious as Liz’s was – it was very frightening for us all though.
I was wondering how Liz’s death affected the staff that cared for her when she was in hospital long-term? Sometimes, we care for women for months on end and we become so close to them and their families. It is too much to bear if something happens to them and no one feels they have the right to mourn them as ‘just a member of staff’.
Finally I was wondering if you were in touch with Ben Palmer at all? He also writes about being widdowed (http://www.jessicastrust.org.uk/) and is a passionate activist surrounding childbed fever – he has written a book and is an excellent public speaker. He has saved lives, for sure.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, & many, many congratulations on the book, I am so thrilled for you. I wish that what has happened to you & Madeline had never happened, but I am pleased for you for the book x
I am so happy for you Matt. Hopefully you will come to little ol Fresno, I will be there if you do!!
Congrats Matt! I am so excited for you!!!! I can’t wait to hear the answers to questions people have asked…yay!
Memoirs are my favorite kind of book. I find true stories irresistible. And when the writing is good too? I feel like I’ve been given a gift.
I cannot wait to read your book, so my biggest question is WHEN?
Congratulations, Matt!
So very excited to hear this!!! I can’t wait to read the book. I truly believe this entire thing, blog, book, etc. will be something Maddy treasures when she grows up. No questions, just wanted to offer my congratulations. That’s a lie – when you go on tour after the book is published – will you PLEASE come to Central Florida?????
Congrats! Can’t wait to pick it up when it’s published!
Wow Matt, that’s incredible! Can’t wait to hear about your writing adventures. Good luck and can’t wait to see it on the shelf.
Congrats! Can’t wait to read it. Love your blog, love your Maddy and I will quite certainly love your book. Happy writing!
Can’t wait for your book!
How long will it take for you to write it & for it to be available to us?
Thanks for sharing your touching story.
Congratulations on the book. Will it be available in UK
Congrats! I just want to know if your photos will be included? Also, you should know that I will add it to our Book Club list so that we can all read it together.
Congrats! My question is: are you going to write it in the same style you write your blog?
I’ll look forward to reading it!
Congrats on the book deal!! It’ll be a great read, for sure. Although what has happened to yourself and Maddy is horrible, you have dealt with it wonderfully and will have a lot to share about grieving. Your strength is inspiring.
I do have a question…hopefully not inappropriate. Are you a religious person?
I can’t think of a better way to share your incredible journey, your highs and lows and in-betweens, your memories, hopes, and dreams, and your passion for others like you. You’re right that Maddie will treasure this gift for the rest of her life. May Liz be your muse, as always. Best wishes as you dive into the project!
That’s awesome! I can’t wait to get my hands on it and start reading it. Will it be filled with some of your beautiful pictures?
Congratulations! That’s awesome and I can’t wait to read it. Indeed a gift to Maddy, and the world you have inspired.
Q: Have you thought about an e-book edition with links to your blog/comments, photos, videos, voice-overs (including Maddy’s) and background MUSIC! I might actually buy a Kindle for that.
So awesome Matt – congratulations. It will be such a testament to your devotion to both Liz and Maddy!!! I am wondering about the swear words too – they are just so darn appropriate on your blog!
Congratulations! What a wonderful thing — for you and Maddy, and for Liz.
I’ll try to think of some questions and post later…
Congratulations!! I’m reading Christine Coppa’s “Rattled” that I first heard about on your blog and as I was reading away, I wondered when we’d be hearing about you penning yours and Madeline’s story. I can’t wait to buy it. As an aspiring writer, I am happy to hear of people getting book deals and it only motivates me more. No questions here, just congrats!
That’s wonderful news, congratulations Matt!
My questions: 1. Is it going to be in your signature blog style? and 2. Will some of your beautiful photos be included?
Congrats again!
I couldn’t be happier for you!! I know that you have most of my small hometown in CT cheering you on (we will also be in line to buy your book the minute it hits the shelves!)
Congratulations!…Good luck in your writing!
Good for you. You deserve good things to come your way.
Fantastic!!! Congrats to you & Maddy! I love your blog & can’t wait for the book!! Your daughter is gorgeous! Oh & I love that Iron & Wine song! incredible lyrics.
Awesome Matt. All the best for this new chapter.
Congratulations on the book deal! Exciting news. I don’t really have any questions at this point. I just wanted to say congrats!
Omg thats amazing! Congratulations! Can’t wait to read it!
that is absolutely awesome!!! congratulations! what an amazing gift and tribute to liz, to madeline, the world and to yourself. x
Congrats- that is thrilling news for you and Maddy- Your blog has truly inspired me in so many ways especially during my own life challenges. My only thought is that you should consider possibly a different title- while I love it- its kind of too similar to Marley & Me (but maybe that is what you were going for?). with that being a recent big movie you might want to differentiate yourself as folks might think they are connected stories- and yours deserves to be a stand alone hit!
Matt,
I think you’re amazing and check your blog everyday. Sometimes your words make me crack-up and other times they make me weep. I’m so glad that you will get this opportunity…and give this opportunity to us…your faithful public. I will buy your book. Thanks for being honest and real and sharing your sorrows and joys with us. P.S. records? Really? Do you have a record player at home that you actually use? I think it’s cool all the same. Good luck as you write your heart out. Blessings. Robin from Orange County, Ca.
Excellent.
Well done Matt Logelin, author.
Look forward to reading it.
Congrats, how exciting. I can’t wait!!!
I would love to write a book on my past, it is pretty ugly, of course none of it is on my blog, BUT I can’t write…
Congrats again!!
This is my first time ever commenting but I have been a long time follower of your blog. I don’t think I have ever walked away from reading something you have written without having to break out the box of kleenex. Maddy is such a lucky girl to have such an awesome daddy!! Congrats on the book deal! ‘ll be one of the first in line to buy it… along with a case of kleenex from Costco.
So just a question… since you travel so much and now have the book deal, do you still work for the job you had before Liz past away? I thought it was for yahoo! or something.
I am so happy for you!! What an awesome gift to Madeline and Liz’s parents. I won’t ask you any questions, because I think they have been covered, but the selfish part of me just hopes you continue to blog!!
Hopefully I will see you and Maddy on Sunday and again…CONGRATULATIONS!!!
1. Will you continue with this blog?
2. Will you quit your non-dad job (FT thing that pays you)?
2a. If you quit your job, will you continue to live in CA?
3. Will Maddy help design the cover?
4. If Liz were offering advice now, what would she want you to be sure to include? (I’m sure a funny story about your travels, habits or the robot)
This sounds like something so positive. Maddy will have even more reasons to be proud of you.
SWEET….congrats, Matt…
Still reading….
I’m sure you have no idea the previous posts I have written but this will make me feel better. My little Maddy…whose name is Ryan…graduated from high school last week!! I am so proud!! I’m only the aunt but we all helped raise him!!
Good luck with the new venture!
As a gal with a journalism degree who dreams of someday working in publishing, I am truly ECSTATIC for you. I was grinning ear to ear as I read this post. I have always thought to myself how much Madeline will love someday reading all these posts you’ve written as well as how much each post probably offers something to so many others out there reading. I think a book is a terrific idea. Enjoy every minute of the journey!
Will you continue to work at the internet company?
Do you ever plan to move back to MN to be closer to your family?
What happened to all those cute hair bows Maddy used to wear?!
Congratulations!!! Obvious transition from your kick ass blog!! You’d better write to the end of the line or your book will be 7,000 pages!! lol.
Are you going to quit your job?
Congratulations!!! I’m sticking with my prediction that it will be a best-seller… You deserve everything that is good that comes your way, Matt. =)
Glad to hear about the book deal!! Can’t wait to read it.
Congratulations on the book! I can’t wait to read it! Do you know when it will be out? Thank you for sharing all of this with of us readers. I have read every entry, I started reading shortly after Maddy was born.
Incredible! And congrats!
Steph
Congratulations Matt! I can’t wait to here about your journey writing this book and see the outcome of your work. My questions are the same as many above:
1. Are you going to continue to blog?
2. What is the tenative release date?
3. Are you going to do a book tour?
4. Are you going to write the book in the same style as your blog?
5. Where will it begin? With your relationship w/ Liz? With Maddy’s birth?
6. Are you including pictures?
Oh wow how awesome is this!!! I am soooooo happy for you! How exciting!!! I can’t wait to buy it!
All the other creeps asked the questions I have but I wanted to extend a big ol’ CONGRATULATIONS! I am keeping my fingers crossed for photos and a mix of traditional writing with your blog style.
How exciting!
congrats to you! i have a question i have always wanted to know the answer to but haven’t asked because i think that it is a tough one to answer, but, i’ll ask anyway.
maddy looks a lot like liz, there are moments that her facial expressions, her eyes, her mouth, just look like a photo you posted of liz and this strikes me and makes ME cry. how do you deal with that? are there moments where it is emotionally unbearable or do you not think of it? i’ve just always wondered.
I am thrilled that someone who speaks as frankly as you will be writing about grief. Today would have been my son’s 9th birthday and I had someone comment to me on facebook about “looking instead at all the beautiful things I have in life” when I posted that I was having a hard time. So – tell it like it is! the good the bad and the ugly. Give the blessedly ignorant a little more education on what it is to grieve.
Wow, Wow, Wow….been reading for months (since the People Mag article) and just love you and Maddy….
I know this isn’t a question you can answer right now–maybe, merely a suggestion–however, I already see more than one book….as Maddy is growing up….I want to see you write about her during her preschool years, her “I want a pony Dad!” years, her Girl Scout years, her preteen years, her teen age (puberty, boys, and braces) years, and her off to college years….and many more….Maybe you really didn’t know what you were getting into when you signed on for this book!!!
Love to you both!
First!! Congratulations!! It will definitely be part of my collection once it hits the shelves. I would love to see you write a little bit of what you learned along the way – tips to help other single parents keep their head above the water, too … Of course, Not in a ‘how-to-guide’ fashion – b/c that isn’t your style
Truly awesome…what a fantastic opportunity for you to share your memories with Madeline (in addition to all you’ve documented here). I look forward to reading it and having it next to your book of photos! Good luck,
Penny
Hooray! It will be lovely.
Forgot to add – you saying “squeee!” was hilarious!
WOW- that is awesome!! Here are my questions. Were you a writer before all of this? And how does the actual writing work…do you do ALL of the writing yourself? Are there editors, etc. telling you HOW to write, and/or revising what you write?
Wish we could make it to Maddy’s Pool Party, but we’ll be out of town all weekend.
Congratulations!!!! That is wonderful news! I cannot wait to read it whenever it comes out
Wow, how the lurkers have come out! Congrats on your book deal Matt, that’s awesome! I think all of my questions have been asked already. I hope you are planning on a book tour and I also hope you’re planning on putting South Florida somewhere on that tour. I’d love to finally meet you and Maddy. Shit, I’m SO excited for you!!
Oh, if I had to ask a question (even though it’s been asked already) it would be how exactly do you go about getting your job to let you have all the travel time off? I’m totally jealous of that AND all of the frequent flyer miles that you and Maddy must earn!!
CONGRATS AGAIN MATT!!!!!
Yay! I’ll be purchasing your book the day it comes out!
Matt, as I offered before, if you need any help at all, let me know. I am willing to offer my writing and editing skills to you. Or, I can offer you my babysitting skills as well. Now that I have first-hand experience with trying to get ANYTHING done with a wiggly child around, I’ll be happy to take Maddy off your hands for a couple hours. Connor would probably like the company.
Good luck with this, and I hope they are offering you a sweet compensation package. Seven houses were interested? There better be some good coin involved in this for you. Hugs!
Dear Matt,
I want
the back cover flap
all to myself.
I have
some things
to say.
Love,
The Robot
ps – “heated auctions” make ME squeee!
Congrats, Matt! I can’t wait to buy your book when it comes out. Until then, keep up the great posts. (And the adorable pics of both Maddy and you!)
Avid follower- but first time commenting. The Last Lecture was incredible in itself and that book will leave you motivated to take on the world. Randy Pausch seemed to be an awesome motivational speaker- but the same question comes to mind when I think of him and you- Do you have any faith in God? Are you a Christian? Do you believe that Liz is in heaven because she trusted solely in Chirst?
My heart was saddened after the death of Randy Pausch becuase I did not know where he was eternally. And when I read your blog- I sometimes wonder, how could you get through day to day without walking side by side with God?
That is just my personal question that I have often wondered?
OK- i have no idea what you do on a day to day regular job basis but I assume you would maintain that position.
Are you dating now or do you feel once the book is published you can gain closure and then “start over”?
Are you still on good terms with your in-laws and do they have a big impact in Maddy’s life?
When it hits the big screen (and I KNOW it will) what actress would best play Liz
Do you feel that Liz is with you through Maddy because if you ask me she looks EXACTLY like her mommy
Congratulations! I hope you come through South Carolina so we can set up a play date with Miss Maddy- and you can meet the family that prays for you and yours.
Matt,
Please use the pictures of Maddy on the steps in the book, maybe as the inside covers? These are her thinking pictures! Please take us back, way back, into your time with Liz.
Congratulations! I look forward to reading your book and about your journey. Give Maddy hugs from some friends in NE!
So so so happy for you Matt! I think this will be a great experience for you and an incredible treasure for Madeline to read when she is older. I can’t wait to read it and discover more of the wonderful reasons why you loved Liz so much.
Congrats! This is wonderful and I am so happy for you.
I can’t wait to read it when it comes out.
Have fun with it!
Congrats! Very exciting news.
Is the title listed in your post the actual title, and if so, who came up with it…? Thanks.
What did you really think of Oprah?? She seemed very rude to you when you were on! I haven’t watched her show since you were on there because of that!
hope there want me any swearing in your book …not good for the general public…lol
it should read be instead of me…oopsie.
Oh Matt that is the best news – I will be so excited to see the finished product.
1. I too want to know if the book will have chapters about life before Maddy came.
First of all, congratulations! I am sure that the book is going to be amazing, and I can’t wait to read it.
I have two questions.
My first questions is: Did the thought of writing a book ever cross your mind before you were approached by publishers?
My second question is: What advice would you give to other aspiring authors on how to get in touch with a publishing company? I am currently writing a book, and have no idea where I would start.
Matt –
Good afternoon. I do not have a question, I just wanted to say congratulations and good luck to you both.
Congratulations! Count me in for at least one copy! I’ve been reading since Maddy was about 2 months old and your story has really touched me. My husband and I were also high school sweethearts and I was born just a month before Liz (and my name is Elizabeth). Even though the beginning of your story is one about death, it has made me appreciate life even more. Please keep the pictures of Maddy coming. I feel like an aunt!
Congrats Matt. Can’t wait to read it. I don’t buy books but I’ll make an exception for this one. I’ll probably even buy a bunch and give them as gifts.
awesome for you! should definitely include the your photographs as they paint a picture in themselves
whoa! that is awesome! I can’t wait, i want a signed copy!
BUt , it will be rated R to incorporate all the Fuck words. haha
( and give my husband some tips??)
are you still going to continue working? or are you taking a hiatus to write? Iam so happy for you and Madeline… Man- i hope this goes to a movie like twilight.
seriuosly- soo happy for you both. your an awesome dad, and even dress Madeline awesome! maybe you can work part time as a child stylist as well!
Congrats Matt! This will def be Maddys biggest gift.
I am just curious- will the book contain more details than ur blog? More things we blog readers dont know about??
Congratulations Matt!!! That’s wonderful. It will be a great gift for Madeline, but I think for everyone that knew Liz too!
I do hope you continue to keep up with the blog too. I don’t always get the chance to post comments, but I do enjoy reading and watching Maddy grow.
So proud of you!
Congratulations, Matt! I love reading your blog, and I follow you on twitter. I am so excited for you. I can’t wait to read it. What a great tribute to Maddy and Liz.
Hi Matt, this is my first time posting. I just wanted to let you know what an inspiration you are to so many. What a wonderful Dad you are, Liz is so proud of you! I cannot wait for ht book to come out, I will definitely be buying it!
CONGRATS CONGRATS!!! i found your blog thru reading C. Coppa’s blog man months ago and like hers..your blog intrigued me and i have to read it daily. Can’t wait for the book to come out. I’m sure it’ll be super fantastic! I wish you all the best in writing it. I’m sure some parts will be difficult but most of all it will be helplful and such a great gift to beautiful Maddie! Only have one question so far: Will the book begin chapters before Maddie is born? I’m sure that would be awesome for Maddie to get to know her wonderful mom even more!!
Matt Logelin- radio guest; Matt Logelin-television talk show guest; Matt Logelin-author. I like the last one best!
I guessed correctly! Now I can’t wait for the book and the movie that we all know will follow (though the books are always better). I love the description of this as a gift to Madeline and monument to Liz. Wow – that brings tears to my eyes and I don’t even know the title. One of the beauties of your blog is the way you’ve introduced Liz to the world in such a real way. I think we all feel like we know this funny, smiling, warm, loving, short woman and we all miss her immensely. I wonder where you plan to start the book….when you met Liz, when you got married, or at some other point in time? Best wishes on this new project. I’m sure it will be a great success!
Oh Matt, how exciting!! I cannot wait to have my own copy. How long will that wait be?
Awesome! That’s so exciting! Couple questions came to mind, don’t know which you’ll be able to answer now:
-any ideas about the release date?
-how long do you think it’ll be?
-have you started writing? how’s it going?
-are you using your poetry style? I think it’d be really fantastic to see your poetry style a little bit, with the rest in paragraphs.
Congratulations, can’t wait for more updates about this!
I would like to hear a little bit more about you and liz, during the pregnancy, and even the dreams you two had together. Good luck, don’t stress too much about the deadlines and editing. This is going to be a book that will make a mark on the world.
Congratulations Matt and Maddy! I am looking forward to reading your book. I have most of the same questions as everyone else…
-Will your photos be included? (I hope so)
-Any plans on moving?
-Will you continue working or take take off to write your book?
-Estimated release date?
Congrats again!
Congratulations Matt!! I’m so happy for you and you seem really excited about this new venture you are about to take. Wishing you much success. You will be great and I can’t wait to read it! I certainly hope you put Mesa, Arizona on the list of places for the book tour
Can’t wait to read! Woohoo! And SQUEE indeed!
Congratulations Matt! What wonderful news! I have been following your site for a while and am looking forward to watching/reading through this process. Your little Maddie is a precious little bon bon of joy. What a wonderful gift you have (and will be) creating for her — a legacy that will also honor and celebrate Liz
Love and blessings for you — sending them with positive vibes your way.
Congratulations! That’s excellent news, and well-deserved – cannot wait to hear about the writing process (how much of this book do you have already written? Will it be based on this blog?) and can’t wait to buy the book! Any idea of when it will be released?
You know this is going to be a movie! Are you going to begin the book with the beginning of you and Liz and move forward from there? Congratulations. Someone told me about your blog and I’ve been a reader ever since.
so many congratulations to you. i cannot wait to read your book.
That is GREAT! Can’t wait to read it!
Congrats Matt and Maddy. I so cant wait to buy your book. I do hope you include photos and also some of your post from your blog as well. I wont ask any questions I just wanted to congratulate you on this big event and let you know that I will be a buyer of your book. I am most excited for you as this will be huge for the two of you. What a way a celebrate your love of Liz and Maddy!!!!!
YAY!!!! Congratulations Matt! I am so excited for you and Maddy. This is definitely going to be another fun adventure for you. It is so awesome that you can share you thoughts and experiences with so many. Liz would be so proud of everything you have done so far. I can’t imagine what it is like to go through what you have. Maddy is one lucky little lady to have you. I do have a question for you.
-Are you going to continue the blog once the book comes out? If so, how long?
I can’t wait to hear more about the book! Congrats again!!
This is wonderful Matt. I know it will be a wonderful and inspiring read for all of us, but especially Maddie.
My congratulations Matt. You are worthy of this perfect avenue to share your life story with all the rest of the world. I am so proud of you and excited for you!! You, Liz, Maddy, Robot, friends, family, creeps in a ‘take-me-with-you’ book…wow! I can barely wait to see you in print. Your happy joy jumped right off your post page..go for it my friend. But hurry…!!! =o)
WOW!! Congrats dude!! Thats great news!!
Can’t wait to read it (and of course, visit with you on the accompanying book tour!!)
What an exciting endeavor….congrats – BIG TIME! Sooo…did you make enough money to quit your job? will you ever do a reality show (I think you should…)….and who will you dedicate the book to?
Congratulations! I haven’t read all of your comments so these may have already been asked:
1) Will you be including blog posts in your book, or writing from “scratch”
2) Will you be able to include a lot of your photos?
3) Any thoughts of writing the book through the “eyes” of the robot?
What an incredible gift this will be for Maddy
How much back story are you going to include?
I’ve read both The Last Lecture and Marley and Me and LOVE LOVE LOVED them. I read your blog everyday and I’m excited to read your book. I know your back story but if I gush about it to get others to pick it up, how much explaining will be needed?
Also I love the way your write your blog and am curious to how you’ll approach the book.
CONGRATS!
Congratulations Matt! That’s exciting news!! Wishing yo lots of luck!!
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a serious book junkie and I am looking forward to reading it.
PLEASE keep us posted on future release date and where to buy it!
Congratulations!! So awesome, I can’t wait to read the book. The journey you and Maddy have taken has already gone so far, now a whole new chapter ( so to speak).
Are they going to let you write it like you do your blog? I have always loved your style of writing. The way you are with your words, its so real, the emotion, as a reader we are almost there in the moment..
Are you going to have your photos? They are also an amazing part of your story.
When do you think it will be out? Will you tour?
Good luck, and I wish you and Maddy all the best!
oh one more question….howo did the name “Grandma Broccoli” come to be??!!
I kind of thought in the back of my mind that this would happen! I am thrilled you are gonna write a book! I know it will be awesome! Just a suggestion….your new Jonas Brothers album would make for some sweet background music while you are writing!
I am happy for you….Congrats!
Congratulations! I think this will be wonderful for both of you.
CONGRATULATIONS MATT!!
that’s fucking awesome dude!!! i totally love reading your blog cuz you’re so fucking eloquent not being sarcastic but honest::OD you’re a great writer!!!. good luck and can’t wait for the book!! mahalo
Congrats! So happy for you and Maddy! I can’t wait to read the book and meet you in person at one of your signings! I’m a book junkie. I’ve read The Last Lecture and Marley and Me! Great books and I’m sure yours will be too! I love your writing style, how much of that will you be able to incorporate into your book? So happy!!!!
I figured this was in the works, or that it was an idea being tossed around. Good luck! (And may I recommend William Zinsser’s Writing About Your Life? I’m sure you already know writing a book is very different from writing a blog, and I think Zinsser is encouraging, funny and motivating without being condescending or overly instructive.)
Congrats!
When?! Will you use your pictures? Same style as your blog?
I can’t wait to read it!
That is AWESOME! I think Maddy will benefit from this sooo much! It will mean so much to her!
Questions – What is the working title? Will there be pics? When do you expect it to be completely finished for all of us to go buy? Will there be cussing in the book..:) ? Good Luck! I cant wait to go and buy it and read it!
Well done.
More balls than I do, you will do both your ladies very proud.
We are so proud of you, matt and have complete faith in your book! When you come to Fresno to do a book signing, Mark will take you to our best pub and I will watch the lovely ladies! “Baby, you’re a STAR”! ;D
I hope you go on a book tour with stops here!!
Awesome!!
Make sure you don’t OMIT such words as FUCK, these make you YOU.
I am so fucking happy you are doing this. So so awesome, this will be Number one on my book list! What an adventure!
Wow awesome news. Can’t wait to read it. I have goosebumps on my legs as I think about how great this is for you and a huge gift for M. I just think Liz would be in shock at this moment. As far as the Jonas Brothers go, my daughter Paige would think you are so cool for liking them.. I personally can’t get Fire Burning out of my mind, not that that has to do with the Jonas Brothers, it is just that Paige is into that song too. If you put that song on, M will dance. You can’t help but too. Oh and by the way, if you need any help with the grief part of loosing a spouse, you certainly can give me a shout, as I feel very well versed on this subject. I will say you have to experience loosing a spouse with child to understand a certain kind of grief-
This is so wonderful, Matt! Congratulations to you! Can’t wait for the book!
Congratulations! This is going to be an awesome gift to maddy, and a good healing step for you! I can’t wait to watch the progress of it all! How Exciting!
All I can say is “! ! !! !! !! !! ! !! ! !! ! ”
CONGRATS!! I’m so happy for you, and you fucking deserve it
Way to go Matt! How exciting for you. Can’t wait until it comes out, I will be one of the first to grab it. Take care!
Wow! Congratulations! What an amazing, incredible gift for Maddy, and it’s an amazing tribute to Liz.
So….questions…..
1. Will you do a book signing in Chicago?
2. What are your fears–if any–in writing the book?
3. Will your blog disappear if you write the book?
I have been reading your blog faithfully and have watched this community grow over the last 14 months or so ~ I dont always comment but I love hearing from you and Madeline!
I just request one thing – you do a SF Bay book signing! Congrats!
congrats to you!! only question:
where can i go to prebuy!! whoo hoo i want one!!
I had a feeling this would be the news. How great, can’t wait to buy it!
So in the little blurb you gave us, it says you’ll be talking about grief and loss. Is that it? I mean, obviously that’s not it. It talks about love and loss and the community. Well, I guess this is a crappy question. Moving on…
Having blogstalked for a while now, I’m guessing this won’t change anything for you and Maddy, really. More money, I guess, but what does that really matter to you outside of helping to ensure a stable future for Maddy, right?
Is the blog going to stay? Are you going to be under some crappy legal stuff that means you can’t post like you have up to this point? Are you taking down old posts in order to “save” material for the book?
Do I get a review copy?!
When are you coming to Dallas for your book signing? Haha.
Okay, now I’m pulling your leg. Congratulations!
Oh wait.. one more question: Is the layout of your book going to be anything like your blog? I assume a publisher wouldn’t really want to publish a book in your style since it’d be probably 230498230 times longer that way. Just wondering.
It’s tacky but I can’t help asking how much the winning bidder paid!
Wow! I only started reading your blog a few weeks ago and am now addicated. Am totally in love with your little girl, she is an absolute doll. Congratulations on the book – you write so honestly and hopefully the book will give you many more opportunities. My selfish question is: Will you still be able to keep the blog?? I have a friend who wrote a book and they were not allowed to keep their blog or share any of the book detail. Congratulations again – you seem like such a wonderful father and person and truely deserve this bit of good karma.
so awesome! congrats!
my question is….
if a turtle loses its shell, is it naked or homeless.
way to go Matt, now people are bidding on you!
I hope they dont edit one single word of yours because I love the way you write its so real so raw and so honest. Cant wait to read the book! I hope it brings you back to Ny soon Id love to meet up with you and maddy!
Congratulations!! I’m so excited for you! It’ll be so exciting to be able to peek into your process and watch a book being written.
I don’t have any questions, I’m just oozing with excitement for you and Maddy!
Congratulations!!!
1. Will the book be the same writing style?
2. Will you continue to work at day job?
3. Will you stay in LA?
4. When do I get my signed copy????? Most important ???
5. Will there be pictures included?
6. When will it be released?
7. Book signing in Indy? closer than Chicago for me.
8. Have they talked movie deals?
9. Will you continue the blog?
10. How many women have come on to you since all of this?
11. How many crazy people have you had to deal with because of the blog? Besides me!
12. Name of book?
I will probably come up with some more questions later. LOL. BTW after I got off the phone with you in NYC I felt like a complete idiot. I didn’t even tell you how sorry I was that you’ve had to endure everything that you have had to endure. My sister sent me a picture of you holding her phone talking to me. I know, crazy!!
I hope things are getting easier for you. It took me a couple years to really come to terms with my husbands death. It has been almost 9 years. I know death is hard for anybody to deal with but I think it is especially hard when there were no time for goodbyes. ***Hugs***
CONGRATS! And grand central publishing is an amazing publisher! Can’t wait to read your book–what a beautiful love letter it will be to your girls!
what a totally brave step! And i can already see this being a best seller.
what a wonderful tribute to Liz and Maddie.
I am very happy for you, even though i know you would take it all away in one second to have Liz with you.
thank you for your bravery! I know this project will be a success.
I think Leo DiCaprio should play you on the big screen
Will it be available in the uk? Really looking forward to reading
How awesome. So what will you do with the profits?
Congratultions on the book!!! This is going to be a great opportunity and I’m sure an even better book! Looking forward to the finished product.
Oh. I thought of a question.
Instead of mocking you.
Can my copy be free?
Great. Thanks.
Hi Matt. Congrats! I’ve been reading your blog for about 2 months. There are a few things I would like to hear more of. I would like to know more about Liz. and you and Liz together. and how you managed to find the love of your life in high school. do you know how rare that is? how can you afford to travel so much, like before all this happened. i would like to know if you think you will ever fall in love again. if you think you will marry again. what do you think of parenting. are you over protective or laid back or just a lazy kind of sort. what has the “community” response been, other than free clothes, supplies, etc. have you been met with criticism anywhere. i will probably think of more.
~~~~~cartwheels into post~~~~~
Fantastic.
NO questions…yet. Just much happiness for you. . . and ditto what I said in the last post.
Amazing journey.
So excited for you and Maddy!! and what a treat for the rest of us stalkers (friends). you will definitely need to have a book signing in the MN!! can’t wait to read it. do you have a working title yet?? please, please, please include a lot of your awesome pics. it just wouldn’t be a matt logelin book without them. and please write in your own style. screw traditional. we want you just as you are!!
can’t wait!!
So, I just found your blog. I’ve been obsessively reading all the past posts the last few days. I started at the beginning and currently I’m on July of 2008. I’m catching up. I have to give myself time-outs from the blog so I can actually get some work done at work. Ha…. is that weird, not a stalker I swear. Needless to say, I will sooo buy and read your book/tell all my friends. You are pretty much awesome, and Maddy is pretty much the cutest!
CONGRATS on the book!
Maddy ( and her children’s children’s children ) will be so thankful!
My nosey ass questions:
Will you continue the blog?
Is there going to be a co-writer?
Book tour? Next year? Spring/Summer?
Is Maddy going to scribble her “autograph” while on the book tour?
: ) Kristy
Way cool.
My question is: Do you feel like life is coming full circle with the tragic loss and immense gain of support? Not as if it could ever be equal but do you feel like things are somehow balancing for you?
Being a photographer myself, I would be interested in knowing if you have any formal training in photography since you seem to have such a great eye for the art.
Glad you are going to share even more of yourself and your beautiful kiddo with the world. You are blessing all of us by your strength!
Karla
Okay, long time follower, first time commenter! Ha!
I could only get through a few of the comments before baby beckons, and my questions are purely selfish and nothing like asking about your writing style:
1. How much of the book will be about your and Liz’s love and courtship? (Because I am clearly dying to read that, inf fact I have been meaning to email you and ask that but figured it was too personal!)
2. If not much, please PLEASE write another book as soon as possible because reading about your love for her and your history with her is so reassuring that there is real love out there.
3. And of course, add lots of your pictures, which I know has been said 414 times before.
Thanks,
Amelia Bedelia’s mommy, boring old jenn
OK, I’ve had more time to work on your marketing plan. lol.
1. Title: Avoid anything that sounds like Marley & Me. Lovely book, movie was wishywashy, but it’s too much of a fluff book to really imply that yours is anything but. Suggestions from the great mind of Davez include: For the Love of Liz, or My Girls in the Garden of Awesome, or even something with Awesomesauce in it.
2. Your jacket cover pik simply MUST have you in that yellow plaid shirt you love so much.
3. The back cover simply MUST be the aformentioned Fucking Robot.
4. How about an after-thought chapter with all your favorite blog comments… that would be some funny chit
5. Your 1st sentance is the most important words in the book. I cannot wait!
that’s all I got to say about that one. Just thrilled for ya!
I KNEW IT!! I’m excited to read about the journey that you two have made
My questions are the same as everyone else’s…….will it be the same as the blog? Pictures? And I hope that there is also alot about you and Liz. BTW…Congratulations!
Congratulations! No questions, I will buy the book as soon as it comes out. I have been reading your blog for almost a year now, and am constantly amazed by your willingness to share your life with all of us out here. You are great daddy.
keeping our day job? or taking some time off?
congrats!! it will be an amazing book, no doubt. i will be in la in july and hope we can meet up. i would love to see you and meet maddy.
I hope your book will showcase the same informal, honest, (and yes, at times humorously vulgar) style that we’ve all formed such an attachment to and admiration for. Congrats on this exciting new endeavor. Your words always bring me to tears but leave me with a renewed sense of appreciation for my own spouse. Every moment together is a gift. That’s what you remind me of. Thanks so much for that.
Ok, I guess I’m a little late on the news, but HOLY SHIT! How awesome!!!! i was only able to read about 50 of the comments, so sorry if this has been asked before, BUT, is the book gonna have a lot of cursing in it??? Seriously, congrats, Matt! You are an awesome husband/dad/writer! Liz would be sooo proud.
i am OVER THE MOON for you and madeline! yipee!
1. what is the timeline you have to write this? when is this expected out?
2. are you going to go on tour eventually? please come play with us in nashville so i can get my signed copy!
Liz is just beaming from Heaven today! Awh, so proud of her hubby! I could just cry!
Hugs to you both!
Hey wait ..I just have to comment again even though I just did because I am an “aimee” who happens to live in WI ..and I scrolled up in the comments and saw there is another “aimee in the WI” who posed a hilarious question about a turtle. I so need to meet this person! Ha. God your readers are just the coolest (self included of course ..I’m nothing if not modest). As you were.
Congrats! That is so awesome. It will be a treasure for both of you, can’t wait to read about your journey and buy it in the store when it’s finished.
Wow this is amazing news!! Congratulations to you.
I would love to hear more of Liz’s voice while she was pregnant with Maddie.
What a great way to give tribute to your wife, and preserve memories for your little one. Awesome.
Here’s my question, What is it that makes men raising children alone a thing that people rally behind, support, uplift, love… but single moms out there are pretty much looked upon with disdain. . .
(that’s definitely not directed accusingly at you… I actually saw a while back a post you wrote sorta talking about this.. I just struggle daily as as the only parent of two little ones, and the difference in the reaction is *eye opening*
YAYYY!!!! Fabulous announcement. Well worth the wait (and those 15 minutes of lost sleep this morning that I complained about on the last post).
Huge, huge congratulations, Matt. I’ll be buying this book for everyone I know.
I’m sure I’ll think of questions later, but for now, just…wow. You continue to amaze.
Maddy will ADORE this book. And Liz will now live on in a whole new beautiful way (although none as beautiful as your little girl, of course).
Congrats again!!!
Congrats on being able to decide when, where and how your legacy will be given to Maddy. Enjoy the process, I hope you get as much out of it as you put into it.
I can’t wait to put it on the preorder list at amazon.com.
Congratulations! Seven publishers vying for the rights huh? They know its going to be hot!! I can’t wait to read it! I have no questions right now, but maybe later. This is going to be an awesome ride and I am glad that we get to be a part of something like this with you! Madeline is going to love having this one day!
Congrats to you, Matt and Maddie! I’ll be the first in line to buy my copy!
Congrats Matt!
Questions:
1) Are you going to talk a lot more about Liz and a lot of background story on both of you so we understand the memories you encounter on your every day life?
2) Will you talk about all the things that you want Madeline to know about her mom?
3) I hope the writing style won’t be the same as the blog. While I have no problem reading your posts (which are fairly short and not daily), it will be kind of hard to read an entire book written this way.
4) Hopefully the book will include lots of pictures?
5) Are you quitting your job?
6) Are you going to tell us all the details of writing a book?
congratulations! What a great opportunity for you & Maddy
I knew it!!!! It will be an amazing gift for Maddy. My only hope is that you still continue to blog. This will get you in the Johnnie alum magazine for sure:) My only question is, who will play you and Maddy in the movie? I am so, so, so, so happy for you!!! I cannot help thinking, as I do every time I read your blog, how Liz must just be smiling down at you with the hugest grin. I can’t wait to read it. How do I get my advance copy?
400+ comments so i cant read them all but i have a few suggestions for the book:
* use the word fuck whenever applicable (lots)
* spell the word fuck correctly
* probably dont use fuck & maddy in the same sentence. oops, my bad, i just did. but you shouldn’t.
* make it rad, make it bad, make liz proud.
* oh, and use the word fuck. lots.
CONGRATS!!!
YOWZA!! I was wondering what was up with all of your trips to NYC where you only seemed to meet up with friends… Congrats, and I can’t wait to read it! I have a little feeling your book is going to be huge! :^)
Congratulations Matt & Maddy! I am a longtime reader, first time commenter (I’ve always wanted to say that on the radio…your blog = the next best thing!) Will you become too famous to hang with us lowly folks? I hope not, you are crazy cool
Best of luck to you, you deserve it!!
Woot, Dude! This is awesome news
What better way to spread around all the love you’ve been given.
You can be assured I will buy and read this book! Congrats and I can’t wait until it hits the stores!
Please can I ask one thing… put pictures in. Put lots of pictures in the book. Seeing the person always makes the story so much more real!
Congratulations Matt! What an amazing tribute to Liz and Maddie.
I agree, great tribute to your wife and memories for Maddy. I hope it has some of the history of you and Liz either in the beginning or dispersed through out the book. Either way, would love to learn more about your relationship…
Congratulations!!
Congratulations Matt! This is so exciting for you, and even more exciting for Maddy – what a great treasure for her and a great tribute to Liz. I can’t wait to read it!
When it is as successful as Marley and Me, Twilight, and The Last Lecture, who will play you in the movie?
OMG!!! That is great news!! You can bet that I will be buying this book. Congrats!!
Oh thank god. I was so afraid you were brokering a deal for a reality show. Book = good. Reality show = fuckedupkid for sure.
Congrats, Matt! I had a feeling this was going to happen and I’m so excited to read it.
Congratulations Matt!!! That is great news! I was almost expecting you to say that you were in NY to work on a reality TV deal. A book will be such a wonderful gift for Maddy and an amazing tribute to Liz. I have been reading your blog since the People article and I cannot wait to read your book. Good luck with everything!!!
Amazing!!!! I cannot wait to read it. What a touching tribute to your wife and your daughter. You’re amazing.
oh yes.. i’m also wondering if there will be a book tour/signing.. and if so, could you please please put oregon on the agenda. i’d love to meet you, as i’ve been reading for over a yr now, and would love to buy your book.
Yay! I’m so excited for you guys! I love the 7 publishers fighting over you part…. and I love Twilight! ha ha
Good luck with the writing and I can’t wait to read it!
How exciting!
I have been following you for almost a year now, and grieve with you as you write. I have never lost my spouse but lost my mom last July. It happened so fast, and when there are days I feel I can not live without her you have showed me that life must go on even when we don’t want to without the ones we love.
I was in L.A. last week and thought about you. You are an AMAZING dad and I am sure that Liz is smiling down from Heaven as she is so proud of what you have done. I can’t wait to read the book. Keep doing what you do…
Will you tell the story of you and Liz? Show pictures of your life before Maddie? I would include pictures of Maddie as well as she is such a cutie.
yay! i’m very excited…and congrats to you and maddy…i’m sure she will be very thankful!
Congratulations Matt! Can’t wait to read it..
This is some seriously wicked news! Congrats! I had a feeling it was going to be a book. I think it’s wonderful and I’m so excited to hear all about it and then to get the opportunity to read it. Awesome!
Wow! Congratulations! I will buy your book for sure! Yes, what an amazing keepsake it will be for Maddy and a beautiful tribute to Liz. It will also be so therapeutic for you…all that writing.
I totally wish I could meet with you in the MN this weekend but we will be……camping! Another time.
My questions are like so many others.
Will you continue this blog?
Will you take time off work to write?
Will it be a storyline of you & Liz meeting and you’re life up until now? What style will it be written in? Will it have photos in it?
How long do you anticipate it will take?
I really want to hear more about Liz. Can’t wait.
Please come to Tampa on your book tour………….
Matt! Congratulations! I had a feeling that your teasing had to do with a book and I am so excited for you. As a fellow writer and blogger, I know that writing is something special and cathartic, so I wish you the best of luck in your writing adventures. Can’t wait to read it.
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That is so awesome! A book tour would be wonderful. So it’ll take you, what, a week or so? I can’t wait!
A perfect next step!
Fucking AWESOME!!
I will definitely be buying a copy of your book when it comes out!!
As many others have asked, I just want to know if you will still be blogging.
How are you going to break the book down? Like, chapterwise, before Liz passed, after, etc.?
Rock on, Dude. I’ve been reading, lurking really, from the beginning. I live in the Mpls, and I am so proud of your accomplishments. Maddy is blessed to have you, and I wish you the best of everything on your journey.
Can’t wait to read it!
Will some of the proceeds be able to go to the foundation?
I am so excited for you and Maddy!! My daughter and I get so excited when you post a new blog. We love reading your story.
Will you write the book the same way you write the blog? Will you use your own photos?
Oh, I forgot please put Maryland on your list if you do a book tour! My daughter and I would love to meet you and tell you in person how much we appreciate you sharing your life with us….
OMG Matt…I am so excited for you! Please, please, please promise you won’t censor yourself when you write the book.
there is an error on “publishers weekly”..it says 72 hrs (death of LIz) after Maddy was born.
it should be 27 Hrs (death of Liz) after Maddy was born.
just wanted to bring that to your attention, Matt.
I thnk this is so awesome. I have read your column since last year and am amazed on how great you are with Maddie – I only wished I has kept such a great diary for my daughter. I can’t wait to read your book, Congratulations!!!
Well what can I say that hasn’t already be said? Oh well, I’m sure you won’t get tired of hearing it: CONGRATS!!! I love hearing about good things happening to good people.
Just from skimming through the comments I can see the questions I have have already been asked. I’ll ask again though!
-Book tour?
-Ryan Gosling must play you in the film…I’m thinking it needs to be indie, It’ll allow you more control of the music…OMG I just realized the soundtrack would be AWESOME! Am I getting ahead of myself here?
And finally, if you need an intern, I’m available on Fridays. I need to make use of my furlough days.
Best of luck with everything!!
Um oh ya, A MUST is a book signing in the MN. Seriously. It’s the MN You have to come here. Your roots baby,your roots.
I was thinking you had a movie in the works… although I guess a lot of movies come from books. Still a possibility. way fuckin cool, man!
I’m totally curious if your writing style for the book will be like it is on your site, including the line breaks and profanity.
CONGRATS!!!
This is awesome news. Will you be able to quit/take time off from your day job? I know how wonderful it would be for you to work from home and enjoy your daughter! BTW, love your expressions, have read all the archives, check in on you both every day. Thank you for sharing.
Yay!! Can’t wait to buy it! That brings up the question of how long do you think that it will take you and everyone to get it published and up for sale? Either way I can’t wait! Many many congrats!
Very cool news, can’t wait to follow this process.
I would second the question about your day job, if you will continue that while writing the book. Also, I remember that you and Liz had planned on moving back to the MN at some point and I was curious if you were still considering that plan or keeping your territory in LA.
Maddy is getting so big! I had that realization looking at pictures a few weeks ago thinking “she doesn’t look like a baby anymore”. She looks great!
Wow…lump in my throat. I have been with you guys from the begining and I am so proud. I truly have love in my heart for both of you.
CONGRATS Matt!! What an amazing tribute this will be to Liz and what a great gift it will be for Maddy!! I just “knew” that your big news was a book!! I am so excited for you and can’t wait to get my copy…hopefully you do some book readings/signings in Canada….my 18 month old daughter and I would LOVE to meet you and Maddy
This will be an amazing treasure for Maddy to have of her mother and the love Liz had for you and Maddy. Good luck on the adventure and I can’t wait to hear how things are coming along!! My questions for you are:
do you have a tentative release date?
Will it be available in Canada?
Will it include your awesome photos (I sure hope so)
Will you continue to blog? (Selfishly hoping “yes”)
What is the title of your book?
Will it cover some of your coutrship and years with Liz before Maddy?
Take care,
Shannon in the BC
I personally think that your book has already been written…..use this blog, with added reflection and insight! Nothing is as pure as the words on my screen. Your exact feelings at that moment in time! I don’t think anything has touched me as much as reading your first few post after the tragedy and I can’t think nothing ever will! I would DEFINETLY want your awesome pictures included. As far as title, well you seem to be a simple, tell it like it is guy, so I would go that direction….Like the subtitle to your blog “Life, death all in a 27 hour period”. “Expecting, Grieving, healing and surviving” I wouldn’t change a F word in your blog…pure awesomeness!
So, before kids, my hubby and I would go on lots of day road trips. Whenever we passed Amish people I always begged for him to stop the car because I had so many questions that I wanted to ask them. I am an inquisitive person and a totally “open book” when people ask questions of me. Therefore, my questions sometimes cross the line because I forget not everyone is so neurotic, scratch that, curious as I am. By the way, we never did stop to talk to the Amish. Jay was always afraid of how long I would make him stay while I asked all of my questions – and he was probably right. I may perhaps jot some more inquiries:
- What is your greatest fear about the past?
- What is your greatest fear about the future?
Congratulations on your coming book. Penny and i are looking forward to reading it, but we can wait until it’s written.
Meanwhile, Publisher’s Weekly screwed up, Matt.
They write that Liz “died “72 hours after the birth of their daughter.” I hate having to do editing for publishers.
We should get that fixed, shouldn’t we, Matt?
Take care, Matt! We’ll see you on Sunday.
My dear Matt, I will be first in line to purchase it here in Houston!!! I can’t wait!! Hope Maddy is doing fabulous and keeping you busy!
Love, Mere
fucking awesome! congrats!
Awesome news! How are you doing all of this and keeping your day job? I always wondered how your company gives you so much time to travel? You are amazing…your story is amazing and inspiring. Maddie looks so much like her mom….such a blessing!
Wow! How awesome Matt. I love your blog and your honesty. I’ve cried and laughed so much reading about your adventures and raw feelings. Maddy is getting a great gift thru this book. I can’t wait to buy it!
This is so very awesome for both you and Maddy. Congrats.
I’m just repeating a question already asked:
Will you talk about all the things that you want Madeline to know about her mom?
congrats!! i already know you can write, so i’m looking forward to the book! i’m glad more and more people will be hearing (slash reading) your story, you’re truly inspiring.
Just wanted to say how great I think this is. Truly, what a wonderful memory for your little Maddy and, like you said, way to honor your wife. I love the idea of a book and can’t wait to by one!
Matt, I’ve been following your blog for many months now, and just wanted to let you know how very happy I am for you!
Jenn
Congratulations! That is so exciting!
That’s so exciting!! Congrats and I can’t wait to read it. I have been following your blog for sometime now and can’t seem to get enough. I will forsure buy a copy when it comes out and be sure to use some of your amazing photos
-Ashley
So cool! Can’t wait to buy a copy!
I have been following your blog for several months now – Maddy was born a day before my babies (twins). I find your a truly amazing man, and Maddy SO adorable! I look forward to reading your book, and spreading the word to friends who have been following you as well.
Congrats Matt! I know your book will be awesome! What a treasure for Maddy and all the family. I have some questions for you.
1. Will you stay in Cali?
2. How long do you anticipate it will take to get to the final product.
3. Will your book tour include the Twin Cities? (Maybe I could finally meet you since I am tied up again this weekend.)
4. Will you keep your day job?
5. How can we your faithful readers support you?
Just wondering if in the dictionary next to the word “AWESOME-SAUCE”…is there a photo of Matt Logelin? Or perhaps Madeline Logelin? Quite possibly…matt & madeline…what a GREAT bit of info you’ve shared! I will be getting in line to buy your book, just as soon as it is released!
WAY TO GO…no one I can think of deserves this great adventure more than you and your precious and wonderful little leading lady!!!! matt…you’re completely awesome! You & Madeline both!!!
Congrats Matt that is awesome!!!
Best of luck!!
I can not wait to read it, and i agree with a fellow blogger; if possible include some of your amazing pictures
Liz would be so proud of you!
That is amazing! I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy.
Congrats Matt!!
Very cool, have you thought about making it an audio book as well? During my drive to work I sometimes listen to audio books and I think your book would make a great one.
Congratulations! Have been following you and Maddy for over a year – am a friend of Jackie’s. Your blog is inspirational, heartwarming, sad, funny, and many more things that I can’t come up with right now. Thanks for keeping it going and for trying to make things better for others in similar situations. You’re determination to make something good out of all this is amazing.
HOW EXCITING!! Congrats Matt! I just wanna know when the book might be out and if you plan on doing a book tour?? other than that I’m totally excited about this! I can’t wait to get it once it’s done and read it!
I’ve been following your blog so many months though i’ve only commented twice. I can’t say i’m surprised about the anouncement, but this is amazing still! i will definitely be reading the book, and recommending the upcoming (lol) film to all my friends! please don’t make it a lifetime movie…
question time:
1) do you agree ryan goslin should play you? is he handsome enough? do you think he’d do you justice? I’ve heard he’s quite fond of saying fuck + he has a sweet beard
2) will the book be made an audio-book as well? and will it feature your reading?
can’t think of anything else right now. so take care. the best to you and your baby girl.
Available in Australia?? And would there be a movie – I don’t know how I’d feel about that if it was me, but I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Good on you though Matt, this is really great.
A massive congratulations Matt! What a wonderful opportunity to create a lasting tribute… what a precious gift for Maddie.
I have a question, which I admit to pondering often…. don’t you just get sick of us all sometimes? You bare your soul to us and let us live through both the good and the bad days alongside you…. and all we can do is leave hundreds and hundreds of blog comments as we mull over the every detail you leave us with. Don’t you just want to tell us all to shut up sometimes? or just keep your beautiful girl all to yourself?
All I can say is CONGRATULATIONS!!
This indeed will be a great gift for Maddy to have of her father. Forever written for all to see, share, love and love and love
What an exciting opportunity for you!!!! I can’t wait to read the book…I hope you’ll keep your writing as frank as your writing here has been (and maybe even drop an f-bomb or two?)
Congratulations!
My question is…Wen are you going to answer all these questions?
Congratulations, Matt.
I am so happy for you. I can’t wait for the book to come out. I will for sure be picking it up. You really inspire me!!!!
I just have to add, Maddy is such a cutie. Everytime I see a new picture of her, it makes me smile.
I’m happy for you, Fucker. Now quit that damn day job.
xoxo
Alaina
CONGRATS!!!! Cant wait to read your book, I am sure it will be amazing! Been reading Rattled! (thanks to you) Now you and Christine can sit next to each other on my shelf! PS Maddy is getting so big!! She looks cuter than ever – your doing a great job!!
Congratulations! That is so amazing and exciting!! Here are my questions:
1. Will they allow cursing in the book? Not that I’m some super fan of the f-bomb or anything but I truly think the book wouldn’t be the same without it.
2. Will you do a book tour? Please come to the New Orleans area, lol.
3. Will you include detail about your trip to Oprah? I may have missed a post but I would love to hear how it was from a visitor’s point of view. How nice was she, how much time did you get to spend talking with her either before or after the show, etc.
4. How long (estimate) do you think the whole process will take from you writing it until it’s available for purchase? You know we will all be chomping at the bit, lol.
Congratulations on the book deal!! That is awesome for you and for Madeline. She is getting so big, and she is oh so adorable. I check up on your blog from time to time. First read about your story on Storked. I can’t wait to read your book!
Wonderful news! Well done, Matt.
Congratulations Matt!
I agree with all the others that I always thought you’d make a great author. Way to go! And I bet this upcoming book will be made into a film!! Have movie rights already been discussed (that was the 1st question)? If so, I agree with Ryan Gosling playing you and perhaps Reese Witherspoon as the part of Liz, but we all know no one can really ever fill her shoes.
2nd question- where will the story begin? I would love to hear more about the “glory” days with Liz. I think you should include that since that is part of the foundation of your story and how it all began.
3rd question- as others have asked too. will it be diary style? Like your blog? Or?
4th question- will all the profits of the book be going to the LLF or to Maddy’s college fund?
And two comments- I think the title Maddy & Me is cute, but too trivial and would be too closely associated with Marley & Me. Plus, it leaves Liz out of the equation. I like the title you use for your blog, cause with the whole 27 hour life/death sitaution, it really grabs your attention. I also agree with another poster that “Alone, but not really” would be an apt title for the book.
Also, may I suggest for the book cover, using a picture of your tatoos? They speak volumes and would make for an interesting book cover I think.
Oh, and please ignore the poster who asked you the question about choosing b/w Madeline & Liz. I don’t use the word fuck often, but that’s a fucked up question. There I said it.
Oh, and can I give a shout out to another fabulous and funny writer who comments here daily? A big hearty CONGRATULATIONS to xBox4NappyRash who is on his way to becoming a father himself!
OK, I’ll be on my way now. Good luck with the writing !!
It has been sometime since I’ve stopped by and peeked in. Maddy has really grown. Congrats on the book deal and I hope it is a great experience for both of you. Good luck, Matt!
Congratulations Matt, I usually do not read much, but I really want to read your book. Maddy is lucky to have such a caring and loving father. Good luck!