New book takes humorous look at rules for men

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - July 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Birmingham, Ala. – Birmingham-area resident John Puckett has published The Man Rules, a lighthearted look at 50 rules guys should follow to become men.

"The book grew out of a conversation I had with my agent," Puckett said. "We were talking about an essay I'd written about men's showers in the gym, and she said, 'You really ought to come up with a book of these.'"

Puckett said he initially expressed doubts about the project, but the more he researched the advice and guidance men were receiving, the more he realized how ridiculous the whole subject was.

"You've got well-respected publications like Men's Health telling guys how to style their facial hair like Tony Stark or which colognes are the manliest," he said. "I figured, if that's the level of advice guys are getting right now, being intentionally silly about this stuff can't be that hard."

The electronic book covers 50 rules, ranging from topics such as Personal Appearance ("Don't wear baseball caps backwards") to Sports ("Don't depend on the ESPN information crawl to provide the sports news you want"). A downloadable version is available for $4.99 at Smashwords, an online publishing site, at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/336678, and at online bookstores such as Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo and more.

About Smashwords:Founded in 2008, Smashwords is the leading distributor of self-published ebooks. More than 60,000 authors, small presses and literary agents around the world publish over 200,000 ebooks through Smashwords. Smashwords makes ebook publishing fast, free and easy. Smashwords distributes to major online retailers such as the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, Baker & Taylor Blio, Page Foundry and the Diesel eBook Store. Smashwords is based in Los Gatos, California, and can be reached on the web at http://www.smashwords.com. Visit the official Smashwords blog at http://blog.smashwords.com/.

About John Puckett: Born in 1966, John Puckett has written professionally and for pleasure for more than 30 years. He earned a degree in Journalism from Samford University in 1988. His first job as a grownup was sports editor and humor columnist for The Southern Times, a small newspaper in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, which foresaw the demise of print journalism due to the Internet and proactively shut down in 1990. Since then, he has worked in the fields of marketing, public relations and communications, and is a freelance writer and editor in his spare time.

He and his wife, Kristin, live in Alabama with three children, two dogs, and several thousand blades of crabgrass. You can visit his world-famous blog (really! Last month six people from Ghana stopped by!) at http://followthemanrules.blogspot.com.

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