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Becky Blades

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in Houston, Texas, The United States

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Becky Blades is a writer, artist, business strategist and philosopher of creative, adventurous living. Since selling her award-winning public relations firm, Becky has served as a civic advocate for the arts and entrepreneurship, and as a consultant and mentor to businesses.

Her first book, Do Your Laundry or You’ll Die Alone, Advice Your Mom Would Give if She Thought You Were Listening, which she wrote and illustrated, was named a Best Books of 2014 and one of the Top 100 Indie Releases by Kirkus Reviews. It received the prestigious Kirkus Starred Review and was featured by Oprah’s Book Club last year.

Becky has been a contributing writer to Oprah.com, The Huffington Post, Lifestyle Publications, Grown & Flown, Scary Mommy, and other publica ...more

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	Do Your Laundry or You'll Die Alone: Advice Your Mom Would Give if She Thought You Were Listening 4.04 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas 4.03 avg rating — 136 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas by Becky Blades (Goodreads Author), Susan Bennett (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Why I Gave My Daughter a Laundry Pass

In April, I launched my book, Do Your Laundry or You’ll Die Alone: Advice Your Mom Would Give if She Thought You Were Listening. I’ve done dozens of media interviews recently, having to explain the scary title and answer to a few judgmental talk show hosts about why I gave my daughter a laundry pass so many times that at age 18 she had to be threatened to wash her own clothes.

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Published on July 06, 2014 08:28 • Tags: becky-blades, laundryordie-com

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