This question was asked recently in one of the authors’ groups I belong to on Facebook:

The answer came to me in a blinding flash of little-appreciated genius.

Alternate title: Crap That Wasn’t Meant To Happen.

Precis: A woman goes through life generally trying to do the right thing, but situations and people keep backfiring on her. This is further complicated by her own big mouth and her failure to learn the basics of human nature.

Tone: Initially comical, tending toward darkness and cynicism as the story progresses.

Chapter titles:

1. How Not To Fit In… Ever
2. How To Lose A Friend, Simply By Being Yourself
3. Dairy Farming: The Idyllic Life
4. How To Injure Both Hands At The Same Time
5. How To Lose A Friend By Standing Up For What You Believe In
6. Be A Teacher: They Only Work From 8.30 to 4, And Get All Those Holidays!
7. The Sneaky Ways Awful People Conceal What They Really Are
8. Apparently, I’m A Slow Learner
9. How To Get A Tropical Disease 2500km South Of The Tropics
10. Fibromyalgia: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
11. No, They Will Never Understand That ‘Introvert’ and ‘Shy’ Are Different Things
12. A Published Author: How Nice! You Must Be Rich.
13. Oh, You’re An Author? I Don’t Read.
14. Needles In The Haystack: There Are Actually Nice People Out There
15. ‘One In A Million’: A Ridiculously Optimistic Ratio
16. How To Get A Knife Out Of Your Back
17. Why You Should Never Give That Knife To Someone Else
18. When Adding Extended Family On Social Media Backfires
19. Old Friends Can Turn On You, Too!
20. Why They Can Post Whatever They Want To On Facebook, But You Can’t
21. Why Doing Something Nice For Someone Is Often A Really Bad Idea
22. The Block Function: How To Slam That Door Well And Truly Shut
23. How To Offend Your Family And Friends By Succeeding
24. Why You Should Never Assume That People Are As Sincere As You Are
25. Vulnerability Explained: Discovering You Are An Empath
26. The Achilles Tendon: ‘Heel’ and ‘Heal’ Are Not The Same Thing
27. Still Hobbling? There Goes Your Other Ankle.

I know. It will never sell.

Marketing that kind of stuff is exhausting – I should know.  It is, after all, the story of my life.