Stories
Include: Women trying to run Ian over in their cars, hiding from him in
the bathroom, Ian having sex in his mom's car while he was supposed to be
bringing Drew Carey off stage, trying to use a rubber band one time when
the condom was too big, carrying women over his shoulder and out of the bar
to get them away from relentlessly intruding guys, screwing up a chance
with his dreamgirl Nikki Cox, a girlfriend very nearly getting him arrested
with her mouth, and many, many more.

Advice Includes:
Breaking the ice using the "common-denominator" instead of a line;
how to make sure you're memorable to women, who might meet several other
guys the same night they meet you; how to practice flirting; why guys
really like younger women and why it's good news for all women; why it's
bad and unnecessary for a woman to try to change her man; how to circumvent
her bitter friend; and much, much more.

Read it for the hysterical
stories, for the advice, or both.

It just so happens that Ian also wanted to share dating and sex advice that
he's learned from his various escapades. After each story, he reviews what
he learned, gives a few examples of how he put that knowledge to successful
use in the future, and provides quick pieces of dating or sex tips between
chapters.

Unlike self-help books, Ian's book is actually categorized as "humor." It
has to be; it's simply too funny to be categorized in another genre. If you
like standup comedy, you'll love this book. If you want excellent dating
and sex advice, you'll find that inside, too. That's the real beauty of God
is a Woman: Dating Disasters ... guys can pick it up without the stigma of
buying a self-help book. (Guys don't like to buy self-help books. We all
know that.)

The problem? They're all separate. Why? Don't this things need to go
together to work? What good is knowing everything about sex if you can't
get a date? How can you get a date if the book telling you to do "this and
that" is in direct conflict with the book telling your date to do something
else?

I always wanted to tell my dating failures onstage because they are very
funny and informative. They are too long, though, to work in a standup
routine, so I'm glad I was able to put them in a book.

Comedian Ian Coburn relives his funniest dating failures in the best dating
advice book geared toward both sexes. While Ian shares the lessons he
learned from his embarrassing escapades in his hilarious standup fashion,
he tackles some of the biggest questions men and women have about each
other: Do guys know they favor one breast over the other? Why do women like
jerks? Why don't guys call? Why don't women call back? What's the best way
to approach a woman at a bar? Why are men so bad at reading signals? He
also admits that it's harder to be a woman than a man and tells why.

Whether the story is about the time he was fooling around in his mom's car
while he was supposed to be bringing Drew Carey offstage or how he
graduated college still a virgin; or the time Jenny Jones grabbed his butt
and hit on him or his downward spiral to behaving like a jerk culminating
in a night on the town with Damon Wayans, it's all here--openly honest and
hilarious--including Larry the Cable Guy's real name and what Nikki Cox is
like in person. So sit back, relax, get ready to laugh and find out why God
is a Woman.

Celebrity comments about Ian's comedy and writing:

"Very funny." -- Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show)

"Very talented." -- Damon Wayans (My Wife and Kids)

"Funny and edgy; love the sarcasm." -- Nikki Cox (Las Vegas)

"Fun-nee!" -- Larry the Cable Guy (Larry the Cable Guy: Health
Inspector)

"Captivating . . . intriguing." -- Joan Cusack (Various films)

Publisher and agent comments about God is a Woman:

"Too big for us; funny." -- Capital Books

"Hilarious . . . can't wait for it to come out." -- Basic Books

"Funny . . . made me laugh pretty hard."-- The Waxman Agency

Standup comedy and the road shaped Ian's life and personality... it also
gave him some crazy dating stories.

When I first started to date, I was the same as everyone when they start to
date--confused and scared. Like most guys, I looked to magazines and movies
for advice. Both sucked. Magazines told me all I needed were some cool
clothes, a hot car, and the right cologne, along with a few million dollars
to pay for all that crap. The articles were nothing more than guys on ego
trips bragging about their sexual conquests; I learned nothing. Movies
skipped the most important scenes, where the guy says all the right things
to the girl. Instead, movies showed the guy meeting the girl, then cut to
them in bed together; big f[...] help. To make matters worse, my mom gave
me a book about chickens laying eggs and lambs suckling. Someone shoot me,
I thought.

What I needed was a book with honest, adult advice--which wasn't afraid to
get graphic when necessary--that taught me what to say, what actions to
take, and how to read women. My sisters seemed to need similar information
about guys. It would help if the stories were funny so I didn't feel so
alone and self-conscious. Better yet, if some of them included celebrities,
they'd be even more entertaining and really put me at ease. (If I knew
celebrities struggled with sex and dating, I'd feel better about my own
problems with them.)

No such book was ever published. Much to my surprise, as I got older I
found I could use such a book even more. Then one day I woke up and
realized: I could write the needed book. I had the celebrity stories. I had
learned about sex and dating the hard way. I could tell guys how to get
women. And I could tell women what men were thinking, as well as how to
identify the good guys from the creeps. And I could do it all through
stories of my funny failures.

2008-03-03 This is fantastic