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Reflected: Using ChatGPT as a Mirror for Self-Discovery

I made something for us! Reflected: Using ChatGPT as a Mirror for Self-Discovery is part guide, part 21st century experiment, part personal development practice perfect for weird late stage capitalistic hellscape that is 2025.

Offbeat Bride is now Offbeat Wed

Hi, everyone. Ariel here, author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and owner of Offbeat Empire LLC. And as of September 2022, I’m the publisher of Offbeat Wed, the new name of Offbeat Bride.

State of the Empire, 2019

IT’S BEEN 84 YEARS. Ok, it’s actually only been 12 years since I launched the Offbeat Empire, but 12 in internet years might as well be 84, y’know? Here’s what’s up with the Empire this year…

Offbeat Bride’s 3rd edition: why the book needed an update

My book Offbeat Bride was first published by Seal Press in January 2007 as Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides, with a second edition released in February 2010 under the title Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides.

In the eight years since the release of the second edition, wedding culture has shifted dramatically (the influence of marriage equality and social media have both been huge!) and offbeatbride.com has reached 50 million website visitors. Clearly, it’s time for an updated and revised version of the book… which Seal Press will be publishing fall of 2019!

Let’s talk about the updates being made for the third edition…