Finally, finally! After years of writing and editing, Book 2 in the “C’mon Funk Series” released today! The following is an excerpt from the Acknowledgements: WTF is with this pandemic?! I began writing “C’mon Funk Move Your Ass” in 2006 on a ship called The Queen Mary II, and I wrote the last line at 6:24 p.m. on June 24, 2016, in Long Beach, New York. The manuscript weighed in at a whopping 1,102 pages. I expected to publish it in the spring of 2020. I’m late getting it out the door because, for me, the pandemic began in 2016 […]

I bought a little cabin in the woods on a credit card once. We were living in Kansas City, and I wanted my kids to experience nature. For weekends on end, we loaded groaning children into the van to look at parcels I’d found on the Internet. It took a year, but we eventually found 7 acres with a little cabin on it. Since the property was surrounded by 1000s of acres of forested land and priced at 42k, we pounced on it. I thought I had everything tied up in a neat little bow when the realtor called to […]

More amazing things! The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of See Beyond Magazine & Talks have invited me to be a REGULAR contributing writer in their wonderful publication. I am so grateful. And I even have a spot on the masthead! Imagine that happening to little ‘ole me? This month’s article in See Beyond is titled, “That’s Some Witchy Sh!t,” and it’s published on pages 53 & 54 of their May/June edition. You can read it online here: https://www.seebeyondmag.com/… @See Beyond Magazine & Talks Thank you also to Grayce McCormick for securing this fantastic opportunity for me #lightfinderpr

    “Trust your gut.” I’ve gotten this advice from so many people that it’s difficult to point to a single person who has helped me get as far as I’ve gotten with that goal. Asa part of our series about women shaking things up in their industry, we had the pleasure of interviewing Gloria Squitiro. Gloria Squitiro is published in Harper’s, See Beyond and Medium magazines and is the author of the bestselling May Cause Drowsiness and Blurred Vision: The Side Effects of Bravery, the first in the three-book C’mon Funk memoir series. The second title, C’mon Funk, Move […]

Universe? Why don’t you pick on someone your own size? Recently, Funk and I replaced an incredibly ugly coffee table with a more stylish piece from Anthropologie. Ever since we purchased it, he’s been stubbing his size 16 feet on the legs and howling like a little baby. And of course, every time he does, I fall into a heap of laughter on the floor. One day not too long ago, I had my girlfriends over for lunch. They’ve been hosting me ever since that most terrible thing happened the summer of 2020, so I went all out for them. […]

More love for Book Two of Gloria’s trilogy: C’mon Funk, Move Your: How a Demure Little Wife Made Her Husband a Big-City Mayor! (Releases May 24, 2023.) Live Radio Link, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” https://fb.watch/jA0hHsy-zy/ #ReadMyLips #graycemccormick LISTEN on Voice America with Gloria Squitiro and RadioRed! akaRadioRed welcomes three dynamic Creatives: Melissa Y is an emergency doctor who writes thrillers about Dr. Hope Sze, a resident bone-deep in murder. Gloria Squitiro is the author of the C’mon Funk memoir series, including Move Your Ass: How a Demure Little Wife Made Her Husband a Big-City Mayor. […]

More love, this time, from See Beyond Magazine, March/April 2023 Edition. And I even made the front page! Imagine that?! My article begins on page 46. You can download the digital version at no cost. https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/2438563?__r=6719117… Thank you @See Beyond Magazine & Talks for allowing this author a space in your kick-ass magazine! Thank you Grayce McCormick for helping my writing be discovered!

Little houses for the just-dumped woman. That’s the business I was about to start when Funk decided to ruin our lives by running for mayor. I had even built a prototype on land we owned in Missouri, and it came out achingly adorable. My premise for that enterprise was, because it seemed like so many 50-year-old women I knew were being discarded for a younger version of themselves, I wanted to build the newly-dumped a home they could afford, would be maintenance free, and was gorgeous enough that it would take some of the sting away. To that end, each […]

“Social Impact Authors: How & Why Author Gloria Squitiro Is Helping To Change Our World.” Wow! I couldn’t have asked for a better title for a magazine article. The 1st media for the 2nd book in the C’mon Funk Series: C’mon Funk, Move Your: How a Demure Little Wife Made Her Husband a Big-City Mayor, Publication Date: 24 May 2023. Thank you Authority Magazine, Medium, and Grayce McCormick of Lightfinder PR for the BIG-LOVE ! Authority Magazine @MEDIUM @LIGHTFINDERPR https://medium.com/authority-magazine/social-impact-authors-how-why-author-gloria-squitiro-is-helping-to-change-our-world-d41181929abb

Funk’s life insurance policy expires in less than two years and it’s made me evaluate being married for 43+ long-ass years. The GOOD: After 20 years of being afraid to step on a plane, I started flying again in 2016. Still, I’m an uneasy flyer. Last spring, Funk escorted me to Hawaii, stayed 3 weeks, and 2 months later, returned to accompany my chicken-shit-self back home. The CRINGE: Boarding the flight back to the mainland. Me: “Funk, we should put our masks on.” Funk: “No, the ban was just lifted.” Me: “But it’s a 16-hour flight in a confined space […]