One of the cool things about collaborating on the Geek Mom book with my co-authors Natania Barron, Corrina Lawson, and Jenny Williams is that we each have our own spin on what it's like to be a geek. In the past few weeks, three of us have gotten a chance to talk about being a GeekMom, and it's interesting to see how each interview focuses on a different aspect of the geek universe.

For myself, I had a great time last week speaking with Elizabeth Floyd Mair of the Times Union of Albany, New York (a paper I sometimes write for) about how even English majors like me can feel confident introducing their kids to the wonder of math and science. The story appeared in anticipation of my upcoming appearance at the Barnes & Noble in Saratoga Springs, New York on Monday, January 21, when I'll be signing copies of both Geek Mom and Robotics – both full of science activities parents and kids will love.

Last Tuesday, Natania was a guest on The State of Things, a live program on WUNC, the public radio station in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She spoke with host Frank Stasio devoted to bringing the issues, personalities, and places of North Carolina to our listeners. Among the topics they discussed was why the role playing game world has traditionally been considered a male domain, and how that it changing.

And in December, Corrina spoke to Andrew Roiter, arts editor of the Bennington Banner in Vermont, her hometown paper growing up. She talked about how the GeekMom blog and the book both strive to tear down the "No Girls Allowed" sign from the halls of comic fandom. (Unfortunately, the story is no longer available on the site for free.)

Finally, we were all gratified to read a review by Joanna Brichetto in Book Page, a magazine available for free at many libraries. Brichetto really got to the heart of what GeekMom is all about:

Geek Mom could not be more timely. Ideas have become the main capital of our technologically oriented culture. So the best thing you can do for your children and their future success is to cultivate their minds — and the best way to do that is to empower their natural sense of curiosesity. This is the tremendous excitement of Geek Mom, a maternal breakthrough at once spiritual and pragmatic.

It's nice to know that reviewers as well as readers are starting to "get it." If you don't yet have a copy of Geek Mom: Projects, Tips, and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st-Century Families, it's available at bookstores and online retailers.