Felicia Day is a professional actress who has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including Supernatural, The Magicians, and Mystery Science Theatre 3000. However, Felicia is best known for her work in the web video world, behind and in front of the camera. She co-starred in Joss Whedon's Internet musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, which won an Emmy in 2009. She also created and starred in the seminal web series The Guild. In 2012, Felicia created a production company called Geek & Sundry that pioneered content on YouTube, Twitch and other platforms. It was sold to Legendary Entertainment in 2015. Since writing her New York Times bestselling memoir You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) in 2016, Felicia has continued to work on her own creative projects as a producer, writer, and actor. Most recently she is working as a producer with Freeform on Woman World, an animated TV show based on the award-winning graphic novel.
"A creativity guide that positively vibrates with [Day's] bubbly
comedic sensibility. . . . She writes, 'Playfulness is the root of
all creation.' Her book delights in manifesting that idea."
--BookPage
"An empathetic read in dealing with anxiety, fear of failure, and
constructive (or not so constructive) criticism. (Entrepreneurs,
startup founders, young professionals, and creative professionals
would be wise to pick this book up.)"
--Fortune
Praise for You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): "Felicia is
a lot of fun, and so is her book."
--George R.R. Martin
"You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is exactly like
Felicia herself: intriguing, funny, vulnerable, and uniquely cool.
If you've ever been awkward, ever doubted yourself, ever
second-guessed who you are, this book is for you. Reading it is
like having the quirkiest, most hilarious, most brilliant person
you've ever met grab you by the shirtfront and say, 'HEY. IT'S OKAY
TO BE YOU.'"
--Deanna Raybourn, Rita Award-winning author of The Dark
Enquiry
"You're Never Weird on the Internet is fun, hilarious, and
impossible to put down. Reading it is like getting a mega-shot of
courage -- to be exactly who you are and no one else, to pursue
your dreams fearlessly, to embrace your weirdness and wield it like
a superpower. If you want to live a life true to yourself and not
what others expect of you, you won't find better inspiration than
Felicia Day. If you're not one of Felicia's millions of fans yet --
you will be."
--Jane McGonigal, author of Superbetter and Reality is Broken
"[An] inspirational comic memoir . . . to set alongside Tina Fey's
Bossypants, Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone
Hanging Out Without Me?, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl and
Sarah Silverman's The Bedwetter. Young people of both sexes and
every gender should find much to empower them. (Older people, too,
for that matter.)"
--Los Angeles Times
"A super (and superquirky) memoir."
--Booklist
"An illuminating, frank look at the commercial realities,
injustices and insecurities that everyone trying to earn a living
online must confront. . . . Day's unflinching look at the traps she
fell into as a 'success' are a welcome addition to the canon of
'how I made it' stories, and a reminder that we live our own
blooper reels and experience other people's highlight reels. . . .
It's a must-read."
--BoingBoing
"At last, You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) reveals the
secret origin story of everyone's favorite geek super heroine!
Felicia Day's memoir is honest, hopeful, and hysterical. It's the
story of a girl who grew up lost and lonely--then became a
self-made internet rock star. Reading it will make you feel like
you can take on the whole Empire yourself."
--Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One
"Charming and funny."
--Marie Claire
"Day writes charmingly. . . . [She] is delightfully good company
and has an interesting story to tell."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Day's writing is warm and charming. Fans of her work will gobble
this up, but anyone who has ever despaired of finding their
passions would benefit from a read as well."
--Library Journal
"Everything Felicia creates seems to succeed. This book should be
no different. It's a great read--far from 'horrible' and worth
every 'Penny.' See what I did there? It's a play on . . . never
mind."
--Neil Patrick Harris, author of Choose Your Own Autobiography and
Day's costar in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
"Felicia Day gives us an achingly funny, honest, open look at being
'situationally famous, ' (I love that phrase), plus the vital art
of finding your creative joy, and weathering the storms that
follow. It's a wonderful book. Buy it before I grab all the
copies."
--Rachel Caine, author of The Morganville Vampires
"I came for the delightful snark, I stayed for the disarming
frankness and the hard-won insights about the Internet -- Felicia
Day uses the Internet to distribute entertainment, but she
understands that it's really there to be the nervous system of the
twenty-first century."
--Cory Doctorow, co-editor of Boing Boing and author of Little
Brother
"Math nerd defies physics! Felicia Day, who is woven from
moonbeams, has written a book that seems lighter than air, but that
ends up punching you firmly in the emotions. Felicia lays out a
hilarious tale of how her unique upbringing, eclectic skill set,
and killer work ethic led to The Guild, one of the pioneering works
of online creativity. In the process, she pulls you inside her
delicate skull, so that the final moving chapters aren't as much
read as they are experienced. An excellent book."
--Jane Espenson, writer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Once Upon a
Time, and Husbands
"Quirky, uplifting and full of stories about embracing your inner
nerd. Day has proven herself to be as talented in front of the
camera as she is behind it. It's evident that she's a brilliant
businesswoman whose avatar has secured a residence in digital media
past, present and future."
--Associated Press
"Reading Felicia Day's memoir is like going on a road trip with an
old friend you never knew you had. This is the perfect book to
prove you aren't the only misfit in the world, and to remind you
that that's a very good thing."
--Jenny Lawson, author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened
"Relentlessly funny and surprisingly inspirational to anyone who
grew up a geek and continually doubts themselves to this day.
That's a pretty wide audience, if I had to guess. . . . Day's fans
will obviously like the memoir, but it has more than niche appeal.
It's not meant to be a self-help book, but I found that's the
effect it had on me all the same."
--Forbes.com
"Smart, brave, emotionally raw, and hysterically funny. This is one
of the best books ever written about what it's like to be a human
being on the Internet."
--Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians
"Smart, funny, endearing, nerdy, and maybe also a little bit
brave--in other words, very much like its author."
--John Scalzi, Hugo Award-winning author of Redshirts
"Throughout the entire book, Day offers up all kinds of amazing
life advice that will truly impact others, especially young girls,
women, those who don't feel accepted, and those who are struggling
in life."
--Bustle
"Whether you nerd out on video games, makeup, or musical theater,
you'll find it an entertaining source of personal inspiration."
--Refinery29
"Written in her engaging and often hilarious voice, it's just
downright fun to read."
--USA Today (3.5 out of 4 stars)
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