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About This Book

"I'm preparing them to keep a sense of self when they can't define themselves by their work because the likeliest scenario is that (unlike doctors and lawyers and bankers) they will not want to."

—From Hand to Mouth p122 of 196

The strangest irony about Goths, and the reason why I wrote this book, is as follows:

Goths need clothing to indicate to the world who they are, but clothing costs money, and if they wear that type of clothing it could cost them their jobs. But not anymore!

NCIS and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo are examples of what Goths dream of when they dream—a world where people see as valuable contributors to their society, not ignored outcasts of the society, which contains their own family. I know of math teachers, administrative assistants, and government contractors that dream of being taken seriously as themselves by the people who make up much of their life, but they do not want to remove their sense of self to make that happen.

Section 1 of this book is about the why and Section 2 is about the how. I would recommend reading in order instead of skipping directly to the section that interests you.

This book has been five years in the making, and I hope you like it as much as I do.

The Audience for This Book

"Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.

At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their Personal Legend."

—Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Why I'm doing this is to give people a reason to live. I intend to write this book for people over the age of 30 who have experienced the type of fashion discrimination that has negatively affected them in their work life to a significant degree.

Peter B. Kyne wrote that “The go-getters of this world are under thirty years of age.” That means that those over thirty years of age tend toward cynicism because of the hand they believe life dealt them. It's too easy to figuratively die in your 30s, and that's why the mantra in the ‘60s and ‘70s used to be “Don't trust anyone over 30.”

I write to those Goths who have responsibilities: jobs, spouses, kids. I also write for those Goths who don't have jobs but also can’t continue living under their parents’ house. I am writing to the Goths who realize that they need to act like adults, but I am also writing to say that acting like an adult does not mean selling your soul.

Lavoce's Audience

•Edgy Urban Americans

•GLBTQ

•Goth

•Grunge

•Punk

•Skater

•Steampunk

•Those who march to the beat of their own drum