Everybody has a different style of meeting people. Important people. The kind of people you wouldn’t normally go up and meet, except for the fact that in this one cocktail party instance, they can help you. Help advance your career. Help publicize your book. Help you meet the person you really need to talk to. […]
» Read more...Month: May 2002
Book Expo America, NYC…getting there & the set up
The entry to New York City and checking in to our hotel was exhausting…three hours from the airport. The city is so large, enveloping, and the skyscrapers hide nearly all the sunlight from above. Our shuttle crept along inch by inch amid the traffic and I wondered which was more of a maze, the advertising […]
» Read more...David Sedaris…a laugh every ten words!
Two nights before I left for BEA, I was invited to go see David Sedaris in one of the Cal Performances at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. Also on the ticket for the evening were Sarah Vowell and David Rakoff. Who? I had no idea who the This American Life regulars were, but worse yet…I couldn’t say […]
» Read more...I need my Centrum! & Blogging in the media
One-a-day vitamins, the birth control pill, apples—I just can’t be bothered with anything besides eating that requires my daily attention. I’m hoping I can grow out of it as someday pets and children will enter the picture. Until then, I’ll have to take my punches with blogging and learn how to dedicate myself on a […]
» Read more...My first solo book contract…ask your worth, prove your worth.
I walked into Larry’s office and he closed the door. He smiled and kind of chuckled as he said he was ready to talk about “The Deal.” And then we got serious. He sighed. And then he made me an offer to edit the women’s humor book for Travelers’ Tales. I knew that I was […]
» Read more...The Wild Writing Women inspire the AAUW in Half Moon Bay
After reading about us in Paul McHugh’s article, They have pen, will travel,” in the Chronicle, Nancy Evans invited the Wild Writing Women down to Half Moon Bay to speak to the American Association of University Women. And boy did we have fun! Cathy, Carla, Linda, Lauren and myself read from Stories of World Travel […]
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