New and edited stories have come in this past couple of weeks and I’ll be working on that this weekend to put our final manuscript together. One of the hardest parts is working with friends. It’s so much easier to send a rejection letter to a stranger than it is to tell a friend their […]
» Read more...Month: October 2002
Book Expo America May 28- June 1, 2003
Yesterday a reader wrote in asking about Book Expo America. I’ve been to at least three in Chicago, one in Los Angeles, and last year’s in New York. They are great, and if you are involved in publishing in anyway, or want to be, this is the place to be. I’ve always gone through the […]
» Read more...Letting Go
I’m in the process of cleaning up. The big house. Yesterday I let go of the radio stuff which had dwindled from an hour long weekly show, to interviews or spots on several shows. It’s just out of my focus right now and I chose to give it up. Some of my projects end next […]
» Read more...Sand in My Bra gets a great start!
This just in…a sales and marketing meeting with our distributor went very well today. There was strong interest from our sales reps for Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com. Susan Brady of Travelers’Tales did an excellent job of getting them excited about the book that we hope will be a winning combo of our two […]
» Read more...2002 Frankfurt book fair ends
TheBookseller.com did a wrap up of the enormous event. I used to want to go, but now I can think of better things to do. Still, I’d like to hear how it compares to the Book Expo of America — business and networking-wise. Besides the fact that it’s bigger, of course.
» Read more...Both sides of the media fence
Yesterday was a bit of a strange day for me in the publishing sense. I was at a meeting at BootsnAll for some event coordinating that I’m doing for them, when the guys suggested we connect their efforts to open an office in Bali with the current news tragedy. I thought that a press release […]
» Read more...Simultaneous Submissions
Q.The question is prompted by my starting to send off one article to a major newspaper, then realizing I hadn’t had it ruled out yet by another, already submitted. It can be up to 6-8 mo. to hear back from some publications and meanwhile the piece just sits. I know, only submit to those who […]
» Read more...Submission Tracker
One of the Written Road readers, Rabbit, pointed me towards the Submission Tracker at WritersMarket.com. All I can say is, now I have a new toy! For only $2.99 a month you can have access to their entire publishing database, AND have a full submission manager. I would still like to have the book, for […]
» Read more...job call for travel writers
I was recently reminded of a decent web resource for travel writers. Travelwriters.com A poster on my WorkforWriters listserve mentioned that their Market News has a listing of jobs for travel writers. Whether you’re interested in guidebook writing, freelance gigs on weekend getaways, or writing for online ezines, there’s a good sampling of options here.
» Read more...Blog Delay
Sorry for the delay the past few days folks. I’ve caught a cold and am also spending time volunteering at the BootsnAll booth at the University of Oregon Street Faire. Between the two I’m moving slower than normal. Will try and make up for it this weekend.
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