We've just booked Distant Lands for Monday June 9 at 7:30 p.m. That'll give me a full week in SoCal after BEA. Distant Lands is a terrifc travel specialty book store in Pasadena, CA. I did an event there for A Woman's Path back in 2000. Reading for Sand In My Bra is going to […]
» Read more...Month: April 2003
AOL/Digital City Wants Freelancers
Do you want to write about Nightlife and Dining? AOL Local/Digital City is hiring freelancers. I had received an email about this a while back from Amy (an WR reader), but when I looked it was only one town. Now it seems they are asking for writers from all over. Cities advertised include: Balitimore, South […]
» Read more...Stamp It
I have a new toy. It is an “IDEAL 100” premium quality self-inking stamp machine. www.SandInMyBra.com now dispenses at the push of a palm. It's two inches across an in bold Universal font. I’ll stamp this SIMB.com URL on anything — ;books at book signings, bathroom walls, friends… Yes, the ink washes off skin quite […]
» Read more...When Ad Men Cry
Have you seen the most recent issue of Islands Magazine? If you haven't, you've gotta read the Letter from the Editor. I was laughing out loud. This should be prerequisite reading for all rookie travel writers. Then they can question their decision to pursue this seemingly glamorous career. “When Ad Men Cry” by Editor James […]
» Read more...TT is for Total Teamwork
Yesterday I got an email from a leading women's tour company and put together a sales pitch letter that I've had on the way back burner. You know, the back burner at your neighbor's house. But this time I didn't hesitate and cranked it out in about ten minutes before I had a chance to […]
» Read more...International Audience
At first glance, I have no idea what this language is, or what country this web site is from. But when I did a search for “Sand In My Bra” on the Copernic Agent super searcher, Bookpris.com was third to come up on the list. To show my ignorance I'll say that it is obviously […]
» Read more...SandInMyBra.com
Have you seen it? I've been linking to it, but I haven't announced it on my megaphone yet. SandInMyBra.com is the new companion web site to the book. It gives you info about Sand In My Bra, some of my favorite sample chapters, options to buy the book from TT, the Bra Blog which links […]
» Read more...Do You Wear Clothes?
Sand In My Bra is up on Amazon but not yet available. Which is fine with me. We have a three to four month window to make this book a seller, and I'm still catching up on a million pieces of correspondence and pitches before the official start date. But the funny thing about what’s […]
» Read more...Laptop or Bust
Friday I was looking at used laptops on eBay and Half.com but the only ones I can almost afford I’ve been advised against getting. Too old. So, I thought I’d go for sponsorship instead and called Sony. The last ten minutes at work on a Friday wasn’t enough time to talk to a live person. […]
» Read more...Free Content
We're moving forward with giving away free content to lifestyle/feature sections of newspapers. Well, nothing is free, is it? This is our way of trying to spread the word about Sand. My byline will blurb the book and SandInMyBra.com Today I researched low circulation newspapers sorted by DMAs so as not to overlap. (I’ll look […]
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