The one thing I was worried about, how I'd look, was no worry at all. It was fun getting ready with Susan Brady of TT. She put a few curls in my hair and I was good to go. The thing I wasn't worried about, what I'd say, was true to course. I had been […]
» Read more...Month: May 2003
Getting Ready for the First Event
Some people need to practice what they're going to say, but I'm more concerned with what kind of first impression I'm going to give. Most specifically, the visual kind. And with a humor book, I want to look extra fun. So, here's a glimpse at my preparations. Monday: I got my hair cut. Layers. Instead […]
» Read more...A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson is on tour this month. I saw him in San Francisco for his In a Sunburned Country tour, and needless to say you won't be disappointed by his events. Besides his sidesplitting anecdotes, Bryson has the best autograph I've collected yet. He signs each book carefully, and with a good well inked pen. […]
» Read more...Sand is Selling
Distant Lands reported to Travelers' Tales yesterday that they sold all eight of their copies of Sand in My Bra on the first day of the LA Times Festival of Books. DL usually sells our books there, and with over 70 titles, they obviously can’t display them all. So they do a sampling of a […]
» Read more...$10.75
Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures is available on Half.com for only $10.75 through booksxpress. Ships in 24 hours. Just thought you might want to know with Mother's Day coming up. I love the seller's comments, “BRAND NEW.”
» Read more...Submission call for travel writers and photographers
Are you going to Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, or St. Maarten? If the answer is yes, don't miss the chance to build your clip file. NIGHTS PUBLICATIONS INC. is looking for writers and by the sound of their guidelines, this would be a fun assignment. Submission guidelines are attached.
» Read more...Wild Writing Women – May 7 Salon
Don't miss San Francisco Chronicle Travel Editor Christine Delsol tomorrow night at the Monticello Inn. The literary salons, hosted by the Wild Writing Women every first Wednesday of the month in San Francisco, are considerably fun and quite the networking scene. The event starts at 5:30, visit WildWritingWomen.com for more details
» Read more...Book Passage Newsletter
I haven't seen it yet, but James, Publisher of Travelers' Tales, just wrote to tell me “you're on the same page with Isabel Allende, in the same issue as Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bryson, Simon Winchester, Jacques Pepin, Jonathan Schell, Dick Morris, Patricia Unterman, Calvin Trillin and many others!” That's tall and respected company to sit […]
» Read more...Grass Roots PR
How do you get people to find out about your event? Besides industry event listings, local paper calendar sections, alumni magazines, online community boards and list groups, there is a little something called grass roots PR. That can be anything from handing out flyers to reading your book (or pretending to be reading your book) […]
» Read more...BEA Alert
Three and a half more weeks till Book Expo America. That means it's time to get the draft of your proposal finished and looked over by your favorite editors. More importantly it's time to shine up your most stand-up-all-day-at-the-convention shoes. Or in my case, go buy some. Between the two plus promo for Sand In […]
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