Someday I'm going to be in the kitchen of my future home, exhausted over the antics of my someday kids, and wishing that I could have three days let alone three weeks to just drive off in the car. Book tour or otherwise. But I can’t relate to that right now. This weekend I sat […]
» Read more...Month: October 2003
Readerville.com
Big thanks to Jennifer Colvin for passing along the New York Times article on Readerville.com With Friends Like These, Who Needs Book Agents? Can we say, WOW. Yes, let’s all say it together—WOW. Ten bucks says Kevin Smokler already blogged about it. Where’s my sugar daddy? Isn’t it obvious that between book promotion, blogging, and […]
» Read more...Sand at the Savvy Traveller
I finally got to THE Savvy Traveller. This is the best travel store in the country and I've looked up to them since I first heard about them in my early years at Travelers' Tales. I tried to tell this to owners Sandye and Iris, but I think they thought I was blowing smoke. I […]
» Read more...Look Who’s Jumping on the Bandwagon
I just did a Google search for Sand in My Bra and found new sites that are helping us promote the book. North Shore libraries in New Zealand…I think I should go do an event there. Thanks to Sue Richards, The Breast Site has a blurb for us on the underwire bra page. I saw […]
» Read more...How to Road Trip
Leslie Harpold of The Morning News had this to say about the very same thing that I’m doing now. Sort of. How to Road Trip I found it on Kottke.org. My favorite part was called, “Don’t Corner Rats.” It’s a fact when rats are cornered, they attack. Stuck in a car for days on end […]
» Read more...I Should’ve Known
I had a feeling this morning that I shouldn't be going to the event today at the Grailville Art Center. It wasn’t a stong feeling, just one of concern. So I called. The coordinator sounded like he had forgotten about me and hadn’t put any signs up. They run a conference center and he’d asked […]
» Read more...RoadandTravel.com
I spoke with Courtney Caldwell of American Woman Road and Travel and found out that they are definitely looking for writing. I knew of their website, but had also found them on Transitions Abroad under a travel club listing. This is not the case. They are not a travel club. They stopped their print magazine […]
» Read more...Travel Writing 101
Gary Crucefix, a founding editor at Fiction House, gives a good simple overview to Travel Writing on Suite101.com. Note all the links embedded in the article. At the bottom of the piece is a link to Part II. That one will take you to more resources. Travel Writing 101
» Read more...Sand and the First Lady
When I got to the National Bookfest on the mall in DC, I noticed a camera crew around a small mass of people. Then I saw the body guards. But they just weren’t any bodyguards. I dropped my load, grabbed a book and ran over to the crowd. It was like slaloming through a redwood […]
» Read more...A Day of Looks
Nashville, TN to Roanoke, VA was a gorgeous drive. I was pretty tired, but couldn’t get enough of the red barns and rolling green country side. I’ll spare you the cliche adjectives, but it was a pleasant ride. The bramobile got lots of looks, too. And so did I. 1)My first honk was from a […]
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