I’m sure a bunch of people have told you that you need a platform in order to sell a book. What’s platform? I like to think of it as a foundation of experience and readership. For example, someone who has a newspaper column and/or a radio show has a stronger platform than someone with a […]
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Radio Interviews
We put an ad in RTIR and the radio interest is starting to come in. Sometimes they can wait a week, sometimes they can barely wait 24 hours to get our undies on the air. I’m about to talk to KFYR in Bismark, ND and shortly after that I’ll be interviewed on CBC in Canada. […]
» Read more...Launching What Color is Your Jockstrap?
What Color is Your Jockstrap? is going to hit bookstore shelves this week. We’re ramping up the PR front, and have just launched the website. I’ve recently been studying book blogs, helping authors create their own, and tried my best on this one. The beauty of having a blog is that you can update it […]
» Read more...I’ve Always Wanted a Jockstrap for my Bday
Hello Summer! Tell me time is flying by for you, too. What Color is Your Jockstrap is hot off the press, literally. It came this weekend just in time for my 35th bday today. Two books in one year! That’s right, another humor book…and man oh man is this one funny. In fact, it’s pretty […]
» Read more...Interview in e-Marginalia
e-Marginalia interviewed Jen for their recent issue. She talks about her break at Travelers’ Tales, what makes a good story, and her new and future endeavors. But, my favorite part of the interview is when Jen talks about her love of writing, which is something we all as writers can relate to: Writing has been […]
» Read more...Donna Talarico’s Query-A-Day
What a cool writer! Sure, we all say we should start doing this, but Donna actually is. She’s making a concentrated effort to get more bylines. Her new blog, Query a Day: A Freelancer’s Quest for Publication, documents her daily efforts. She’s pitching Oprah Magazine, working on a children’s book, sent a submission toGAMES Magazine, […]
» Read more...Cody’s is Closing?
I just heard that Cody’s in Berkeley is closing. My distance from the Bay Area leaves me out of the loop sometimes. This is a famed indie bookstore, and the one where I met the ever-so-sexy Redmond O’Hanlon and got his book, Trawler, signed. Well, this article suggested it, but by looking at their website, […]
» Read more...Clean up day for me
I turned down a trip to Vegas today. I love Vegas, and since I can work from anywhere, a hotel room with high speed internet and a big soothing bath tub a few steps away always sounds good to me. Even for one night while the man takes his meetings. But no, too much to […]
» Read more...LA Times Book Fest Travel Panel
Leslie Berestein, Jim Benning, Elliott Hester, Don George, Me – Jen Leo Around the World in 60 Minutes: Travel Writing at the LA Times Book Fest, was one of the better panels I attended this weekend, and I’m not just saying that because it’s one of my favorite subjects. I was just as eager to […]
» Read more...From Writer to Housewife?
Got the boyfriend. Got a rented house. Got the new job as a housewife? Well, I’m not married yet, but I don’t know what else to call it when you inherit a second house-duties job because you’re the one that works at home. Have any of you ever suddenly got the job of errand girl, […]
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