Perceptive Travel has released its latest issue, July/August. The ezine is published by World’s Cheapest Destinations author Tim Leffel and features the work of travel (and other) writers with at least one book in print. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, check it out. There’s a great piece by Bruce Northam, “Sobering […]
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Submission Call: More Sand in My Bra!
Hey all you crazy travelers, get writing! Yes, it’s true. We’re adding another title to this zany series of misadventures. But this time we’re going back to where it all began—Sand in My Bra. This title remains the most successful book in the series and is still one of the best sellers at Travelers’ Tales. […]
» Read more...I Just Joined Amazon Connect
Amazon has a new program called Amazon Connect that lets authors interact with their fans/book buyers. It says that it’s only open to a select group of authors to launch the program, but I signed up and was verified immediately without any delay. If you are an author who has a book for sale on […]
» Read more...Postcard from Laos
This just in from Leif Pettersen, a travel writer who has made money from market leads here on Written Road. “I found “Sand in My Bra” sitting in the book exchange in my guesthouse here in Luang Prabang, Laos. I’m super pumped. I gonna trade “Chasing Che” for it. From the looks of it, it’s […]
» Read more...Post a picture on Amazon with your review
I just saw on CNET that Amazon has a new feature where reviewers can post a pic with their words. “Amazon lets customers post photos” I checked out the page for Sand in My Bra but there weren’t any there. Then I thought I’d take a look to see if there were any reviews up […]
» Read more...Thai Sand in My Bra
Guess what Travelers’ Tales got in last week? The Thai translation of Sand in My Bra! I had no idea that someone had approached us for this, but it looks pretty cool. Now we’ve got one in Dutch and Thai. Here it is…
» Read more...Will Saddam Hussein Read Sand in My Bra?
World Hum has a hilarious post on their blog today about Saddam’s potential new hobby as an armchair traveller. Jim suggested a few books for him to open while he’s biding his time, and Sand in My Bra made the cut. I’m still laughing because I had the immediate thought of sending in a copy […]
» Read more...Distant Lands 2003 Book of the Year
WOW. Huge thanks, Distant Lands! Sand in My Bra was just named 2003 Book of the Year from Distant Lands in Pasadena. This came as quite a surprise. I had just said hello to Adrian, one of the Distant Lands owners at the ITSA Party in Chicago and he hadn’t mentioned it. I don’t know […]
» Read more...The Curse of the Singles Table: A True Story of 1001 Nights Without Sex
Suzanne Schlosberg, a contributor to Sand in My Bra, is going on tour with her new book: THE CURSE of the SINGLES TABLE A True Story of 1001 Nights Without Sex She begins her book tour next week and will be reading in New York City, Washington D.C., Dallas, Los Angeles, Portland, and San Francisco […]
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