Direction by determination
I've taken it light this week to try and get myself set up in Eugene, OR. A few days ago I had a birthday, and it reminded me of something I used to tell myself. When I was living in Tahoe the winter…
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1321 postsGetting BootsnAll a People's Voice Award from the Webby's
The Webby Awards are about to announce their 2002 winners and they are currently accepting votes for the People's Voice Award. As you can see from my links, I'm a World Hum fan and I tell plenty of people…
Read more →Working for free
Richard Sterling, editor of Travelers' Tales Food, and The Adventure of Food among others, and author of many Lonely Planet World Food Guides, including Hong Kong, Vietnam, Spain, and Greece, asked me to…
Read more →Focusing Retreat...I think
Have you ever been anywhere or met anyone where everything felt and fit right? It's happened to me only a few times in my adult life. For those of you that know me well, you're quite aware that it…
Read more →"On the Road Less Traveled with Jen Leo"
I've been holding out on you. I've been offered the position of hosting a radio show on the women's channel for Sirius Satellite Radio. It'll be a weekly hour long program called "On the Road Less…
Read more →Stories of World Travel event @ Easy Going
The event went well enough, but our expectations have risen to a high level rather quickly. At 40 people in the room, it didn't have near the attendance or book sales as the previous year, but Audrey,…
Read more →"The Art of Writing Travel Literature"
Tonight, the Wild Writing Women have an event at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore. I'll be mediating the panel discussion following the readings, and just threw together a few topics that we could…
Read more →BEA 2002: small publishers v. bigger publishers
It is interesting that when authors are touting their books for publication, they often look to the big houses first because that's where the money is. Now of course I'm generalizing, but I think you can…
Read more →Submission Call for humor stories! Paying $$!!
Yes, I still have a long way to go before I finish updating Book Expo America 2002 in NYC, but Jacqueline sent this to the Wild Writing Women today, and I couldn't resist passing it on... Smithsonian…
Read more →The Art of Shmoozing
Everybody has a different style of meeting people. Important people. The kind of people you wouldn't normally go up and meet, except for the fact that in this one cocktail party instance, they can help…
Read more →David Sedaris...a laugh every ten words!
Two nights before I left for BEA, I was invited to go see David Sedaris in one of the Cal Performances at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall. Also on the ticket for the evening were Sarah Vowell and David Rakoff.…
Read more →I need my Centrum! & Blogging in the media
One-a-day vitamins, the birth control pill, apples - I just can't be bothered with anything besides eating that requires my daily attention. I'm hoping I can grow out of it as someday pets and children will…
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