There's a great thread on Media Bistro from earlier this year about breaking into NGT. Someone who had an intern there gives the inside scoop. Media Bistro Bulletin Board: Topic: National Geographic "I…
Read more →I'm in Portland, Oregon with Andrea and Dale. You might know Andrea from Andrea Johnson Photography . She won the 2003 Photo Award at the Book Passage Travel Writer's Conference. Anyway, she and I were…
Read more →The Panties tour goes to Portland, Oregon. There wasn't a large amphitheatre, blinding lights, or thousands of fans screaming my name, but the Portland crowd at 23rd Avenue Books came to have a good time…
Read more →The drive up to Ashland was easy. I've done it several times before and mostly knew how far away I was. But I did push it. I had stayed at home until 1:30pm and got to town in just enough time before the…
Read more →Oh my gosh you ladies are funny! Susan masterminded this hilarious promotional stunt, and it's a crack up. Decorated panties are coming in to the office and we've got them up on WhosePanties.com. Check…
Read more →Well, I'll admit that this tour came up so fast I still haven't told everyone and am annoying people right and left as I call at the last minute to tell them that I'm coming to town. As Jack Nicholson…
Read more →I loved kicking off the tour at Easy Going though it was not without a rocky start. GraceAnn Walden was unable to make it, and I had been stuck on a runway in Vegas all afternoon not knowing when I'd get…
Read more →"'Bookstore Tourism' How-To Creates Travel Niche for Booklovers, Supports Independent Booksellers" Oh good grief. Like I have time to read this book. Like I can afford not to read it? Flip a coin. I had a…
Read more →Yesterday I was at Staples trying to make color copies of clips including those from TIME, Student Traveler, and STA's Break . But the people at the copy desk wouldn't let me because of copyright laws.…
Read more →Come on out to an event for Whose Panties Are These?! the laugh-out-loud sequel to Sand in My Bra . Events start this week in the Bay Area, and will continue through October in more than 20 locations.…
Read more →Lots to report on: BookTV's taping of the A Sense of Place event at the Pan Pacific Hotel will air Saturday, September 4th, 2004. 9:10pm EST Public Lives: A Biography of Books Rolf Potts included me as…
Read more →I've been good about not whining these past two weeks. My computer had a freak water accident in which it was submerged in dirty water for about fifteen minutes. It was not ON when this happened. It has…
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