There are few occasions when champagne is not important. If Jan Morris, Tim Cahill, Isabel Allende, and Jeff Greenwald are in the room ready to talk about their writing lives, it is one of them. As you…
Read more →Last night I was meeting with some writer friends. One of whom was Alison Wright . I haven't seen Ali in nearly a year. We got to see photos from her dream trip to Mount Kailash. But that feat was nothing…
Read more →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 →Last Minute Leo drove over to the business card print shop last night and found out that they were closed all weekend. So, who could I turn to in a hurry? FedEx Kinkos could have it done in time.…
Read more →I've already told you that Tim-the-writer, not Tim-the-Aussie, is coming to San Francisco. But he will also be in Portland for the Willamette Writers Conference this weekend. He's giving the keynote…
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Read more →So...there have been a few developments since I posted about the book release party for A Sense of Place at the Pan Pacific in San Francisco. ( "Inside to the Big Leaguers" ) First, Simon Winchester will…
Read more →Earlier this year I posted an interview with Editor Jeff Booth, "Writing for Student Traveler Magazine" . My story, "Eurailing 101" , just came out in their Summer issue . I'm happy to say first-hand that…
Read more →Rough Guides has released a new line of city guides called Directions . Here's a description from their press release. "DIRECTIONS are an original alternative for visitors on a short break, travellers in…
Read more →On the shelf: Sense of Place by Michael Shapiro Australia, Great Southern Land: a New History of Australia by Frank Welsh Googlewhack Adventure by Dave Gorman Article about author Paul Fussell Radio host…
Read more →Last night I met Andrew Dean Nystrom for the first time after months of sporadic emails and YM chat sessions. ADN is the author of several Lonely Planet guidebooks including my fave playground, Las Vegas…
Read more →Contrary to popular day-dreaming, not all work lands in your inbox pitch-free. Though, I wouldn't have known it the way my luck has been the past six months. Touch wood. So, I've started to think about…
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