What's Being Talked About
Today, my recent piece in TIME , "The Google of Travel Searches?", made it to the #1 slot for "Most Emailed Stories". The top five are ranked on their home page half way down on the right. It was good to…
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The Seattle Post Intelligencer put out a recommended Summer reading list and a few travel lit books were mentioned. "Solar powered literature: Hot titles for reading and relaxing" By John Marshall Despite…
Read more →Dispelling the Dream
Thanks to Publishers Lunch , I read a good article this morning about the realities of publishing a first book. "Pile 'em high... then let 'em die" from The Independent. "'I want more than anything else…
Read more →Tim Cahill: Lost in My Own Backyard
Tim's new book, Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk Through Yellowstone National Park, is now available. I haven't read it yet, but I think it'll be a great addition to the Crown Journeys series. I might even…
Read more →Crafting the Personal Travel Story
It's not too late to get into Larry Habegger's class at Book Passage this weekend. Crafting the Personal Travel Story One day. Six hours. Top notch instruction. For those of you who write me and ask me…
Read more →InsideOut Party Next Week
I'm slammed. With the tour, with freelance assignments, with big huge projects I haven't touched since Europe, and most importantly - with being excited about taking two vacations and figuring out where I…
Read more →Great American Writing Road Trip Adventure
"a cross-country journey promoting the art of writing, with events in more than thirty independent and chain bookstores. You'll hear the advice of top writing instruction authors and experts covering all…
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…
Read more →BEA 2004: National Geographic Directions
One of the fun things about being at BEA is to see what's coming out next. The event is all about presenting the Fall books from publishers so that the booksellers can make their orders. Here's what's…
Read more →The New Yorker: Vacations from Hell
I bought The New Yorker Summer Fiction Issue yesterday. It had a section called "Vacations From Hell," and the main reason for getting it was to read Susan Orlean's story. She's an author I've always…
Read more →BEA 2004: A Different POV
Thanks to Andie for sending in this BEA commentary from author and blogger Douglas Rushkoff. I'll have to read more in to it to see if it was his first time. It sounds like it was the way he reacted to…
Read more →BEA 2004: What, no stunts?
This year's publicists have disapointed me. The bathrooms are clean and free of postcards and bookmarks. I haven't seen any crazy booths. I only saw two big PR stunts. One, entailed numerous people in…
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