Sand at IN-N-OUT
I'm not even going to try and tell you that I stopped at IN-N-OUT on the drive home to pass out Sand postcards. But I did stop. And I did pass out postcards. I stopped for an ice tea, and mostly out of…
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1321 postsWho Wants to Write a Guidebook?
Avalon Travel Publishing has a call out for submissions, and there's a ton of opportunity if you're interested in writing a guidebook. Proposal Guidelines with links to series submission guidelines. So,…
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Do they like you? Do they really like you? If you write it, they will come. RedPaper.com I'm interested in this. And I want more gutsy writers to know about it too. I want to know who's doing their PR and…
Read more →Don't Fall Asleep
As much as you can put yourself in the right place at the right time to network, like love, it'll happen when you least expect it. Yesterday I got a Craigslist rideshare down to Los Angeles to pick up the…
Read more →Sand On the Road
My head is swirling with numbers, calculations, shoestrings, and cheap wheeling luggage. The only thing I can do is give it to you in a list. 1) I'm taking Sand on a 7 week cross country tour. The…
Read more →The Six Sins of Self Publishing
Ken Volmer, author of The Wanderlust Survival Guide has just written The Six Sins of Self Publishing. It's chock full of great insider info. The kind that only mistakes can teach. If you are considering…
Read more →Lunch Break: A Publishing Life in Portland
Where are the "I love Google" bumper stickers? Krista and I are kicking ass over here in the TT office. Booking events for Sand right and left. I can vaguely remember a day in recent weeks when I've been…
Read more →The New Literary Lottery
If you're all about fiction and working on your first novel, you might want to see what Alex Williams has to say about getting published in, "The New Literary Lottery." I'm not sure if I will ever try…
Read more →Palm Digital Media
I'm intrigued by the ebooks on Palm Digital Media. I don't own a Palm, but I do wonder how many people out there are actually reading books on theirs. Looking at their titles, the first thing I thought of…
Read more →Writers, Don't Embarrass Yourselves
So, I'm sitting here at Travelers'Tales jamming away on setting up more events, and Krista called out to me about a submission that we just got in the mail. Not only were they pitching a novel, but nearly…
Read more →Thursday night event at Capitola Book Cafe
If anyone is going to be in the Bay Area this Thursday night, we will be having another author event for Sand in My Bra. Contributors Jennifer Colvin, Annalisa Valentine, Colette O'Connor, and I will be…
Read more →Fact, Quote, Anecdote: writing a story, building a career
I am a gambler. In life, and in the casino. At the tables, craps is my game. Last week I was able to spend an evening in Montreal's casino and added yet another story for my backburner gambling book. In…
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