Bright Lights, Big City
The Marsh event last night was a good time. A different kind of reading than any I've done before. It was held at a performance theatre in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. An intimate horseshoe…
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1321 postsCalling All Adventure Photographers
Hey Shutterbugs, National Geographic Adventurer is offering free photo critiques this month. (July, 2003) Though you are only allowed to submit one photo, it seems well worth it. The photo editors put…
Read more →Travel Writing at The Marsh
You aren't going to want to miss these great shows! Big thanks to Tanya Shaffer for setting up the womens' event. Travel writing has come to The Marsh in San Francisco. Two weeks of travel(mono)logues by…
Read more →Is Bill Bryson Having a Mood?
Last month I got to have margaritas with the World Hum men and their special ladies. It was a fine time where we talked about life and other writers more than the anticipated shop talk. That was so…
Read more →Sand at "Just for Laughs" in Canada
I'm having a high school moment. The one where I didn't read the book but got an "A" on the assigned essay. You know, when you don't study for the test, but pass with flying colors. That's how lucky we…
Read more →What Would You Like to See More of?
As soon as I got to the salon last night, Moon Handbooks writer Carl Parkes came up to tell me that he's been reading Written Road every day for a month. Maybe two. Carl has written six Moon books to Asia…
Read more →Nothing but Good News
Sand in My Bra was named the 2nd best selling book for June at Wide World Books & Maps in Seattle. Hey Frasierheads, lets keep it up for next month too! I'll be reading and signing books there Tuesday,…
Read more →Wild Writing Women Salon: July 2003
I'm back in town and will be at the Wild Writing Women salon tomorrow night at the Monticello Inn. Several of the wild ones will be there including Jacqueline Harmon Butler, Carla King, Lynn Ferrin, Lisa…
Read more →Sand Pics From Powell's
Last week I posted that I had been to Powell's in Portland and found copies of Sand in My Bra in the travel writing section. It's a big shelf, but I was able to turn the four copies to an optimal…
Read more →Why Write a Book?
There's a fascinating discussion about why people want to write a book at 2blowhards.com I've read the main post, but still need to go through all the comments to see what everyone else thinks. There's…
Read more →Hooked Magazine
Have you seen this cool outdoor magazine yet? Hooked On the Outdoors They are taking submissions from freelancers but make sure you pitch your articles six months in advance. Hooked editors like queries,…
Read more →Stephen King On Writing
I finished reading On Writing by Stephen King. I almost read it in one day, but because I loved it so much I savored the last quarter of the book bit by bit for more than week. I want to take different…
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