Beach Party!
Everyone keeps asking me what sand in my bra feels like. I say, come try it for yourself! Travelers' Tales is hosting a beach party and bonfire to celebrate the release of: Sand in My Bra and Other…
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I'm working on my book proposal in an effort to have it done before BEA and I'll admit I'm stuck on the Overview. Title page, fairly easy. Marketing and promotion, piece of cake. Chapter by chapter…
Read more →Hot Summer Nights
Travelers' Tales is turning up the heat for Sand in My Bra this summer. We just got the budget ok to expand the tour to Denver and Chicago. Tattered Cover and The Savvy Traveller are two of the most…
Read more →What's On Your List?
Last night some friends and I were having a discussion about what we wanted from our spouses. Typical, I'm-30-now talk that included how many kids we wanted, etc. One married friend advised another single…
Read more →The Making of an Article
This weekend I was showing my friend Susan the sights around Eugene. We went to Coburg, a small community outside of Eugene just across the McKenzie river. The town of 996 is known for it's antique row,…
Read more →Sand at Mother Kali's in Eugene, OR
The one thing I was worried about, how I'd look, was no worry at all. It was fun getting ready with Susan Brady of TT. She put a few curls in my hair and I was good to go. The thing I wasn't worried…
Read more →Getting Ready for the First Event
Some people need to practice what they're going to say, but I'm more concerned with what kind of first impression I'm going to give. Most specifically, the visual kind. And with a humor book, I want to…
Read more →A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson is on tour this month. I saw him in San Francisco for his In a Sunburned Country tour, and needless to say you won't be disappointed by his events. Besides his sidesplitting anecdotes, Bryson…
Read more →Sand is Selling
Distant Lands reported to Travelers' Tales yesterday that they sold all eight of their copies of Sand in My Bra on the first day of the LA Times Festival of Books. DL usually sells our books there, and…
Read more →Submission call for travel writers and photographers
Are you going to Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, or St. Maarten? If the answer is yes, don't miss the chance to build your clip file. NIGHTS PUBLICATIONS INC. is looking for writers and by the sound of their…
Read more →Book Passage Newsletter
I haven't seen it yet, but James, Publisher of Travelers' Tales, just wrote to tell me "you're on the same page with Isabel Allende, in the same issue as Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bryson, Simon…
Read more →Grass Roots PR
How do you get people to find out about your event? Besides industry event listings, local paper calendar sections, alumni magazines, online community boards and list groups, there is a little something…
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