The flip side
Today I was on the other end of the story. Krista, the Senior Publicist at Travelers' Tales, got a call from a woman doing an article on solo women's travel for The New York Times. She had me give her a…
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1321 postsWWW March Literary Salon -- Larry Habegger
Don't miss Larry Habegger tonight at the Monticello Inn. The literary salons, hosted by the Wild Writing Women every first Wednesday of the month in San Francisco, are considerably fun and quite the…
Read more →First Step
If I'm not sitting in front of a movie, it's hard for me to keep still. So, on my two hour wait for a ride at the Sacramento Greyhound station, I started to put some talk into action with this book…
Read more →Non Fiction Book Proposal
This year I'd like to be more prepared for BEA. Which means showing up with my new and improved personal press kit and a book proposal. I put that humor one I've talked about before on the back burner but…
Read more →Laurie Nataro
Dammit, I missed a good author to have in Sand In My Bra! From her web site Laurie Notaro seems like an author that is right up my alley. Her site had me laughing and she's got great writing samples in…
Read more →Salon.com -- Old News?
This article is a week old, but if you haven't heard about it maybe you'd like to know about it. Salon.com might not last past this month. That saddens me. I don't read Salon so frequently that I would…
Read more →Don't Give Up
Today was an interesting day. Extremes. I'm working in a dive for some instant cash setting appointments for insurance reps and computer techs. By lunch I hadn't set any. Not too uncommon, but it meant…
Read more →WrittenRoad.com
Hey Everybody, thanks for your patience with the blog this week. Now you can see where the extra time has been put. What do you think? I'm so excited about the new look! We've been talking about moving…
Read more →Organizational Needs
I've recently realized I'm in need of a bible. Not the new & old testament kind, but a Jen Leo personalized don't-leave-home-without-it travel reference version. A collection of contacts from media and…
Read more →I Don't Want A Lonely Life
I first got the notion that Iwanted to be a writer when Iwas disgusted with PR from my internship with Eco Challenge at USC. Yep, *the* Eco Challenge that is now famous and the same one where handsome…
Read more →Two submission calls: Asia and America
Whether you're at home or abroad, there are current calls out for your stories. I've been keeping my eye on Inky Girl and often I find other writing opportunities stemming from the sites she's siting in…
Read more →5 Clips
Yesterday I put together my application for the "Minority Writers" scholarship to a summer magazine writing program at the Academy for Alternative Journalism with Northwestern University's Medill School…
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