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 of Journalism. You might’ve seen my previous post about it. To apply you needed to turn in 5 published clips, 2 letters of rec, a query letter […]
» Read more...Month: February 2003
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I just got off the CalTrain and the one thing I like about not having a car is that I can indulge in spending a generous amount of time mapping out my projects/todo lists/story ideas at Mach 5 while I’m forced to sit. This morning while enroute to Travelers’ Tales I spent nearly all of […]
» Read more...Namebuilding — Covering All the Bases
I’m back at Travelers’ Tales after a great breakfast with James O’Reilly, our publisher. He’s been a mentor and friend for many years and continued to give me great advice this morning. In particular, how to maximize our PR efforts through Sand In My Bra. Not only will the promotion of the book help my […]
» Read more...H e l l o Travelers’ Tales!
I took the Greydog overnight from Eugene to San Francisco and it was as easy as it gets with both seats to myself and sleeping near the whole way. It’s pretty cool to roll into a town and know exactly which bus to catch to where you’re going. When I got to the Travelers’ Tales […]
» Read more...Cranking Up the PR Machine
I’m headed down to San Francisco for a week. I’ll be at Travelers’ Tales every day working on kick starting the PR wheels for Sand In My Bra. I’m confident that between Krista and myself, we should be able to meet my high standards of expectations. Main thing is just push push push. I turned […]
» Read more...Getting Ready for Everything
Things are really coming together in the name building department this year. Sand In My Bra releases with Travelers’ Tales in April. WrittenRoad.com is launching this spring on the Bootsnall Travel Network. If those weren’t exciting enough, I’m pushing for more. But with all the little sidegigs I’ve got going on, focus is often difficult […]
» Read more...The Rolf Potts on Tour: Portland
You know how you can tell a lot about a person by who their spouse is? Whether you’re married or not, the person who stands by your side reflects on you. It’s the same with friends. It didn’t take long for Chris and I to realize that Rolf kept good company. They met us for […]
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