Some of you may know that I've been talking about doing a book proposal, and a book, of my love blunders. I even snuck it into a post a few weeks ago. Until I can think of something better, it’s going to be called How Not to Catch a Man. I’ve been talking about this […]
» Read more...Month: October 2004
Thai Sand in My Bra
Guess what Travelers’ Tales got in last week? The Thai translation of Sand in My Bra! I had no idea that someone had approached us for this, but it looks pretty cool. Now we’ve got one in Dutch and Thai. Here it is…
» Read more...Where Poker Meets Writing
I've read bits of The Tao of Poker before, but I liked what he revealed today about his writing life. (Monday, October 18, 2004) “I’m missing out on a $100 buy in NL tournament at the Blue Parrot tonight hosted by Signor Ferrari. I can’t miss the Yankees game, man. I’m willing to sacrifice poker […]
» Read more...My Latest Publicity Stunt
I'm at Travelers’ Tales today going through our media database and sending off radio pitches. I must be hungry for brownies and ice cream or something because I just took my PR crazyness to a new level. Women’s Entertainment 200 Jericho Quadrangle Jericho, NY 11753 ATTN: Janitor(ess) FOR DELIVERY TO THE LADIES RESTROOM NEAREST THE […]
» Read more...Panties Panties Panties!
Oh man, these are great. Check out the latest entries that came in last week! You won’t want to miss “Travelers’ Utili-Panties” and “Sharon Stone’s Panties in Basic Instinct” and the “Smart Ass Travelin Pants”. Last year I tried on “The Winning Bra!”, so we’ll have to see if I can figure out a way […]
» Read more...Helfpul Advice and Links for Columnists
If you are interested in getting your column syndicated, check this out. What a nice guy for writing all that up! Getting one’s newspaper column into syndication Thanks!
» Read more...Travel + Leisure Writer/Photographer Guidelines
Go for it! Guidelines for submitting to Travel + Leisure I liked this bit…. “Please note that a place is not an idea, and that editors are looking for a compelling reason to assign an article: a specific angle, news that makes the subject fresh, a writer’s enthusiasm for and familiarity with the topic.” In […]
» Read more...Sunday Travel Bits
Here are some things that were of interest to me today. Steve Keenan, Deputy Travel Edtior for the TIMES in the UK had this to say about armchair travel and the ever expanding amount of travel websites. It was an interesting take considering he was introducing a weather website for the UK (Metcheck.com). “Talking about […]
» Read more...Litsqueeeak, I mean Litquake
Another occassion of low expectations turning out pretty dern all right. I had my 20th appearance for Whose Panties Are These? at the “The Wide World of Travel Writing” leg of the Litquake Pub Crawl. The line up was cool. Larry Habegger, Executive Editor of Travelers’ Tales, Michael Shapiro author of A Sense of Place, […]
» Read more...Rolf Potts: The Man, The Myth, the Hottie
So, here I am cruising around the country doing author events for my latest book. The way these events go, you talk about the book, you read from the book, you talk about the process of making the book, you talk about the process of getting yourself to the point of being the name on […]
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