Yesterday I got a $20 Criagslist rideshare from SF to LA from a very cool woman who is doing crazy amazing work as an assistant to biologist field researchers in Alaska. She picked me out of her many responses because I forgot to take my signature off my email and she found out I was […]
» Read more...Month: November 2004
Weekly Life/Travel Writing Stats
We have spent the past ten years dvd gearing our business towards regular dvd prints that come from Kodak and bag Fuji that are scanned and then playstation applied to photo products. Digital ps2 imaging and the Internet are transforming contact lens the company into becoming almost ionic breeze a dotcom type of company. We […]
» Read more...The Uglier Side of the Travel Writing Game
William Georgiades, I think I love you. And I don’t use that word liberally. But, ok, today I am. Maybe this compliment is better, I want to write like you. I say this soley based on your Media Bistro essay about your tragic, yet way too common, experience with the Conde Nast editor. Adventures in […]
» Read more...Contact leads for your UK Stories
UKInbound, formerly called The British Incoming Tour Operators Association (BITOA), represents more than 250 British tourism suppliers with 5,000 outlets across the U.K. They’ve got statistics reports and a member search function that gives you some names, should you need contact leads. Here is a link to their Tourism Board/Destinations link. When you click a […]
» Read more...Lucky #13
We're moving up the charts. Last week we were #14. This week, we’re #13 on the Southern California Booksellers Association bestseller list.(Nov. 7, 2004) Go Panties!
» Read more...A Sense of Place Book Tour Continues in Seattle with Rick Steves!
This is a guest post by Michael Shapiro. Grey skies and an election hangover didn’t dampen the mood at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Books on Thursday night as Euro-travel expert Rick Steves joined me (Michael Shapiro) to promote “A Sense of Place.” Steves, author of the Europe Through the Back Door guides, is one of eighteen […]
» Read more...Gadling.com
Check it. Gadling.com: an online magazine — about “engaged” travel Are you engaged? I am. Save the congrats, it’s not as often as I would like. Thanks for passing this over, John! Gotta love BoingBoing.com
» Read more...Contributors Push Our Panties!
Enormous thanks to Canadian contributors Michele Petersen and Colleen Friesen for their efforts in spreading the good Panties word at their Travel Media Showcase in Tucson. Check out their display. One woman approached them and introduced herself as the Brazilian wax job woman. Well ladies, that’s our very funny Cynthia Barnes. Lets give a special […]
» Read more...Blogging for Books every month
This is a pretty cool concept. Getting bloggers to write a piece based on a theme, posting it all the same week, and then the panelist choosing winners to get a free book. I was all set to do this yesterday till I started to feel a bit unwell. Today I’m fine, but I’m nearly […]
» Read more...Back to Back Book Deals: Get Your Stories & Tips In!
I'm thrilled to announce that I’m getting back to back book deals with Travelers’ Tales. Humor books are working and demand calls for doing them sooner rather than later. One will release Fall ’05 and the next Spring ’06. But in book time, that means that one is due yesterday and the next is due […]
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