There is nothing like the Litquake Litcrawl…anywhere! And of course San Francisco delivers it up like only SF can�With heaps of vibrant literati ebullience. One night 150 authors in 26 venues…in the San Francisco Mission neighborhood I don’t have the exact quote, but someone from the San Francisco Chronicle last year said, “going from venue […]
» Read more...Month: October 2005
Frommer’s Favorite Travel Blogs
There’s nothing like getting kudos at the same time as all your friends! BootsnAll, WorldHum, Vagablogging, Gadling, and I all got props for our blogs….and I love that they put Rolf and me together. Nice. Hey Rolf, they called us smart, fun, travel experts! And they like our personal voice… So, you want some inside […]
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, The Drive
On the drive, about an hour out from Memphis… When I called my friend Hugh to tell him what I saw, he said with no surprise, “Welcome to the South, Hon!” Read on to see who was driving the truck!!! It gets better….
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, Milwaukee
Dear So and So, I can’t tear myself away from this lovely town. I’m sitting in a booth at Comet on Farwell Street. Jennifer, the event coordinator at Harry Schwartz Books recommended it. They provide “slow food” and drinks. I picked a part some bacon cakes and am about to order a plate of home […]
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, Chicago
Chicago is great. Period. I’ve been to Chicago the most of any other city in the U.S. (and the world, for that matter). I seriously considered moving here before I got set on the Vegas move. What you should know about Chicago is that they have the biggest and best travel store in the country. […]
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, Madison
Dear So and So, I am always pleased to find happy women running women’s bookstores that seem to be alive and well. They are never millionaires and they could always handle considerably more business, but it’s always refreshing to find ones that are not down and out. A Room of One’s Own is far from […]
» Read more...Monday Market Leads
Here are a few job and contest leads I found while working away on the web today that I though WR readers might take interest in: 1) Geist Literary Postcard Contest: This Canadian culture quarterly is not specifically looking for travel writing, but I though the 500-word limit (fiction or non-fiction) on a postcard concept […]
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, Dude, Pimp My Ride
If only the West Coast Customs boyz had been here. But they weren’t, so I did the best I could. And yes, it works! People stop me, wave at me, honk, and cheer. It just goes to show you, there’s more than one way to skin a book tour! Back view of the limo! Side […]
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, Indiana University
Since Big Hat Books in Indiana was a bust, I decided to grab the grass and the roots and make some hey hey hey! We can’t waste the time and money it takes to send me out here, so I figured the university kids might like to see a little Thong. Here is one of […]
» Read more...Lonely Planet Guide to Travel Writing
There have been a few people writing me and asking me to either send them, or post on Written Road, what I would’ve said at the travel writing class I was going to teach at the Savvy Traveller. Unfortunately, it’s terribly time consuming to write down what I would be gabbing off the cuff about […]
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