Market Leads, Resources for Writers, Travelers' Tales 0 comments on Solas Awards deadline just around the corner – September 21

Solas Awards deadline just around the corner – September 21

After a three day weekend — two of which I didn’t even check my email — it’s a little difficult to get back into the swing of things. Plus Labor Day is always an annoying indicator that summer is almost over. But fortunately the end of summer means the coming of fall and you know […]

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Events, News, Resources for Writers, Travel Books, Travelers' Tales 0 comments on SF Bay Area: Traveler’s Tales Events

SF Bay Area: Traveler’s Tales Events

It’s Easter, and between eating chocolate eggs and watching it pour outside, nothing much has happened. No writing, no travelling, no nothing. So while I’m enjoying Madrid, some good cinema and my sofa, thought I’d give those living in San Francisco Bay Area a heads up on the Traveler’s Tales (TT) events happening there soon: […]

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Authors, Travel Books, Travelers' Tales 0 comments on A Sense of Place Book Tour Continues in Seattle with Rick Steves! 

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 […]

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A Writer's Life, Market Leads, Personal, Travelers' Tales 6 comments on Back to Back Book Deals: Get Your Stories & Tips In!

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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