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We Miss Kelly Amabile

Date: March 1st, 2006 |

Another highlight of the New York Times Travel Show was getting to meet Kelly’s family. Kelly Amabile has been blogging on Written Road for just about a year now. She recently took a hiatus to do what all travel writers want and strive to do—travel! She quit her job, sold or packed up her belongings, [read more]

Book Proposal Time

Date: January 12th, 2006 |

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And the good news is that the agent I want is interested in my Girlfriend’s Guide to Dating a Poker Player. She’s asked me to write a book proposal with only one sample chapter in it and she already knows the perfect editor for it. She never takes books like this, but with poker [read more]

BootsnAll Year-End Travel Party in Portland

Date: November 29th, 2005 |

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Hey Everybody, I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be in Portland this weekend.
It’s time for the 3rd Annual BootsnAll Year-End Travel Party! This winter fiesta of adventureseekers keeps getting bigger and bigger. If there are any of you out there that are about to go on a trip, being [read more]

Determined to Write a Book

Date: October 20th, 2005 |

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Farbeit for me to start planning ahead. I don’t know what’s gotten into me. But I am turning into a planner. Seriously. I want everything planned out. It’s crazy.
And at the top of my list in this whole thinking ahead metamorphosis is that I want to write a book next year. True I’m [read more]

Are You Writing this Weekend?

Date: September 4th, 2005 |

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Labor Day weekend. Some of you have emailed me with notice of time allotted for writing this weekend. That makes me happy, and since we’re at the half way point, or just after, I thought I’d check in with you.
So…are you writing?
Or are you beaching, partying, wining and dining? Hopefully you’re not working like [read more]

Travel Laptop Cases for Valentine’s Day

Date: February 1st, 2006 |

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I want a cool laptop bag for Valentine’s Day.
I’d prefer to join up with a luggage company and design my own Jenopolis line of urban travel writer gear, but until then…I’m shopping. I love my Rick Steves backpack, but it’s not hip enough. Nor feminine. Nor professional. It’s just entirely functional, and that’s great, [read more]

Writing in Starbucks

Date: December 19th, 2005 |

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I’m such a sell out. It might be part of living in LA. I bought Xmas presents on Amazon this morning and now I’m at the Starbucks on Ventura Blvd. writing with a friend of mine. I’ve got screenwriters on each side of me, or did. There’s a new guy to my right and he’s [read more]

From Travel Publishing to Travel TV

Date: November 17th, 2005 |

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I’m on a pause for the Thong book tour, and working on the Jockstrap Table of Contents. We’re a bit behind schedule on that, but the book is shaping up to be really funny. And I’m not just saying that. Inviting men into the collection is a fun tangent and you’ll get to see some [read more]

JenLeoLIVE! - New Personal Blog

Date: September 22nd, 2005 |

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When I was at the BP Conference last month, I heard someone endorsing Written Road with a caveat. He said, “there’s a fair bit of poker stuff on there these days, but still a lot of great travel writing resources.”
That’s true. I’m dividing my life between the poker world, Vegas world, travel writing world, and [read more]

Not So Weekly Stats July 30

Date: July 30th, 2005 |

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Current Location: Detroit to LAX
Current Weather: who knows, cooler than Vegas
Current Reads:Vegas Trivia, and Avant Guide Las Vegas
Movies this week: Wedding Crashers X 2, Sahara, Fever Pitch, The Jacket, Beauty Shop
Months in Vegas since the move: 3.5
Days since I’ve been in Vegas: 10
Days until I’ll be in Vegas again: [read more]