The Thong Also Rises

And Now for a Good Review

Date: January 20th, 2006 |

The other day we had talked about getting a bad review. Today there is a good review. See how it works? It all just is what it is. This is from Inside Bay Area.
“The Thong Also Rises” (Travelers’ Tales, $14.95) edited by Jennifer L. Leo is the third in her series of humorous travel anthologies. [read more]

I Just Joined Amazon Connect

Date: January 9th, 2006 |

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Amazon has a new program called Amazon Connect that lets authors interact with their fans/book buyers.
It says that it’s only open to a select group of authors to launch the program, but I signed up and was verified immediately without any delay.
If you are an author who has a book for sale on [read more]

Radio Promotion for The Thong Also Rises

Date: November 22nd, 2005 |

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Radio promotion has begun. We hired Event Management for both a radio and print campaign. After some 5:00 a.m. misuderstandings yesterday, I started today. The station was going to give me a wake up call, but after missing one yesterday I woke up before my 5:30 alarm. In fact, I think I did one of [read more]

The Book Tour Diaries, Seattle

Date: October 25th, 2005 |

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I’ve been to Seattle several times, mostly for tour. But today she’s really shining. Last night I was a bit sad to leave my new home and had to mentally gear up for all the energy it would take to make this week of events fly. But this morning I woke up in a pretty [read more]

Dutch Book Reviews

Date: October 17th, 2005 |

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The first book reviews for The Thong Also Rises are in!
Only….they’re in Dutch. I think….
My Google News Alert sent me to a BookCrossing link from Holland.
If any body can translate, please let me know if they liked it. I think someone might’ve—I saw a smiley face and some exclamati [read more]

I Obviously Need to “Evelate” My Level of Editing

Date: January 17th, 2006 |

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So, The Thong Also Rises got an awful review in the Ventura County Reporter.

“The Bar Should Be Raised for The Thong Also Rises”
I wish that Jen Leo, rather than choosing which stories to include the anthology, had actually edited the writing in the stories. That could have evelated this entertaining-but-forgettable book from a comparison [read more]

Catch Jen Leo on the Radio Airwaves Near You

Date: November 23rd, 2005 |

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Thanks everybody for your interest in hearing my foray into the airwaves. Here is the current schedule. We have a few more to line up, but I’ll just add it to this list and then update via the comment board. We’re doing this to promote the Leo Trio, and especially The Thong Also Rises, but [read more]

The Book Tour Diaries, Seattle

Date: November 4th, 2005 |

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The Seattle area remains one of my favorite areas for doing author events. There are so many indie bookstores within driving distance, and each has their own book loving staff. As you know, the tour has been more miss than hit, so I was crossing my fingers that Seattle would turn it around. And it [read more]

The Book Tour Diaries, Las Vegas

Date: October 22nd, 2005 |

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Dear So and So,
You know you’re on a book tour when it’s 8am and you say to yourself, I need a drink.
But realizing that a statement like that could be miscontrued into your whole fanbase thinking you have a drinking problem, you quickly revise (even though it’s an internal dialogue), and say…I need to [read more]

The Book Tour Diaries, The Drive

Date: October 13th, 2005 |

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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….

These guys gave me the peace sign, blew me some kisses, and took a picture [read more]