Travelers' Tales

Making it All Work

Date: June 24th, 2003 |

I didn't know what to write about today. Hence the post at 3pm. This weekend I got a call back from a copywriting job I applied for in San Diego. They want to see my writing samples, which I’m sure I provided in the application as requested.
A dad-like friend asked me what I was [read more]

Sand Out the Door

Date: June 19th, 2003 |

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Good news from Susan at TT. She says that we're through with our initial print run of 10,000 and half way through our second run of 4,000. Plus, only 22 returns so far. This is a good start, and a great start for a small publisher. Let’s keep th [read more]

Reviews of Sand

Date: June 15th, 2003 |

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It's great to see and hear people talking about Sand in My Bra.
Susan called yesterday to let me know that the Chronicle ran a review of it and A Woman’s World in the Datebook section.
Two women discover Zen of globe-trotting
While I don’t agree with the author’s premise about the way men and women travel [read more]

Sand on the Booksense Bestseller List

Date: June 13th, 2003 |

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Bill Bryson, Paul Theroux, Calvin Trillin, Isabel Allende, Jennifer L. Leo in that order for spots 3-7 of the top bestselling travel literature books this past month!
What am I talking about? Sand in My Bra was #7 on a list of bestselling travel literature books as tallied by more than 400 independent [read more]

Getting Set Up at BEA

Date: May 30th, 2003 |

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Krista, Susan, and Alex had a fairly simple time setting up the booth today. Comparatively to the past few years anyway. They say it looks good, if anyone will get to see it. Yep, we got stuck in a far corner of the West Hall and apparently it's terrible for traffic. Two spots down from [read more]

Sand on the Shelves

Date: June 23rd, 2003 |

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I spent the weekend in Portland and got the opportunity to introduce some friends to Powell's Bookstore. We joked ahead of time that we only had an hour to browse. If any of you have been to Powell’s with their multileveled color coded rooms, you know that an hour is only enough time to look [read more]

Blitzing for Sand

Date: June 16th, 2003 |

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I'm hired! Travelers' Tales wants to make the most of this crucial launch period for Sand in My Bra, so they've offered me the opportunity to work full time out of their office for the first two weeks in July. I'll be working with Krista, and our new intern Ken, to maximize our pr [read more]

Sand at North Beach Festival

Date: June 14th, 2003 |

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Travelers’ Tales lovers Krista, Tara, Kathy, and Tanya are helping Larry Habegger with our annual appearance at the North Beach Festival in San Francisco.
It is fun and rewarding to connect with our regular fans as well as introduce the series to those who’ve never heard of us. I takes place in Northbeach on [read more]

Sand at Distant Lands

Date: June 10th, 2003 |

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Wow, what a great event! Louann from Distant Lands had stopped by the Travelers' Tales booth at BEA a few times to let us know how much they were looking forward to the event, and it showed. When I arrived they had a big frame around our Sand poster in the front window display. Then [read more]

An Overview Tour at BEA

Date: May 29th, 2003 |

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Since I've been blabbering so much about coming to BEA, and there are a handful of you that have taken action on this, I've decided to give an overview tour to help minimize the confusion before you make your way through the aisles. While I don’t know everything about BEA, this will be my 6th [read more]