Travelers' Tales

An Overview Tour at BEA

Date: May 29th, 2003 |

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]

I Stand Corrected

Date: April 21st, 2003 |

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Hey Everybody, I'm glad that you got something out of the recent post, “Last Call for Hyenas.” Larry corrected me this weekend and said I was jumping the gun. They had told me the last time I was down that I had to get my story in within a few weeks, and it's been that [read more]

TT is for Total Teamwork

Date: April 10th, 2003 |

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Yesterday I got an email from a leading women's tour company and put together a sales pitch letter that I've had on the way back burner. You know, the back burner at your neighbor's house. But this time I didn't hesitate and cranked it out in about ten minutes before I had a chance to [read more]

Namebuilding — Covering All the Bases

Date: February 5th, 2003 |

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I’m back at Travelers’ Tales after a great breakfast with James O’Reilly, our publisher. He’s been a mentor and friend for many years and continued to give me great advice this morning. In particular, how to maximize our PR efforts through Sand In My Bra. Not only will the promotion of the book help [read more]

James O’Reilly recommends M.F.K. Fisher

Date: November 18th, 2002 |

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James O’Reilly, publisher of Travelers’ Tales sent an email today to the TT staff, raving about M.F.K. Fisher. I thought I’d pass it on since there are several of you out there who email me asking how to improve your writing.
“Reading M.F.K. Fisher for Travelers’ Tales Provenceand DAMN is she good! I’d forgotten how [read more]

Travelers' Tales at BEA

Date: May 28th, 2003 |

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Travelers' Tales will be at booth #3756
Friday - Sun at the Book Expo of America.
Jen Leo will be signing free autographed copies of Sand in My Bra in the traditional autographing area in Kentia Hall (downstairs from the main hall) at Table #8 from 12:00 - 12:30pm on Saturday May 31. We only have 150 [read more]

Last Call for Hyenas

Date: April 19th, 2003 |

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Hyenas Laughed at Me And Now I Know Why is the next humor book for Travelers' Tales. While the guidelines page says that the call is still OPEN, it's right about to close. So, if you wanted to submit a story to it, and you think you’ve got a gutbuster, turn it in asap. As [read more]

Glory Days

Date: April 5th, 2003 |

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My childhood friend Heather and I used to talk about the Glory Days being when we were going out with our older rock-band boyfriends during high school. Then in college my friend Scott and I would sing Glory Days at the top of our lungs with the Boss on the stereo as we drove through [read more]

H e l l o Travelers’ Tales!

Date: February 4th, 2003 |

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I took the Greydog overnight from Eugene to San Francisco and it was as easy as it gets with both seats to myself and sleeping near the whole way. It’s pretty cool to roll into a town and know exactly which bus to catch to where you’re going. When I got to the Travelers’ Tales [read more]

New-Larry Habegger posts on Written Road

Date: July 17th, 2002 |

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Hi Everybody,
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve invited Larry Habegger to be a guest poster on the blog. He is the Exectutive Editor at Travelers’ Tales, and the co-author of World Travel Watch, a weekly syndicated column that has appeared in newspapers throughout the United States since 1985.
He will post sporadically when [read more]