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  • Scary Book Tour? Wait!

    September 11, 2009

    • I was just interviewed by novelist & teacher Caroline Leavitt from her home on this rainy day in Massachusetts, and she shared her own horror story about how she once started her rather innocent book tour with a frightening encounter on-air.But wait!  The story has a happy ending.  I'll let her tell it, and share our conversation via her blog about how properly preparing for your book tour ...
  • Updates on the Peep Tour: Report from New York

    June 7, 2009

    • http://thepeepdiaries.com New York Reading: presented the book to a very kind and interested group at the McNally Jackson store in Manhattan. They gave me a coupon for a free book which I forgot to use. Hey New Yorkers: email me a great peep story or link and I’ll send ya a free book coupon. The great thing about McNally is that they do events in their cafe which is open not only to the rest ...
  • March 2009 Blog Tour

    March 12, 2009

    • I'm currently on a blog tour. Do they work? What the heck is a blog tour anyway?Follow my experiment at: http://tinyurl.com/cdcc7q
  • Does Touring Matter?

    September 14, 2008

    • I'm full of questions today. I'm on the road promoting 14. I had a great launch party and a separate signing at my local independent, Davis Kidd, where I was shocked to find I only knew 1/3 of the crowd. Progress! And then I left for Colorado. I did a signing at a Barnes & Noble in Lone Tree, Colorado and it went great. It was a meet and greet, not a signing with chairs, etc. I did a bunch ...