book launch
November 16, 2009
- I am soooooo sorry! I know I said we'd announce the winner of the Bodacious Book Contest. However, the entries were so great that the judges are still deliberating. Soon! Soon! We will crown our winner soon!!!In the meantime, recently Peepy and I were lucky enough to see our friend David Levithan at Vroman's.David, who is also VP/Editorial Director at Scholastic, was on tour for his ...
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October 13, 2009
- Daughter Am I, my young woman/old gangster coming-of-age adventure will be released by Second Wind Publishing on October 15, 1009, and you are invited to the cyber book launch party! Please stop by Bertram’s Blog any time on Thursday for fun, puzzles, games, even a free download!Daughter Am I: When twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered ...
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September 14, 2009
- Polonious said that to Laertes, but these words might also come from a bookseller, or a new author trying to launch a career.
Every author I know has smiled publicly but cringed inside to hear: "I love your book so much I'm going to pass it around to every person in my family!" And part of you dies a little calculating the royalties that won't go toward paying off that advance when the book ...
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July 17, 2009
- “Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.” Right before I was about to go on the air on Thursday, June 25, my email box filled with messages letting me know that a colleague had died, Farrah Fawcett. During the radio broadcast I offered a short tribute to a woman whose dazzling smile, fresh face, and mane of blonde locks captured the hearts of ...
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June 30, 2009
- Like a ship being committed to the water, The Ghosts of Eden was launched at the end of May. This being my first launch I had searched the internet for ‘How to run a book launch’. This netted a heartbreaking and worrying piece from an author whose launch was attended by just two others. Lesson: get firm commitments and offer cake. Apart from that sorry tale there was not much else out there, ...
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June 29, 2009
- Sunday afternoon at Indigo books this past weekend exceeded even the staff's expectations in attendance and book sales. My co-author and I signed books steadily for 2 busy hours. Friends, family, educators - moms, dads, grandparents, and simply interested individuals enjoyed cold punch and hors d'euvres against the backdrop of a live cellist playing. Our thanks goes to the Grandview ...
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June 24, 2009
- Views, Reviews and Weird News VIEWS:"Across the Pond" my YA book had a fresh Press Release today as it moved from POD to being printed and available in Ingrams and thus book stores. As part of this a couple of companies have been sending out fresh news about my press release. The result of this is a huge influx in my mail of reviewers and bloggers asking for copies of the book to ...
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June 4, 2009
- I am standing, rather visibly at a table adorned with my newly published book, Aussie, Actually at the entrance of a busy Brisbane bookshop in the heart of the CBD. It is noon. The streets are full of relaxed shoppers and workers enjoying a lunchtime break. I on the other hand, am quite terrified.My daughter Lara, otherwise known as Chief Illustrator, has been practising her signature for ...
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May 28, 2009
- The 2nd edition of my Complete Idiot's Guide Understanding Buddhism will be pulped starting next week, which is also when the 3rd edition becomes public. No seam in chaos. Continual metamorphosis.
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May 28, 2009
- The interesting thing about a book coming out is that it's just like a baby (not that I would know, but I hear tell). They come out when they come out - there's nothing you can do about it.So ready or not, I'm on tour for THE UNSEEN. In a happy synchronicity, on Tuesday night, Lee Child was at my favorite bookstore in Raleigh, Quail Ridge Books and Music, signing GONE TOMORROW.Since ...
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