This business is not about the writing. It's all about the shoes:
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Month: July 2007
Georgette
As I was packing to go to the beach—you know getting the important stuff in order—what books to read, what knitting project to take along—when I remembered that I'd unearthed an old copy of Arabella by Georgette Heyer while I was moving my office. I...
A Little Side Trip
Thanks for all the comments while I was gone... Yes, I snuck off for a few days at the beach. Where it was supposed to be warm and sunny, but in typical Oregon Coast fashion was gray and windy. But that only left me with more time to read and knit, so I was perfectly...
The Sure Thing, Conference Tip #87
If you go to conference and pitch to an agent or editor, by all accounts you are a Sure Thing. Even if you go into your meeting, stutter uncontrollably, toss your cookies all over the table and you discover later you have a big blotch of lunch on the front of your...
Conference Tip # 373
Pack light. Why, you ask? Free books. Tons of free books. And goodies. And other tokens. Make sure you have either a large tote bag you can fold flat and tuck in your suitcase, or do my trick: the suitcase inside the suitcase. Yes, you see that correctly. I pack the...