Show us a photo of you from when you were in grade school. Me, No Teeth Circa 1977, ’78, I…
Vacations, Hurricanes and Moving On
Presidente InterContinental Cancun Resort The last time Salomé and I took a real vacation (without the kids), a long weekend…
last.fm
last.fm Because there aren’t enough distractions online, I’ve signed up for yet another one: last.fm. It’s a social networking site…
Mission Accomplished, Coach!
Isaac @ Trophy Time The only thing cooler than handing out obligatory trophies to a group of kids who actually…
Rebuilding my platform, perhaps…?
NOTE: I re-posted this to test out the x-posting to LiveJournal feature. For those who want to comment without setting…
Truth is an Olympic Gymnast
Truth is an Olympic Gymnast “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”Lenin I believe in truthraw, unvarnishedhurt your feelings,…
On Jodi Picoult, Writing, and Platforms
The two morning sessions I attended were about breaking into magazines and an overview of sales & marketing in the book industry, the former of which was more of a refresher course while the latter filled in a lot of the gaps where things are different in periodical publishing, which is where my background is. One common thread popped up in both sessions that I thought was really interesting, though: platforms.