When People Don’t Like Your Work
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At Beth’s Bookstore, I slipped a paperback from the shelf. I read the first line. That’s how I chose a book: the first line, then the first paragraph. Sometimes if I’m unsure, I continue further down the page. Then I either buy the book or I put it back.
I’ve been burned using this method—occasionally, a book doesn’t live up to the opening—but...
What is Success?
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Cds arrive this week. Business cards with download info arrive this week. Final decisions on party food will be made this week. Soon, people will be listening to my stories. They may like them, they may not. The success comes with the listening.
The Painter’s Canvas
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My husband stood next to me. The owner of the fancy women’s store stood slightly behind me. We all three stared at the full-length mirror, assessing the pants I’d tried on. Tight-fitting, boldly-colored pants. The owner leaned close. “Enjoy your body as long as you can,” she whispered in my ear.
I thought two things.
One: what is she talking...
Summer Vacation
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If you’ll be out of town during the Download Party (june 27) and yet you want a CD to listen to the stories, I’ll hold one back for you – just let me know.
For Your Summertime Listening Pleasure
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On June 27th, in connection with the Download Party at The Booksellers (what has been tagged a “Bookless Booksigning”), four stories from the collection will launch. The stories will be available on this site, iTunes,YouTube, and perhaps elsewhere. They also will be available for purchase on CD at the Download Party if you’d rather access them...
Now I Know
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* subpages
* how to type a registered trademark symbol onto a document ® … and why you don’t need it ™
* editing your own PDF and uploading it to your blog
* other things that I can’t remember right now
Another tiptoe towards going public
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Sending out PR packets this week. Thanks to the Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference and Neil White’s handouts, at least I know what’s supposed to be in one.
Rainy Day Thoughts
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There is a person inside of me who sits on the sofa like the little boy in the back-in-the-day commercial who says, “And I can’t find my socks.”
There’s also the girl who wants to pull on her wellies and stomp through the puddles, umbrella resting on her shoulder.
There’s the granddaughter who wants to shake a wet...
Working with a Team
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I don’t know anything about sound engineering, but I know somebody who does.
I don’t know anything about press kits, but I know somebody who does.
I know how to write. And read.
For the rest of it, I’ve got friends.