From the monthly archives:

June 2008

“The Drunkard’s Walk” (not a client book, but you should buy it!!)

June 27, 2008
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I cannot recommend the book, “The Drunkard’s Walk” highly enough. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Here is an interview with the Wall St. Journal, with the author, Dr. Leonard Mlodinow.
Read the book!

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Friday Fun – What is this quote from?

June 27, 2008

[reading part of his newest novel at a press conference] “The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. “Vámonos, amigos,” he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight.”

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Go See WALL-E

June 27, 2008
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I’m still lucky enough to get movie previews from my old celebrity writing days and I got to take my son Gibson to a preview of WALL-E and cannot begin to describe what a wonderful and thoughtful film it is. It’s technology, love story and even “Hello Dolly” all rolled into one and it truly [...]

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Tips for Generating Media Coverage

June 25, 2008

Super short slideshow with lots of tips for generating media coverage. On the Inc. site so you really ought to pay attention!

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Simon & Schuster CEO Interview Carolyn Reidy

June 25, 2008
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How do publishers determine the next blockbuster?
Read Carolyn Reidy’s interview with the LA Times and find out.

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Read One New Blog Today

June 24, 2008

Find one new blog today and read it, link to it, and enjoy giving the spreading the good blog karma.
Here’s a cool one I like.

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Unique Worldwide Visitors Travel to Facebook over MySpace

June 24, 2008

Aha, those fickle unique worldwide visitors are now traveling to Facebook over MySpace. Will be interesting to see how this pans out in the U.S. or if it will.

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Dear Candi Crowley of CNN

June 24, 2008

Dear Candi,
Please stop using the term “money shot” in your live reporting.
Just because jargon exists does not mean we have to incorporate all of it into our reporting to make it sound more exciting.

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Power O’ Amazon

June 24, 2008

I found this originally from Nathan Bransford’s blog which linked to a superb Wall St. Journal story on the power of Amazon.

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Nathan Bransford’s How to Write A Nonfiction Proposal

June 24, 2008

I’m a giant fan of Nathan’s blog and here is his piece on “How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal.”

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Kristin Nelson on Readers Poll

June 24, 2008

Great summary post from Kristin Nelson on a Zogby/Random House poll on readers and what books the like and buy!

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Stephen King on Reading and Writing

June 24, 2008

Sage advice from Stephen King to writers. Check it out. And then follow it!
I love his shirt. Also if you’re interested in how many people write or blog about Stephen King, which illustrates his reach on the web, do a search for “Stephen King’s blog” on Google and see what comes up! Tons of blogs [...]

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