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Twenty five minutes
Got a call yesterday from Gavin; he and his lady were just packing up from Wars of the Roses and could I meet them for dinner? Had a client at 7 and the call came at 5, but whisked into the car and drove 40 minutes to at least have coffee with them ( Read more... ) -
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There is little as unpalatable as nasty, snarky, condescending comments wrapped up in glurpy-purple-Love-and-Light talk. Especially when you're damned-if-you-respond-damned-if-you don't, because you must be a professional. -
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Oy. Just sent out my first newsletter, but MailChimp says we've had too many unsubscribes (the list is, after all, six years old) so we have to start from scratch -- if you want to hear from me you have to OFFICIALLY tell the 'Chimp so yourself, at http://eepurl.com/c47nQ -- so if you're ( Read more... ) -
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The list is out and the judges have not chosen to bring me through to Round Two of the Next Top Author contest. I was, as my Aussie friend says, gobsmacked. I know how good the video was, and how marginal much of what was up there was in comparison. However, as several of us who did not get chosen are noticing, there is something very rotten in ( Read more... ) -
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No roses. No chocolates. No goofy card.
But my husband brought me coffee with kisses on the rim of the cup -- and wore a red shirt with the ravens-on-red tie I bought him for Christmas, so I'm "with him all day."
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Report in, please?
Massive gas explosion in Allentown today...houses down, people down. Will everyone on here who's part of that part of the world let us know you're okay, please? -
Okay, it's time. So I'm reminding you.
The Next Top Self Help Author contest is open for voting 2/1/11 at 10am Eastern. My book is one of 700 up for the Big Inkpot: a book contract with Conari Press and a $50,000 Internet marketing budget. They publish major players, and Oprah recently put one of their books on her Favorite Things show and it sold in the bazillions ( Read more... ) -
Calling In Favors...
So for umptydiddle years people have been saying "OOooh, you should write a BOOK! You're funny, your writing is so good, etc. etc. blargh...." But if one doesn't have anything one wants to WRITE that's a very nice sentiment and all, but it goes nowhere ( Read more... )
