Launch Day: iTunes podcast w/ Liz Gilbert & Martha Beck
Early on, I listened to a podcast that I LOVED! Two authors talking about the creative process with an easy back-and-forth from years of friendship. I was in heaven! But before I could sit down with my cup of tea and settle in for a good listen, it was over. I swear...
Signed Big Magic Book Giveaway!
It’s that time again. Book Mama book giveaway! Time for me to thank YOU for being part of my community (because writing is so much more fun as part of a tribe!). A few years ago, you may remember, I bought 10 copies of Liz Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things...
Fame Will Heal You
There’d been a big auction. Her memoir was about to drop in stores nationwide and become a New York Times bestseller. Twenty+ years of daily writing practice and pie-in-the-sky dreams were about to be realized. “I’m scared,” she wrote to me. “After all these years of...
Success Via Strangers: My husband’s lover did me a favor…
It’s true. My family still jokes that we should send her flowers for “taking” my husband of 19 years away. Obviously that’s a long story. But one I think about every time a Carmel Writing Retreat grad inks a new book deal. (Yay! See our latest...
Feel like a social media loser? Why you can still get a book deal. Part I
“How many social media followers do I have to have to get a book deal?” This question was posed to Danielle LaPorte and me on our recent Publishing Power Hour Spreecast call. D’s answer–5,000 – 6,000–was pretty spot on, if not...
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