I had a dream last night that I had launched a campaign to send out tons of copies of “Fear and Yoga” to individual people, people who might fall in love with it, spread the word, turn it viral. People like Christopher Buckley, Stephen King, Oprah. But I also thought (this was part of the [...]
Archive for April, 2008
What Do Book Groups Want?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book clubs, book groups, Christopher Buckley, Fear and Yoga, Oprah, Shelf Awareness, Stephen King, twitter on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What’s the Emoticon for Not Perky?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jhumpa Lahiri, Katie Couric, Perky, Philip Roth, Terry Gross on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My therapist says I do not have to be perky all the time.
This came as news. Actually this came with the force of revelation. It hadn’t occurred to me, until we discussed the issue, that a certain continuous level of bubbly effervescence was expected of me. Something I expect of myself. Something passed down through [...]
Work to Do
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the great push towards getting press and signings for “Fear and Yoga,” I’ve neglected my third book, “Cars from a Marriage,” currently underway. It’s very hard to get back to a project as big as a novel when you’ve neglected it for more than a month.
So yesterday I took out my latest manuscript, stretched [...]
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful Powerful
Posted in The Wonder of It All, tagged Buzzmachine, Clinton Booksellers, Facebook, Facebook app, Junot Diaz, Montclair State University, security threat, Star Ledger, Steve Adubato on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A day in the life of your average suburban media mogul.
9:30 am. Send Annette to cover Montclair State’s big security threat.
11:30 am. Meet with Star Ledger ad team on our New Media/Old Media joint venture.
3:30 pm. Tape TV interview with Steve Adubato.
7 pm. Clinton booksigning.
And the piece-de-resistance: Making Buzzmachine for being named a judge in [...]
I Guess What I’m Missing is a Cat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cats, Fear and Yoga in New Jersey, Hemingway, Hemingway House, Key West, Voltaire Books on April 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Just got back from a spectacular four-day vacation to Key West, which involved much eating, bicycling, application of SPF-45, and, well, other things that can’t be mentioned on a family blog. One thing that can be mentioned, however, was my visit to the Hemingway House, where I discovered that the secret to becoming an [...]
Kind Words
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are mean words, and there are kind words. Many, many kind ones arrived today. From Jenn Krusch at St. Martin’s:
Just wanted to let you know I’ve been reading your blog and I listened to you on the Brian Lehrer Show. I thought you did well and found it delightful to listen to.
No matter how [...]
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