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The (Screen) Play Is The Thing…
First, let me thank everyone for touching base to make sure that all was well at the Chronicles. I’m happy to say that it is. That, for the past six months, I’ve been taking a small break. I’ve been “unplugged” from everything: book, blog, twitter, FB and, yes, even email. And. although I may have…
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True Colors – Sample Chapter Number Three and It’s Free
If you’ve been following the Chronicles for the last two weeks you’ll know that I’ve been posting a free chapter a week for four weeks as part of an ongoing promotional campaign for my book Any Color but Beige. Over the last year, readership and subscriptions have increased dramatically. And I hope that by giving my new readers a…
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Get Your Second Free Color Sample Here!
As I mentioned in last Tuesday’s post I am kicking off this year’s sales and marketing efforts by offering four free chapters (one a week) of Any Color but Beige to my blog readers. Over the last year, readership and subscriptions have increased dramatically. I hope that by giving my new readers a preview of…
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Get Your Free “Color Sample” Here
This month I am celebrating the one year anniversary of my book launch for Any Color but Beige. It’s been an amazing year filled with lots of new experiences, including television interviews, coverage in major dailies, book signings, book club readings, but best of all was all the heartwarming feedback from readers who found a…
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Not That Kind of Girl
I have always prided myself on the fact that, when in a relationship of any kind, I have never sacrificed a friend for a man. I have never cancelled a night out with the girls in favor of a last-minute date. I have never responded to text messages during dinner and interrupted the smooth flow…
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Same Time This Year
As you read in the previous post, sometimes I want to shake off those good girl shackles and be “bad,” if only for a little while. And the perfect opportunity seems to present itself once a year in the form a handsome Brazilian pilot who shows up at my door during the Montreal Formula One…
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I Thought You’d Be Taller…and Other Comments
During the course of my promotional year for my book, Any Color but Beige, (I’m nearly three quarters of the way through now), I’ve been invited to speak to a lot of book clubs. And of all of my promotional activities, apart from my book launch, this has been the most fun. Media interviews are…
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Returning to My Not So Secret Garden…
Lots of things arrive late: spring, the mail, airplanes, babies and, yes, even me on occasion. And so here we are well past daffodil season and lilacs are in bloom. Welcome to May and welcome back to the Café Girl Chronicles. I rejoin you refreshed, re-energized and with a renewed approach to my writing. I…
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Taking A Break….
Spring is coming and I’ve decided to take a little break. I’ll be back in April with the Daffodils. photo: © istockphoto.com/marilyna
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