If you live in Los Angeles, please come to a wine and cheese party for A Year of Writing Dangerously at Diesel Books in Brentwood on November 8th. I'll be reading excerpts from the book and Nelson will be kissing people. We had a great time at Pages Bookstore in Manhattan Beach last week.…
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Getting Published, Inspiration
Beauty and Laughter
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My dear student Rabbi Julie Pelc Adler just sent me the above in an email. She and her husband Ami had received a box of his old childhood books from his mother for their soon-to-be-born baby and one of the books was The Other Side of a Poem – my first book published in 1977. It had…
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pages 10/18/12
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If you live in the South Bay of Los Angeles, (or anywhere close) please come to pages bookstore in Manhattan Beach next Thursday, October 18th for a book party for A Year of Writing Dangerously. I'll be reading and signing books. And Nelson will be there too! (but not signing books.) I'm especially excited about…
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Warning to Readers
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Warning: The Marketing Whore is back at work. Here's the link to a podcast I did for A YEAR OF WRITING DANGEROUSLY with Macha Einbender: http://www.herfuture.com/profiles/blogs/interview-with-barbara-abercrombie-a-year-of-writing-dangerously- It was great fun talking to Macha, and indeed we sounded like we were at a party. (Though I hereby make a vow to stop saying "you know" every…
Getting Published, Teaching Writing
Making a Deadline
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I got Kicking In the Wall off to my editor in time for my deadline. (I love deadlines – they organize the mess of writing.) When I pushed the Send button I felt very optimistic about the whole thing. I'd done my best, it could be a useful book for writers, etc. and I…
Getting Published, Keeping a Journal, Student Spotlight, The Writing Life
Writing Regularly – or Not – and Good News
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Let's face it. Sometimes we can't work, we can't get our writing done every day. I'm always saying you have to write regularly, but sometimes life just sweeps over you and the best you can do is to write field reports in your journal. I've had a tsunami of grandchildren for the past ten days.…
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The Hot New Book in Hawaii
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 9 Comments
In Hawaii everyone is reading: A Year of Writing Dangerously! They can't put it down! Most popular read on every island in Hawaii! Everyone loves this book. A real page turner! TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: Family members were coerced to take part in this post.
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A Thank You
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 3 Comments
Thanks to all of you who came to to Flintridge Bookstore and Coffee Shop last Thursday night. It was a wonderful turnout and I'm so grateful.
Getting Published, The Writing Life
An Evening of Dangerous Reading
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 11 Comments
If you live east of downtown Los Angeles, please come to the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffee House in La Canada Thursday night at 7:30.(July 12th) I'll be reading from A Year of Writing Dangerously and talking about two of my favorite writers who have roots in La Canada. (If you live on the west side…
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How To Market Books
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 10 Comments
It's really a shameless business, all this self-promotion and marketing of books. I just sent emails out to hundreds of friends and colleagues. (If you didn't get one leave your name and address in the comment section and I'll send you one too.) You get into a different zone; you're no longer a writer. You're…
