7/14 book deal event for journalists (Boston)

13Jul11

So in case you haven’t heard about this from me in person/via email/on Twitter/etc. already… or you need a reminder: How to Land a Book Deal, July 14 A free panel discussion for journalists presented by the Society of Professional Journalists, New England chapter (board member yours truly) 6:30–8:30 p.m. at the Globe Feat. agents [...]

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Tags: albert lafarge, boston authors, boston globe, esmond harmsworth, janice page, journalism, michele mcphee, professional development, spj

Nibbed for her pleasure

09Jul11

Along with my recent stationery yen has come a concomitant fountain pen yen. Um. Yeah. Okay, starting over: Many of you don’t know that when I was pretentious [cough] so long ago [cough] I wrote with a cheap Sheaffer fountain pen. Translucent plastic barrel. I put in office supply requests for replacement cartridges. This was [...]

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Tags: I am so reading this Catherine Texier breakup memoir as soon as I clear down my library request list which is at its allowed limit, send me your old cheap Sheaffer pens, stationery, truly pointless obsessions, why do I only blog about my most random obsessions anyway?