http://electrolicious.com/2007/07/blogher_one_clarific Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://electrolicious.com/2007/07/blogher_one_clarific#comment-9408 Offbeat Bride | First anniversary of offbeatbride.com! Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:13:34 +0000 #comment-9408 [...] with radio interviews, newspaper articles, and tv appearances. It was really REALLY exhausting, often demoralizing, and didn’t seem to do much for book sales, honestly. I mean, the book did fine … but [...] [...] with radio interviews, newspaper articles, and tv appearances. It was really REALLY exhausting, often demoralizing, and didn’t seem to do much for book sales, honestly. I mean, the book did fine … but [...]

]]> http://electrolicious.com/2007/07/blogher_one_clarific#comment-8282 Susan E Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:22:57 +0000 #comment-8282 Hey Ariel, glad to see that I didn't misquote you...was typing as fast as I could! Many thanks for the reality check on the whole book tour fantasy. Hey Ariel, glad to see that I didn’t misquote you…was typing as fast as I could! Many thanks for the reality check on the whole book tour fantasy.

]]> http://electrolicious.com/2007/07/blogher_one_clarific#comment-8283 shauna Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:45:01 +0000 #comment-8283 Hiya Ariel, you were bloody brilliant on the panel yesterday, I love your hilarious honesty and bluntness on the whole book process. I meant to say cheers in person for your proposal advice last year but you were mobbed by fans after the panel, so will say thanks again here :) Also your live blogging was fantastic, I don't know how you can be so articulate so damn quick, it is a killer skill! Hiya Ariel, you were bloody brilliant on the panel yesterday, I love your hilarious honesty and bluntness on the whole book process. I meant to say cheers in person for your proposal advice last year but you were mobbed by fans after the panel, so will say thanks again here
Also your live blogging was fantastic, I don’t know how you can be so articulate so damn quick, it is a killer skill!

]]> http://electrolicious.com/2007/07/blogher_one_clarific#comment-8284 Abigail Garner Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:15:44 +0000 #comment-8284 Ariel, rest assured you are not the only author to prep for what turned out to be an crowd of invisible fans. I highly recommend the anthology, "Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame," edited by Robin Robertson. Seventy contributors wrote brief essays about their most cringe-worthy moments at bookstores, readings, and conferences. One 750-word dose of schadenfreude might work even faster than the happy pills. Ariel, rest assured you are not the only author to prep for what turned out to be an crowd of invisible fans. I highly recommend the anthology, “Mortification: Writers’ Stories of Their Public Shame,” edited by Robin Robertson. Seventy contributors wrote brief essays about their most cringe-worthy moments at bookstores, readings, and conferences. One 750-word dose of schadenfreude might work even faster than the happy pills.

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