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Monthly Archives: November 2012
How You Pick a Publisher – November 21
How do you pick a publisher? Or, how do they pick you? In the hours before their offices closed for the Thanksgiving holiday today, Abrams President and CEO Michael Jacobs — who picked me to come aboard as an Abrams … Continue reading
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Tagged Abrams Books, author, One Good Deed, publisher, Thanksgiving
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An Old Favorite: cranberry Surprise Pie – November 20
Over the last couple of weeks, doing events and radio shows with ONE GOOD DEED (the book), I’ve been reading the story about the now-famed Cranberry Surprise Pie. And every day, when I look at the stats for this blog, … Continue reading
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Tagged cranberry, Cranberry Surprise Pie, dessert, One Good Deed, recipe, Thanksgiving
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Fourfold – November 10
Day in, day out, we have classes of kids coming in and out of my bookstore. Mostly they’re cute – not always. Some are extremely well behaved and seem to be operating under fear, which, as a graduate of twelve … Continue reading
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Tagged books, First Book, hurricane relief, hurricane Sandy, One Good Deed, Rockaways
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The Best Deed of All – November 6
Today I want to repost an old entry from during the time I was writing ONE GOOD DEED, the book. It was the midterm elections that day, but now the stakes are even higher, and I’ll toss in my two … Continue reading
A Little Bit of Feel Good – November 4
There was lots of (righteous) sturm und drang about whether or not the New York City Marathon should take place this week. As you know, many of these runners, from all over the world, spent today helping others instead, in … Continue reading
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Tagged hurricane, marathon, New York City, New York Road Runners, One Good Deed, relief effort, Sandy, Staten Island
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How to Help, Post-Sandy – November 2
A couple of days ago, in the hours when Superstorm Sandy was still raging, I listed a number to text to give $10 immediately for aid to the Red Cross (see October 30). Since then, all kinds of volunteer groups … Continue reading
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