Tag: collins
group name: authorchats
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August 26, 2008 12:29 PM EDT --
Do you feel that if you could get rid of some of the chaos in your work life, you could take your performance to a greater level? Do you stay late at the office many nights, trying to empty an inbox that . . . more
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March 03, 2008 05:52 PM EST --
Hey y'all
So HarperCollins has started this cool thing of giving authors their own little - or not so little, actually! - websites on the HarperCollins site, and mine went live this week! So . . . more
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December 17, 2007 02:41 PM EST --
Please join us here TODAY at @ 2PM ET for a live chat with author Michelle Schoffro Cook .
Cook is author of The Ultimate pHSolution . This book teaches you how to control the level . . . more
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April 01, 2008 11:19 AM EDT --
Years ago I was having lunch with my good friend Jim Brooks, the brilliant three-time Oscar and nineteen-time Emmy Award–winning director and writer. We get together a few times . . . more
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June 26, 2008 12:56 PM EDT --
Want to become a book reviewer? Bright Ideas by Bestselling Authors is offering free copies of upcoming books to members interested in writing book reviews!
Request a copy by sending a message . . . more
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July 07, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
Hello all,
So my book Practically Posh was just released and is already sweeping the nation, or at least my office, literally.
Yesterday, Marissa, a co-producer on the station, was . . . more
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March 17, 2008 12:16 PM EDT --
Today is brisk and sunny, the calendar says spring is seven days away, my turtles agree, rustling back from hibernation. Warmer days have coaxed determined shoots of crocus to burst from the muddy tree . . . more
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August 01, 2008 09:53 AM EDT --
I can't say that this book came out of a long fascination with pigeons. I had never been a birder or raised pigeons as pets or had more than the usual city-dweller's interactions with them. Instead, . . . more
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January 02, 2008 09:20 AM EST --
Have you ever wondered why some people seemingly get all the breaks, have all the good looks, and all the great opportunities, and achieve all the success they desire? They live their lives in such a . . . more
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January 07, 2008 01:49 PM EST --
The Middle East.
What comes to mind when you hear about this region of the world? Unrest, war, poverty, extremists, terrorists, oil, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden? The reality is that . . . more
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January 28, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
I recently attended a fundraising event for a hospital for which I'm a Board member. The event was held at a 20,000-square-foot home located in an ultra-upscale (and I do mean ultra-upscale) community . . . more
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July 22, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
Want to become a book reviewer? Bright Ideas by Bestselling Authors is offering free copies of upcoming books to members interested in writing book reviews!
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January 11, 2008 11:19 AM EST --
Evolution is a process of change from a lower, simpler state to a higher, more complex or improved state.
Transform means to change in form, nature, or function.
Just as a diamond is transformed . . . more
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August 07, 2008 05:06 PM EDT --
“Oh, you're writing a book! What's it about?”
“Well, it's about.....pigeons.”
I've reenacted this exchange in countless cocktail party conversations since I began writing this . . . more
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August 31, 2008 09:10 PM EDT --
As a child, I had a pigeon. I loved my pigeon dearly because it was my only pet. I loved to watch it fly around the land and roost in the attic. It seemed to always know where home was and returned . . . more
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July 14, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
This has now happened to me enough times that it's worthy of a write-up. Someone will ask me the innocent question, "What's your book about?" and, though I could wax poetic about it . . . more
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August 15, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
In my many cocktail-party conversations about pigeons, one of the most surprising things I was asked was: do pigeons fly?
It's surprising because, as anyone who is familiar with pigeons knows, . . . more
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March 11, 2008 12:00 PM EDT --
Since its creation in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become the most visited National Park Services site. Each year, 4.5 million people come to the Wall. Many of them leave letters or other special . . . more
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May 15, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
Before I wrote the book DREAM LUCKY about Count Basie, Benny Goodman, the Roosevelts, Amelia Earhart, et al, I wrote for children. I'm still writing for children, in fact.
I'd been a music . . . more
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August 01, 2008 10:44 AM EDT --
This book was a little bit of a surprise for me. It began with the idea of writing “Boundaries At Work,” as it is such a needed topic. Think for a moment how many times you have wished you had set better . . . more
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