by Christina George | Nov 5, 2014 | Things that make me want to change careers
How do you know if your book career is careening headfirst into “as stale dollar store Halloween candy” territory? Chiclets, flavored Tootsie Rolls, candy corn (seriously, it’s a decoration people not a food), these might be you in a nutshell. 1) You...
by Christina George | May 1, 2014 | From Christina's Desk
The other day I had a call with an author, I wasn’t working with her yet – she was calling to find out what I could do for her. She started off by telling me that though her book was published in 2011, it still had loads of potential. In fact it was...
by Christina George | Nov 15, 2013 | Industry stuff
When you live in New York you see a lot of street vendors. Some of them are pretty stable people, you know they have their carts, they are where you expect them to be every day. They know your name, make a special effort to remember your order, etc. But then there are...
by Christina George | Oct 23, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
I thought I had heard it all, but clearly God has a sense of humor. A big one. Today I heard about a conspiracy theory that’s bigger than anything you could have even imagined. Even Fox Mulder in his X-File sleuthing days couldn’t have fathomed this one....
by Christina George | Aug 16, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
I have a lot of friends who run their own book publicity and marketing firms, and as much as I bitch and moan sometimes about working for ‘the man’ at a large publisher, with all the red tape and corrupt standards, I don’t envy the dog and pony show...