by Christina George | Apr 11, 2015 | Things that make me go hmmmm
I have a friend who does freelance publicity, she’s a brave soul. Back when I did freelancing (before my New York publishing days) I was never at the mercy of people who, hmmm, for lack of a better term, went off their meds. With so many people writing books,...
by Christina George | Oct 9, 2014 | Things that make me want to change careers
You can’t be generous in this day and age without being taken advantage of and harassed by what I like to refer to as the “freeloader mentality”. A friend of mine who owns a book publicity firm, who used to do what I do but got smart (I say that on...
by Christina George | Sep 12, 2014 | From Christina's Desk
My Day-to-day It’s hard to concentrate on anything with Book 3 coming out, the editor told me that I should have it back within the week! Fortunately I still have plenty of clients to keep me grounded in reality – please note the sarcasm. But what’s...
by Christina George | Jun 20, 2014 | From Christina's Desk
So I consider this post a public service because, over the years I think that a lot of insanity could have been avoided if I’d paid closer attention to the signs that a future client (author) was crazy, if not borderline certifiable. So, for those of you who...
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...
