by Christina George | Aug 28, 2015 | Behind the Scenes
So I was in Costco the other day and started thumbing through a copy of Grey. Which, regardless of what you think of the 50 Shades of Grey series, is a brilliant way to continue it. The book is essentially written from Christian Grey’s perspective. Essentially it’s a...
by Dr. Ruth Ann Wilson | Feb 20, 2015 | Dr. Ruth Ann
Several years ago a patient was gushing about how she wanted to meet someone just like Christian Grey in the (then) new release, Fifty Shades of Grey. She said he seemed “perfect.” Out of curiosity I picked up the book and started to read it. The next time I saw her I...
by Christina George | Feb 12, 2015 | Why Women Love
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or on another planet, you no doubt have heard that the 50 Shades of Grey movie is premiering this coming Friday. Being in publishing I’m sort of over the whole 50 Shades phenom. Last week I was in Target and they had 50 Shades...
by Christina George | Jun 6, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
I returned from Book Expo to a lot of work and a lot of follow-up emails. A friend of mine who is a freelance publicist sent me this email. I laughed so hard I nearly fell off my chair. I asked her for her permission to post it, told her it could be therapy to other...
by Christina George | Apr 22, 2013 | Musings of a New York Publicist
I know I kvetch a lot about author expectations, best seller lists, and the downhill spiral traditional publishing is on, and well, so much more, but this weekend I was reminded that it’s sometimes so much simpler than that. I was at another author event this past...