by Christina George | Feb 26, 2014 | From Christina's Desk
Anyone who has written fiction can attest to this: writing fiction is hard. And it’s hard not for the reasons you would think. Most people think that story ideas are tough. Story ideas are the easy part, the hard part is making sure that your writing lives up to...
by Christina George | Jan 31, 2014 | From Christina's Desk, Musings of a New York Publicist
There, I said it. But before I go into why I believe this, I will say, for the record, that some book bloggers are fabulous, actually scratch that, most are these days. Even some of my less than stellar reviews have come from bloggers whose work and dedication to...
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 | May 8, 2013 | Industry stuff
Tis the season for events! Those of you that stop in here regularly are probably trying to remember what I wrote about before event season kicked in and I’m sort of with you on that, instead of ruminating on topics that have bothered me for years I now have fresh...
by Christina George | Apr 29, 2013 | Things that make me go hmmmm
Many of you remember the fairly recent scandal around paid reviews, right? If not here’s an article the New York Times did. In short, the whole publishing world was up in arms, no one knew what was true and what wasn’t, books were supposedly becoming best sellers...
