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February 15, 2012
My Book Tour For The Story of Beautiful Girl: Airport Bookstores
The morning of Valentine's Day, when I got to the Denver Airport for my flight to City #2 on my tour, Chicago, I realized: Wait! Airports are full of bookstores! Why not see if copies of the brand-new release of the paperback is on display – and then see if I could sign them? And [...]
February 14, 2012
My Book Tour For The Story of Beautiful Girl: Denver, Part II
Having never been on a book tour before, I wasn't sure what to expect. But now that Day 1 is behind me, I have a better sense of how it works. When my publisher was setting up the tour, they arranged for me to work with media escorts in the cities I'll be visiting. These [...]
February 13, 2012
My Book Tour for The Story of Beautiful Girl: Denver, Part I
Today, Feb. 13, 2012, is the publication date of the paperback of The Story of Beautiful Girl – and the day my book tour officially begins! My first event will be tonight at the famous Tattered Cover, at the Historic LoDo location in Denver. But I've already been in Colorado for a few days. As [...]
February 12, 2012
My Book Tour for The Story of Beautiful Girl: Boulder, CO
Actually, my book tour starts in Denver tomorrow, 2/13/12. But when my fabulous publisher, Grand Central, told me a few months ago that they would be sending me on a book tour for the paperback release of The Story of Beautiful Girl, I got in touch with the wonderful folks at Special Transit, in Boulder, [...]
February 10, 2012
Judy Woodruff interviews Rachel Simon for the PBS News Hour
Could there be a better way to kick off the release of the paperback of The Story of Beautiful Girl than to get interviewed by Judy Woodruff on the PBS News Hour? Yesterday I flew to Colorado. I'm currently in Boulder, getting ready for a talk tonight. After another talk on Sunday, I begin my [...]
January 31, 2012
Recording The Audio Book of My Memoir, Riding The Bus With My Sister
When I found out last fall that my memoir, Riding The Bus With My Sister, was finally going to be recorded for an audio book, I was relieved, grateful – and nervous. Relieved because that book came out ten, yes, ten years ago, and in all that time, the audio rights had languished, unsold. It [...]
December 22, 2011
Holiday Greetings To All
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December 5, 2011
Announcing A Ten-City Book Tour for the Paperback of The Story of Beautiful Girl
A few months ago, I blogged about how publishers almost never send authors on book tour anymore. I added that, although I travel a lot, it's for professional speaking engagements. I've never been on a book tour. But in February, 2012, that will change. I'll be on my first book tour! Grand Central Publishing will [...]
November 26, 2011
Where Have I Been? A Photo Journey Through Fall 2011
It's the weekend after Thanksgiving. While most people had large family gatherings with turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie, I took my sister Beth to see Puss In Boots, followed by a trip to a diner for our holiday dinner. It was a nice, peaceful, private way to say thanks for a thrilling, non-stop, very [...]
August 4, 2011
Two Electronic Treats for Fans of The Story of Beautiful Girl
When I began doing appearances in connection with The Story of Beautiful Girl, the American Network of Community Options and Resources, or ANCOR, assembled an extremely helpful and easy-to-read brochure that provides additional information about the past, present, and future of the kind of institutions I wrote about in my book – and what we [...]
