by Lisa Fernow | Jul 19, 2014 | Events, Publishing
I had the pleasure to present at PNWA with Katherine Sears of Booktrope – she did most of the work, since she really knows this subject well. We used me as an example, and I shared my warts and all experience as I begin to build my reach and relationships as an...
by Lisa Fernow | Jul 14, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love, Events, Publishing
I’ve been going to the PNWA (Pacific Northwest Writers Association) summer conference since I moved to Seattle, and every year I get something wonderful from it. So I wanted to share 7 reasons why you should go! The conference runs July 17-20 at the Seattle...
by Lisa Fernow | Jul 7, 2014 | Dancers and Dances I Love, Tango World
Just spent two very satisfying days at Susana Miller’s workshops, hosted by K’ai and Grant Fu, who were lovely, gracious hosts. It was also great to meet members of the tango community I don’t normally see – we dance on different nights. And...
by Lisa Fernow | Jul 3, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love, Books
Lynne Heitman has been my writing mentor and friend ever since I met her in Seattle back in 2000 through a business school classmate. If I remember correctly, I told him I was writing a mystery and he started laughing. I thought he was laughing at me, but no, he was...
by Lisa Fernow | Jun 21, 2014 | Book Stores and Writers I Love
This week I wrote to the staff at The Mysterious Bookshop to see whether they would be interested in carrying Dead on Her Feet. I have a special appreciation for this book store. I was living in NYC in the early ’90’s and at the time was very interested...
