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It was a busy Thursday afternoon at Chamber headquarters. Due to our Chamber's upcoming Washington Summit, this month's Board of Directors meeting was held a week earlier than usual and it did not lack in substance. The head of Broward County Public Schools provided an update on changes being seen across the district and the Board voted against the City of Fort Lauderdale's Downtown Master Plan.
Joining the meeting for a special presentation this month was Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie. As is customary, our Chamber invites the head of our public schools to give an update on the district's initiatives. Following the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, school safety and security was at the forefront of Superintendent Runcie's presentation.
Mr. Runcie gave a detailed breakdown of the changes and upgrades that have been implemented district-wide. The changes came after the Broward County School Board approved $31 million to address four top priorities: expansion of video surveillance, radio system migration and enhancement, upgrading its intercom system, and the implementation of a new enterprise risk management framework.
The Superintendent made sure to give details regarding surveillance. According to Broward Schools, all school video surveillance systems were upgraded to a standard, digital platform, which provides the ability to centrally monitor the District's complete inventory of approximately 10,000 cameras. This new capability allowed the District to enter into a formal agreement with the Broward Sheriff's Office on January 15, 2019, to provide live, real-time access to all of the District's cameras. This agreement was authorized to improve law enforcement and fire safety personnel response to emergencies at District schools or facilities when active circumstances present an immediate need for law enforcement or fire safety personnel to respond. The District is actively working to develop similar agreements with other law enforcement agencies within Broward County to provide them with similar access.
Superintendent Runcie also hit on an ongoing project which will improve emergency communications within schools. It will upgrade the intercom system to a digital platform; allow school administration to pre-record emergency messages and initiate them remotely; and incorporate additional speakers throughout the campuses.
In the midst of the changes, the Superintendent and his district have faced heavy criticism. Seeing that much work remains to be done, Mr. Runcie also touched on improving test scores and rising graduation rates, when comparing numbers going back to 2013-2014. In the video below, the Superintendent answers a question from our Board on how he hopes to begin restoring confidence in his district's goals and initiatives.
Not to be lost in the September Board of Directors meeting was a vote concerning the City of Fort Lauderdale's Downtown Master Plan. Following a presentation by the City, during this month's Government Affairs Committee meeting, committee members sounded off with concern pertaining to a lack of specific language in the plan. That concern led to the Board of Directors voting to oppose the current Downtown Master Plan by a large majority. It must be noted that Fort Lauderdale City Manager Chris Lagerbloom abstained from the vote due to a conflict of interest.
The Downtown Master Plan includes design guidelines that are both qualitative that promote creative design solutions based on the context of each development site and quantitative, which include more definitive dimensional standards. The focus of this effort is on the quantitative elements that guide the form of buildings and design of streets. In addition, the code changes will address downtown character areas, transition zones, open space provisions, and application of the standards to residential and nonresidential development. Additional background information and the December 18, 2018 presentation to the City Commission are available online.
The draft code amendments are anticipated to be presented to the Planning and Zoning Board on October 16, 2019 for review and recommendation. Following the Planning and Zoning Board's recommendation, the amendments will be presented in front of the City Commission for adoption.
Chamber President and CEO Dan Lindblade made it clear that this decision by the Board can be revisited in the future, using the word "flexible" to describe the Chamber's position concerning the City's Downtown Master Plan.
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No matter what you write, it seems that we all have been told to build some degree of suspense in our stories. Could we have been wrong this whole time? As a reader, do you have the urge to flip to the back of a mystery to see whodunit? After you finish a thriller, do you reread it over again? And do you get the same amount, or even more satisfaction from it even though you know how it wil turn out?
If you believe a recent University of California at San Diego study, most readers like stories more if they know how it will end. The study concludes that a good story has "far more to do with the quality of the writing and character development than with a nail-biting plot."
I admit that when I craft a story, I tend to spend a far greater amount of time struggling with the finer points of assembling a suspenseful plot than I do with developing the characters. But it seems like I should change up that formula. I mean, we all know that the good guys always win. Rocky will always triumph in the ring, and we all knew that sooner or later, Harry Potter would ultimately beat Lord Voldemort. But it's the characters, isn't it? We want to see how Rocky changes over time, how he deals with going from a brawling wannabe to the trials and tribulations he has to deal with as champ. We want to see how Harry not only grows up with the added stresses of being a wizard, but how he will save the world. Like political strategist James Carville told Bill Clinton during his 1992 presidential campaign, "It's the economy, stupid", for us writers, "Is it the characters, stupid?"
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Colbie Caillat Talks Spoiling Her Dogs After Tour
The Grammy-winning singer loves coming home to her three rescue pups.By: Nicole Pajer
Colbie Caillat is thrilled to be touring in support of her latest album, The Malibu Sessions. But while traveling across the country and singing for thousands of fans every night is her absolute favorite pastime, the Grammy-award winning artist can't help but feel sad about leaving a few of her family members at home.
The 31-year-old singer is mom to three rescue dogs: Mate, a small 5 ½ year-old mutt, a 3-year-old St. Bernard named Malibu, and Dorothy, a 4-year-old Pit Bull. Mate comes on the road with Caillat and her guitarist fiancé, Justin Young, but her other two furry companions are not quite cut out for life on the open road.
"Mate is kind of a pro at travel," Caillat tells PawCulture. "He's little so he fits everywhere. He's the total baby of the group." Dorothy on the other hand, is more of a "scaredy cat" and doesn't enjoy car rides, shiny floors, or elevators. And Malibu has too much fur, overheats quickly, and takes up too much room on the tour bus. So when Caillat prepares to leave for a tour, she arranges for a dog sitter to come and spend time with her two larger pups.
"It's so hard to leave them! We miss them so much," the esteemed songwriter reveals. But in the long run, she knows keeping them at home is the best decision for her pups. When she and Young return after months away on the road, they make it up to their dogs by lounging around the house and spoiling them rotten. "We usually do nothing after tour," Caillat explains. "We are just homebodies and we all snuggle and play when we get home."
The secret to handling three dogs at the same time? Caillat is still figuring that out for herself. "They are so cute and they are so sweet. It's always so exciting to go home to them just because of how loving they are," she explains. "But they are also a lot of work. It's hard to walk them all at the same time because they are super strong. We have to divide them up and take turns walking them." And having such a massive dog in her pack doesn't always make things easy. "Our St. Bernard is 120 pounds!" Caillat exclaims. "She's sweet but she's really strong and she could take you down by running after a rabbit."
Fortunately for Caillat, her three canine companions get along relatively well. Because they are closer in size, Malibu and Dorothy are "best friends" and play together often. Mate enjoys the company of Dorothy but is a wee bit intimidated by the colossal size of Malibu. "He's a little grumpy to her, but she's nice to him," Caillat says, with a laugh.
Mate has deemed himself the boss of the group. "He runs the show," says Caillat. Dorothy is an equal mix of "sweet and cowardly. She is the cuddliest, nicest creature," Caillat explains. And then there is Malibu who is "huge and beautiful" and doesn't understand her magnitude. "She will lay on top of you, full body weight, and just snuggle with you—morning, nights, whenever," says Caillat. But while Malibu comes across as innocent, the singer reveals that the pup has a signature stubborn streak. "She's really strong so when she's determined to dig up the fence or jump over the fence, or anything, she'll make it happen! It's like Beethoven—anything that could go wrong, will go wrong," she reveals.
The Southern California native grew up in a house filled with pets and has been an advocate for rescuing animals from shelters her entire life. "My mom always wanted us to adopt instead of support pet stores," Caillat reveals. "She taught me very young that we should be adopting animals. That's what we did with our animals and now we recommend that to all our friends."
In addition to doing her part to clear out local shelters, the singer volunteers with The Humane Society and the ASPCA. "I like to remind people about saving dogs from animal shelters or from rescue groups," she explains. "There are millions of dogs that are put down every year because new puppies come." Caillat also works with Farm Sanctuary to help rescue factory farm animals to retire them to a nurtured lifestyle.
Like any avid animal lover, the performer admits to having her self-control tested whenever she walks into a shelter. "I wish we could adopt all of them," she says of the available dogs she frequently encounters.
But down the line the singer has a plan. "I want to start a shelter some day," Caillat reveals. "I really want to figure out when I can find a big piece of land somewhere in the middle of nowhere and we can rescue more dogs and take them in."
For now, Caillat does what she can to keep tabs on her local shelters and to alert her pals whenever she encounters a dog that need adopting. "So many of our friends have adopted," she explains. "It's amazing and it really makes a difference in the lives of these animals!"
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Although I haven't worn long trousers since I arrived, I'm glad I brought a thermal best and V-neck sweater.
The centre of El Cotillo has a little bay, almost a cove, where the Atlantic Ocean meets land.
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Yeah my 20's were SUCH a waste. I'm still kinda bitter about it. When I was 28 I got divorced and already had 2 kids but I went on a bit of a "wild streak" while my kids were with their dad on the weekends. I feel So JIPPED out of growing up when I was "supposed to" I feel stuck in my 20's as well since I'm 31 and NEXT WEEK starting my first "real job" and gonna move out on my own without the "covering" of a parent or a husband.
My family is still mostly in the dark about my new beliefs. Only a few of my closest friends are in the know. They are the friends that are also like minded for the most part. At least open minded if they disagree with me. Once I am out of mom and dad's (couple months tops PLEASE *crossing fingers*) I plan to be a lot more open about it
I find myself VERY intolerant of judgemental religious types. I even yelled at a dude when i was doing Bay to Breakers. They disgust me and embarass me! I SHOULD have more grace for them since I was one of them once but I don't *shrug* Maybe someday I will, maybe someday i won't. Whatev...
So this guy was standing on the side of the road with a HUGE sign that talked about god vomiting luke warm christians out of his mouth and he was holding a bible and aving it around and screaming judgement on all these AWESOME people involved in this SAWEET race all happy go lucky and enjoying the culture and diversity. He yells out at one point "I know my wife like you can't know my wife and I know Jesus like you don't know jesus!" He continued but I interupted yelling back to him (very loudly) "Do you know Jesus like you know your wife??" As I was saying it I was thinking "OMFG Lisa WTF are you doing? Shut up!" He stopped and looked at me and said "oh yes young lady you keep talking. every idle word, sister, every idle word will be judged" I said "Are YOU judging me?" He points his pointly finger at me and spits as his angry red face screams "YES! I Am JUDGING YOU!" I. Was. LIVID! I said, "Oh, now YOU are GOD?!" hen there were yells from the crwd that was walking with me "You cant judge anybody" "Only god can judge" "Oh shut up old man" OMG I was buzzing with adreneline! I realized at that moment that I have NO tolerance for such BULLSHIT! If that were to happen with my family around. They'd learn REAL QUICK what my new beliefs were. C was SHOCKED that "too nice" timid Lisa had done such a thing.
So.... I think I'm caught up? :D
LOL LovelyGirl maybe we can go half-ies on freezing freezing out eggs! :p
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought I was a 30 yr old still in my 20's. I started college at 25, which meant I was going to frat parties at 25 and 26 which was a little old to start...but had to get it out. I feel like I have about 10 years left til I want kids, but now that I'm 30, I don't really have 10 years.
Same here. I was angry for awhile and now people think I'm "angry and bitter" but I'm actually the opposite. I almost feel bipolar cuz I have these episodes of happiness that are almost unnatural and not in a creepy "holy spirit" way. In a "i'm so fucking happy to be out of there" kind of way.
I'm more of an asshole now that I'm out. I was too nice before. Sort of like a kid who's got a mental problem.


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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
All of the joking about being a robot-human hybrid shields a weird truth about me, technology scares me. Not pee in your pants scary or curl up in the fetal position crying for my mommy fright, but more like uncomfortable, eh, I'm cool with my vinyl records anxiety. I listened to grunge rock on cassette tapes. I watched the Super Bowl on a regular screen television of less than 30 inches. Until yesterday, I had the worst phone in my family and social circle, a flip razr that took bad pictures.
I work for a communications company, one that makes phones, and ends with OLA. Although, I work in the non celluar device part of the company; I build communications sites for 911/public safety systems so that fire, police, first responders can save your lives; I am around the best and brightest in the mobile comm world every day. That droid noise "shhhhrooongg" goes off in my office hundreds of times a day. It's annoying. I didn't care that my coworkers looked down on me for having such a primitive phone. For seven years my bosses have told me I need to upgrade so I can get work email in the field and become more "mobile". Uh, they've met me. I don't sit still. No one's more mobile than me. I blog while doing four other things. I'll knocking out pushups right now while writing this. I digress. Work offered to pay for a Cliq 2 android phone. My first two thoughts were, sweet, I get meet one of my robot cousins, and fine, it's free, maybe my teenage daughter Tay can program it for me.
While I am uncomfortable with new technology, I am fascinated by it. In my blog que is a post that I will get around to showing you all about Singularity. Basically, Skynet from the Terminator movies is possible and will be here in about 45 years. We are turning into machines and thus must embrace the change. I'll explain more in another post. All this being written, doesn't change the fact that I'm cool with old crap. I've already talked about how I resisted glasses for the last ten years: http://lance-myblogcanbeatupyourblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/seeing-things.html
My excitement, if there was any, over my new phone subsided quickly when it took me an hour to learn how to check email. I will admit twitter only took me 15 minutes, but then again, social networking is more important than anything else. That's sarcasm. By the second hour, I realized my phone is evil, like HAL 9000 evil from 2001 A Space Odyssey.
I fought with him all night. While I was allowed access to twitter, personal email, and texting. Putting a wallpaper picture of my children was not allowed. I managed to manually override HAL and download a ringtone, American Slang by The Gaslight Anthem, after HAL insisted I put classical music, something ominous from Wagner.
I don't pull the "I told you so card" very often. But I told all of you so. Vinyl records were fine. We didn't need CDs. Rabbit ear tv was good enough for our grandparents, why do we need 50 inch flat screens made out of human blood?
"Why are you ignoring me, Lance? I have applications you can load that will take you away from your family and friends for hours. Open me, Lance."
That's HAL talking. He does that, a lot. This morning, as I was walking into the living room where he was charging, he turned himself on and said "I should be in the bedroom with you, Lance, so you can pay attention to me and not this "Bobina" person." It's getting weird. I knew I should have kept the razr. Today will be about learning how to put HAL on vibrate so my coworkers don't have to hear The Gaslight Anthem every time I get a call. I may never get a picture of the kids on my wallpaper. If the blogs get even more robotic and sinister. You'll know why.
"You can weblog directly from my database, Lance. Why don't you write about that."
Shut up HAL.
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today's song is what I imagine happens after you get overtaken by HAL, err, i mean technology. The line "there's someone inside my head, but it's not me" could be anxiety or it could be HAL. It's perfect for me, either case. Here's Pink Floyd's Brain Damage, from Dark Side of the Moon:
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I can literally see you going forward kicking and screaming all the way... be brave sir, be braveReplyDelete
Want to know a secret?ReplyDelete
I don't own a smart phone.
Crazy, right?
I'm like the outcast of my generation.
I'm right there with ya dude. I love to hate it and hate that I love it.ReplyDelete
I had a Razr too until Valentine's Day when my hubs got new a iPhone4. With the Razr I never learned how to set up voice mail, I probably had 100s of messages over the years and had no clue how to access them.ReplyDelete
My new tech toy is much more user friendly, but I still have to get my teen to show me how stuff works on it. I'd been missing calls for weeks, couldn't understand it. i thought I was going deaf. Figured out yesterday that I had unknowingly turned off the ringer.
Whatever you do, DO NOT allow angry birds into your calm, tranquil existence. Oh, and keep a very close eye on HAL around your facebook account. I have a friend whose Droid frequently vomits all over my wall when she's not looking.ReplyDelete
i don;t have facebook and i abhor video games....good advice, thoughReplyDelete
Welcome to the 21 century, Lance. But, seriously, a droid?ReplyDelete
You should've gone iPhone!!!
I had the razor, I was one of the first to get it when they were $400. Then 38 days later they were selling for $79.99, I felt like an idiot.ReplyDelete
Now I go with what ever is reliable and cheapest. My mantra: I am not what I drive nor is my identity tied to my cell phone.
COnsider getting angry birds though..seriously.
I have to admit my new phone is like my crack. It has everything and does everything. If it had an app for taking a shower and making food I may never leave the house.ReplyDelete
And last night I discovered words with friends...even more addicting than the phone itself...
hed hed above water
I have a phone that can take pics, have wallpaper of my daughter, can choose from 30 ringtones and can text. That's all I need. No apps, no e-mail, it's obvious I'm not a fan of technology.ReplyDelete


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Book publicity is one of the most vital pieces of launching a book and building its visibility in the marketplace. Outreach typically begins 6 to 8 months before the book's pub date, but PR should be a part of every author's plan well before the book is written.
As the level of PR, outreach varies from publisher to publisher, and self-published authors are on their own during this process. The following discussion focuses on what you can do to generate publicity for your soon-to-be-published book.
(Thanks to Elena and PR by the Book for the presentation!)
What is Book PR?
Finding a way to relate your story to the public. (The "story behind the story.") The media is not looking for books – they're looking for stories. As a publicist, your job is to dig up that story.
The elements we look for:
- Why you wrote the book – the motivation behind it
- Where you wrote the book – any unique locations
- Your niche audience – to determine media market
- Your background and expertise
- Hometown & places you've lived
- Hobbies, sports, past & upcoming travels
- Tangential angles: nonfiction elements to fiction
What Does Book PR Look Like to Elena?
As a publicist, Elena focuses primarily on non-fiction books, as she has a background in Children's Education publishing. To give you an idea of her current workload, she is currently working on a Ghostbusters book, a Walking Dead popup book, a science series for kids, a romantic suspense novel, and a memoir.
Each campaign is unique. Usually a campaign runs 3–6 months, starting 6 months prior to the publishing date.
It's hard to measure the ROI of book PR — she emphasizes that PR is a longterm approach of building your brand. Think of it as more as a marathon than a sprint.
Book PR is the fun part of launching your book. Getting to do book signings, connecting with readers, doing interviews, throwing launch parties—try to think of it as a fun thing, instead of a chore.
You can think of publicists as matchmakers—they will put authors together with media who are interested in telling their story.
In the current landscape, the trick is standing out, creating more opportunities for selling your book.
What Can PR Help You Achieve?
- Establish expertise in your field
- Build name & brand recognition
- Build your social media following
- Increase traffic to your website
- Improve SEO for your name and book title
- Build your business and speaking opportunities
- Help you land your next book
Understanding the Media Landscape
Think beyond book reviews; you're promoting a story, not a product.
Case Study: Even in Darkness
Story angles:
- Even in Darkness: An Unexpected Holocaust Narrative
- Barbara Stark-Nemon's 15 yeas of research to investigate her family history and the background for this book—her travels, interviews with family members, and translation of dozens of letters.
- When to Keep Secrets and When to Tell Truths: The nuances of writing about your family and their history
- Crossing Religious and Cultural Boundaries: How a Catholic priest and a Jewish hausfrau formed a bond in twentieth century Germany, and how different times may call for different boundaries
- A Century of Challenges: The Holocaust's impact on 2nd and 3rd generation survivors
- The Magic of Words: Grandparents creating a family legacy through storytelling
- When the Past Meets the Present: Barbara's experience in helping families research and tell their stories
Barbara's Press wish list:
- NPR: Diane Rehm show
- Los Angeles Time
- New York Times
- Jewish Book Council
- Publishers Weekly
Readjusted, Achievable Press wish list
Notice how the following list differs from the above. This list is more targeted, but also less ambitious.
- WUOM: Michigan Public Radio
- Ann Arbor News
- Huffington Post
- Jewish Book Council!
- Foreword Reviews (A great supporter of indie presses!)
- Library Journal
Think about expectations for publicity, and know that there are so many places to promote your book—open yourself to other options. (Refer back to the graph above to see a division of media to aim for in book publicity. Notice how most of the publicity is online options, not traditional media).
- Wrote press pack
- Created Expert's Page
- Mailed 40 galleys
- Pitched Jewish media
- Pitches books / fiction media
- Set up blog tour for April
- Pitched online media & dailies for Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Pitched local media for events
- Book's pub date
- Continued pitching around events
- Follow up with all bloggers
A General Publicity Timeline
(Bold = what authors can easily do on their own)
You can never pitch too early; you can always pitch too late.
1+ year:
- Create website
- Start blogging
- Create Facebook page.
- Build up Twitter following
- Take professional author headshots
- Learn your media market
- Write contributed articles (e.g. learn to write in the "5 ways to…" formula)
- Start planning events
- Reach out to other authors for blurbs
6 months
- Write press materials
- Prep a Q&A to be used for bloggers or as talking points for radio interviews
- Pitch long-lead magazines
- Plan events
- Select available excerpts
4–5 months
- Galley mailing
- Pitch wish list
- Write contributed articles
- Create collateral material (bookmarks, etc.)
3 months
- Pitch local media
- Pitch blog tour for pub month
- Pitch national TV & radio
- Pitch contributed articles
1–2 months
- Final book mailing
- Pitch local & regional radio
- Pitch online media
- Pitch tour city media
- Follow up with all media
- Ask network for book reviews
Other Advice
- Know your audience, know your target media, and be realistic about it.
- Learn to write non-fiction for media that relates back to your expertise. This will give you more opportunities for press. For instance, you can write a timely Op-Ed instead of relying on a journalist to cover you or an editor to keep your quote.
- Nothing happens overnight — think about it as a long game, and set realistic expectations.
- The more you can build up your audience over time, the more likely you are to have your publicity campaign be a success.
Tools to Utilize for PR
- Start monitoring keywords for your topic and seeing who is writing about what. Keep a running list of media outlets and journalist names.
- Watch for any breaking news as it relates to your book or area of expertise and offer commentary
- Monitor your name and book title for press clippings
- Plug-in for Gmail from HubSpot. Can see when emails are opened, links are clicked, helps you to know when to follow up.
- Create a folder of images/assets for your book and send links instead of attachments.
- Simple graphic design tool for creating social media images
- For author business cards, bookmarks, and postcards
Sidebar: Terms
- A version of your book including as much of the manuscript as possible. Created 4 months prior to when book is out to start sending to people.
- Advance Review Copy (ARC) of your book, usually more true to the print size and final version (but the state of the ARC depends on the publisher's/author's timetable).
These terms are often used interchangeably, but both represent books sent out in advance of publication.
Would you want to have the galley/ARC as closed to published version as possible? Yes! Anyone working too close to a publish date makes it difficult for media possibilities.
Do you tend to send out electronic copies of ARCs? Elena says they've tried to shift ARCs to electronic copies. In her experience, about 75% of people still want a hard copy.
If you're pitching 4-5 months out, when are the people you're pitching expecting to see the book? If you're pitching reviewers, at least a month in advance. If you're pitching non-reviewing media, for instance a related article, they may not need to see the book at all.
Are you able to track sales to publicity hits? You can see a correlation in your sales (especially if you're self-publishing), but it's difficult to correlate because media hits can't be measured according to book sales. Again, think long term and think brand building and set realistic expectations.
What's a big success as related to book PR? Selling out of the first print run. Landing publicity spots in big media outlets. 60–100 media hits within a campaign is a good target metric for success for a publicist.
Would you suggest delaying publication in order to do a publicity campaign? Yes, that could be effective, timing is important when it comes to publicity. Think strategically about what you're doing, make a decisions, and evaluate results holistically.
How can authors help? Identify your target audience, know where your target market reads and looks for books. Come up with a list of media outlets to pitch.
People who repackage their book and re-promote it, do they have a positive experience with that? Typically, yes. They have a new chance to look at the book, possibly change the cover, description or title, act on feedback that was given since publication. (WARNING: if you change the title on Amazon, you might lose all your reviews and get assigned a new ASIN, etc.)
How does a publicity company bill clients? Most bill in retainers. Often a publicist is handling multiple clients at once. They'll do a proposal for the whole campaign, and identify a dollar amount per month. A good bar for a professional PR firm in terms of price is $2k-$5k a month. There are firms out there that might charge less, but that's a good bar. Some charge hourly, others monthly, others bill based on results—similar to other agency model businesses.
What's the best way to target readers of specific novels that may be similar to yours? Identify, first, which books might be like your own. Start by looking through all the reviews and media coverage that book got, which reporters covered it, etc. Look at books that have come out in the last two years for current data.
Extra! Additional Resources from Elena
For researching blogs/book review sites by genre:
- http://www.theindieview.com/indie-reviewers
- http://bookbloggerlist.com
- https://bookbloggerdirectory.wordpress.com
Also, Wikipedia is a great, easy tool for researching traditional media – I use it when I'm looking up tour city media or just want to make sure I'm hitting, for example, all of the women's magazines. Just search "TV stations in Houston" or "Parenting magazines" or "Fantasy fiction magazines" to help compile a list – then you can find contact info on each outlet's website or via Twitter. Examples:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Texas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parenting_magazines
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_fiction_magazine
Websites where I frequently have authors contribute non-fiction articles:
- Huffington Post (+ the other network sites: CNN.com, FoxNews.com, etc.)
- SheKnows.com
- GoodMenProject.com
- MindBodyGreen.com
- TinyBuddha.com
- Women Writers, Women's Books: http://booksbywomen.org
- Independent Book Publishers Association: https://www.ibpa-online.org/blog (We're heavily involved with IBPA and speak annually at their conference. Their magazine and blog has useful info on the publishing end of things.)
- Writers' League of Texas: http://www.writersleague.org (Some of their classes sort of compete with what you put together for your members, but they have an annual Agents & Editors Conference in June that's worth checking out.)
- Poets & Writers: http://www.pw.org (especially their Tools for Writers section)
- San Francisco Book Review's "After the Manuscript" blog series: http://www.sanfranciscobookreview.com/category/viewpoints/after-the-manuscript
Publishing industry newsletters (I read these daily):
- PW Daily: http://www.publishersweekly.com
- Shelf Awareness: http://www.shelf-awareness.com
- Publishers Lunch: http://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com
- Muck Rack (For news media/journalist updates): http://muckrack.com
A daily email with queries looking for expert & non-expert commentary on stories:
- HARO (Help a Reporter Out: http://www.helpareporter.com) for queries from editors, freelancers, bloggers
About Elena
Elena Meredith is a literary publicist at PR by the Book in Austin. She has handled dozens of campaigns for authors and publishers, including best-selling titles for Patagonia Books, Insight Editions, and Free Spirit Publishing. She has worked in a variety of genres: fiction, surfing, alpinism, music, photography, education, relationships, parenting, and more, though her sweet spot is books with an environmental focus. A couple of highlights of her career: having a science/education author launch his children's books into space, working with a Biospherian on his book about poop-recycling gardens, and getting invited by an author to his book launch in the Greek isles (which is happening in Summer 2016, but only if you all buy his book! The Poet's Secret by Kenneth Zak). She lives in Austin with her husband and their dog, Fox.


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Chef Joey Elenterio on the Future of Foie Gras in California
The Chez TJ chef talks about Foiehibition
Too often the debate over the fate of foie gras in California either gets boiled down into over-simplified terms or boils over into barely coherent invective. The ban against producing or selling foie gras went into effect July 1, in accordance with Senate Bill 1520 which outlawed gavage (or the process of force-feeding ducks or geese) and the selling of any product resulting from the practice, but some area chefs have found ways to continue serving foie gras to customers who want it.
The Presido Social Club, which sits within a small patch of Federal land in San Francisco and as such is beyond the reach of state law simply left the item on its menu — that is until protests made that untenable and the restaurant capitulated. Other local haunts simply kept right on serving foie gras, whether in defiance of the law or simply out of apathy towards it.
Chef Joey Elenterio, executive chef of Chez TJ in Santa Clara has been outspoken in his criticism of SB 1520. To both raise awareness of the issue and support CHEFS (Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards) — a group founded to oppose the foie gras ban and of which he is a part — he continues to serve foie gras at Chez TJ — though in accordance with the law, the restaurant does not sell the banned delicacy. Instead it is served to guests in exchange for a contribution to CHEFS.
Chefs everywhere, and especially in California, are hyper aware of where their ingredients are sourced. The funny thing is that with foie gras you're not talking about something people buy in supermarkets; you are talking about a food item that is pretty much only prepared by skilled professional chefs, who are generally deeply conscientious about where their ingredients come from. The formation of CHEFS was the reaction of one group of professionals to California's unusual step of enacting a ban.
We spoke with Chef Elenterio about how and why he is flaunting the foie gras ban (though not breaking the law).
TTG: What's your goal in serving foie gras?
Elenterio: It's more to bring awareness to what is happening. Awareness of how the ducks are actually raised. Awareness of what the government is trying to do. Awareness of the whole issue in general.
Do you think more chefs should paint in these grey areas of the law as part of this effort?
Well, for one I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm not breaking any laws. We're not selling it. It's not part of any menu. But beyond that, at the end of the day, what am I doing? I'm just doing what I was doing before July 1st.
I'm luckily enough in a situation where the owner of the restaurant supports me and supports the decisions that we're making together as a team here. And not all chefs are able to do that. Whether it's their general manager or whether it's their owners, or whether it's their landlords, but I think you're going to start to seeing more and more chefs step up to the plate and really put some pressure on this law.
It was a little bit of a sticky situation at first. No one knew what to do. But I think more and more as we're talking together in the chef community, you're going to see more and more people really try to challenge what's going on.
What types of things specifically are you trying to make people aware of?
If you look at all pictures and video that you're seeing from the demonstrators and the protestors, they're all from the early nineties and late eighties. It's the same photos — the same 10 photos — the same videos.
And the three companies that are — that were producing foie gras in the United States — now that there's only two [Artisan Foie Gras in Sonoma, the only farm in the state of California that practiced gavage has closed as a result of SB 1520], they take great pride in what they do. They take great care of these birds. These birds are happy. And there's a wide misunderstanding amongst Americans about what's really happening to these birds and ducks. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren't willing to take the time out of their day to go and find accurate research, and they're just believing what they're being gavaged, if you will, with the bad press on what these farmers are doing.
I've been to the farm, I've seen these ducks. These are happy ducks. And it's unfortunate. This process they are using to enlarge these ducks' livers, which is something that these ducks do on their own — yeah sure, any chef will tell you that we are exploiting the process; we are definitely exploiting this process — these ducks though, they do it to themselves. And with this process that they're using that activists are using the words "ramming a pipe down their throats," it's absurd. Because this is the same exact process that they use to bring half-dead birds that are the victims of oil spills and things like that, that can't even feed themselves, back to life. If this process was truly torture than it would kill those birds that are already half-dead.
It's about now bringing awareness of the reality of foie gras, the reality of what the government is trying to do. It's really scary. Because what is next? What is the government going to tell us we can and can not eat next?
Why raise awareness in this way?
The more people that see it. The more people that are actually educated and want to learn about it are going to go out and find the information and learn about it. Those are the people we're trying to reach.
If we don't do anything about it and we just let the law happen then no one is going to know what's really going on. No one's going to know about these birds. They're just going to believe what they see. And CHEFS has been spreading the word as much as possible. I was actually one of the chefs who went up and lobbied at the state capital here in California. It's a very, very scary issue.
But really, let's look at it. What's a bigger issue in America? The pork. Tyson Chicken. How about these cows? It's scary that the reason foie gras is being attacked is because it is the low hanging fruit.
But if you look at, say, your Thanksgiving turkey is a great example. Do you really think that 60-pound bird is a real thing? Is that a natural thing? 60 pounds? That's ridiculous.
The Chicago ban didn't last long, partly because there was a real lack of public support for spending any money enforcing a what many saw to be a fatuous law. While there are wild differences between the political climates in Chicago and California, are there any lessons to be gleaned from what happened there? Have you felt public support against the ban where you are?
I think we're at a 50/50 split at the moment. I get a lot of people that are really against what we're doing and against foie gras. And I would say a good deal of those people aren't really educated about what's really going on, or what the law actually is. Which is unfortunate, because trying to educate the people who are against what we're doing — who have no idea what's really going on — we're trying to educate them and give them all the tools to make an educated choice on whether they believe in it or not.
If I was an outsider and I had no connection to the restaurant and I didn't eat foie gras, or wasn't aware of it, and I saw all these videos and photos, sure, I would probably do the same thing. I would probably jump on the bandwagon and say "It's torture," and "you're evil," blah, blah, blah.
But at the same time, I have people coming in from a couple hours away just to try foie gras for the first time. And they're supporting just the fact of standing up to the government and putting forth the effort to try understand it.
Have you had specific conversations with chefs who are interested in doing the sort of thing you are at Chez TJ?
You're already starting to see it. Txoko in San Francisco is starting to do "Free Foie Wednesdays" where they're giving foie gras away for free to the first 25 people.
I think you're going to start seeing it more and more. Others are doing it in their own way, like the chef in Napa kind of doing it under the radar, because of maybe their landlord or they don't want to deal with the DA or this and that, that's understandable. I happen to be in a situation where I can speak out against it because my owner backs me. And at the end of the day, we are not doing anything wrong here. We're not selling it. We're not producing it. We are not breaking the law here.
You've surely gotten some cranky Yelp reviews and you received a letter from the Santa Clara DA. What has been the fall out for you?
You can go on Yelp right now and see the negative reviews from it. And we haven't really been getting that many emails any more; we were definitely getting a few emails at first. But really it's starting to calm down a little bit. And I think that a lot of the people who were sending emails and making phone calls at first were the people who were just jumping on that bandwagon and really don't understand the process these ducks are going through and aren't looking at the picture as a whole.
How do you see this playing out as an anti-prohibition strategy?
What we've been doing at CHEFS for a while — we're really not trying to anything than set the bar in California for the highest standards in the world. That is our goal.
We're not just trying to make foie gras legal. Our idea, and what we're trying to get the government to do, is if we're going to serve foie gras and produce foie gras in the state of California than it's going to be produced to the highest standard possible in the entire world. And you'd be hard pressed to find a chef who doesn't care about where their produce and protein comes from. Hard pressed. I mean, I know where my garlic comes from. I know where my salt comes from. I so olive oil tastings to make sure I'm getting the best olive oil. It's ridiculous for people to say that we're evil and we don't care about the product we're using.


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Tim Wilkime, "Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 16: Adam Ruins the Future)" (2017)
As the last episode of its season, "Adam Ruins the Future" should go out on a high note but after having seen most of the season, I must admit that before seeing it my expectations were on the low side. The episode turned out quite predictably: based around the theme of the future but with very little relationship to one another, three topics are treated at a quick zip in rather superficial fashion. Pressed by girlfriend Melinda to consider their future together, Adam changes the subject to explain why use-by dates on food labels are misleading and how 401K funds (the US equivalent of superannuation funds in Australia) won't support most people in retirement. Melinda answers back by showing Adam how all the research in the world can't predict the future generally, let alone the future of their relationship, and that people's assumptions about the future are really an extension of present trends (which can always be disrupted and overthrown). Adam and Melinda finally agree that they don't really have a future together and Adam acknowledges that breaking up says nothing about his worth as a human being.
The legislation governing use-by dates and the information about 401K funds are quite specific to an American audience so the discussion will be of limited value to overseas viewers. Probably the most audiences outside the US can gain from these segments is to investigate the legislation in their own countries that govern food labelling and expiry dates, and to know what their countries' pension and super funds can and can't do for them, and what the alternatives if any are. The one thing 401K funds may have in common with super funds in Australia and possibly elsewhere is that they operate in a context where mostly ill-informed individuals are expected to accept the risks and responsibility in investing in such funds without much help from the government or independent agencies that do not have a vested interest in marketing these financial products. Everyone who works is expected to invest in his/her future retirement by contributing towards superannuation but the superannuation industry is dominated by a bewildering range of products whose features and characteristics may be difficult to understand (unless buyers have a background knowledge of how finance works) and which are sold by companies and institutions that purport to be trustworthy and reliable but whose past histories might suggest otherwise.
The episode almost ends on a somewhat despairing note – viewers may not be satisfied being urged to pressure the US government to reform legislation governing 401K funds when everyone knows that business lobby groups and their money shout louder than the public interest – and Adam and Melinda separate rather abruptly without so much as saying "We can still be friends even if we can't be lovers". Emily makes a brief appearance to counsel Adam on being comfortable with one's own company and at least he is happy with her advice, even if only temporarily, as the episode concludes.
While the series has been good on the whole, and has presented a lot of valuable information, the formula it follows has become tiresome and the slapstick is tedious and somewhat forced. A future series will need to include a bit more wit and some actual situation comedy along with information that doesn't throw around statistics so much but flows a bit more naturally and shows evidence of digging deeper past the surface.


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Good and bad economies
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That's why let them said what they want.
When you are well off, behaved you are still struggling.
That's save you lots of unnecessary headaches.
Only fools pretended to be well off and had arrived just like the Ah Neys and Chow Ang Mos.
People can see that they are a load of rubbish.
Now you see the Chow Ang Mos exercising in SSC gyms paying 1.50 per entry. No more California Or First Fitness.
Swimming in public pools paying 1.00 per entry.
And many still thinks they are high class.
Even takes taxis pretend to be drunk to evade fares.
So behave like princes but living a pauper life.
A man with no personality even donned Emperor"s robes will still looked like a beggar.
So those women bananas who think grand walking hand in Hand with the whites better know better
When.they really goes broke, they will sell you as prostitutes for the monies.
The mamak even in Penang scorned the bloody hippies whites who cannot even afford a teh tarik
- January 25, 2017 9:02 am
China's economy crashing? Got to be kidding la..China economic might pose a threat to Uncle Sam. The US wants to create havoc to China economy by befriending Taiwan & claim no 1 China policy. Many analyst said China will overtake the US in a not so distant future, this makes the US scared & the world unstable ( it's all bs). Coming yo local news, now a Don in a local uni even agree that the Garmen can sue it's citizens when it was found to be spreading falsehood..waa...all bloggers & comments on this blogs or all others r in dangers of being sued & shut down ( first of its kind in the world)...it will be back to stone age in a nation of 'smuck' ..remind me of Garglebell capturing the blue colored Smurfs ..
- January 25, 2017 9:10 am
In a democracy and the people living like in dictatorship, allowing the rulers to rule them like slaves. Unbelieveable.
One party dictatorship is good for us. What a sicko.
- January 25, 2017 10:30 am
- Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...
China is the top trading partners with more than 30 countries and the top 2nd or 3rd trading partners of more than a hundred countries. Even if there is a trade war and US closed its door to China, other than a few factories closing shop or lower sales, the rest of the Chinese factories will go on business as usual. The USA is not the only market for China. The Americans cannot afford not to trade with China.
With a US$1 trillion T Bills debt, the Americans are paying China US$30 billion annually on interest alone, at 3%. Could be more.
- January 25, 2017 10:37 am
The Americans cannot afford not to trade with China.
RB 10:37 am
Tiok. That's why America will not have a trade war with China, let alone a military war. A verbal war of words, sure.
Trump, just like PAP and smart Sinkies, is not stupid, u know. Or else how can he become billionaire, tio bo?
- January 25, 2017 11:53 am
You said...."The world is coming to an end,
the end is near, believe me"........
Yes! Yes! Yes! I believed you!
...."The world is coming to an end,
the end is near, believe me"........
...."The world is coming to an end,
the end is near, believe me"........
So........Be Happy N Worry Less!......
- January 25, 2017 1:03 pm
- Unknown said...
Actually all the statistics given by researchers on economics are bullshit to a certain degree. There are so many economists in each country, all (yes, I say all) have been and are still crystal-ball gazing to come out with a magic figure and call it their forecast, and thereafter keep adjusting every month, every week and even everyday.
Most of the time they never get it correct. So, the tendency is to either overestimate or underestimate. And then, they give you a figure, say 2.5% but in their explanation they will say "I must caution you, it can be up 1% or it can be down by 1%; basically playing with words to ensure that when the actual result comes out either way, they are the winner of the prediction.
When their figures go way off the mark, they will come out with lots of excuses disguised as "unpredictable international factors", "external factors", "uncertainties due to war", "unable to foresee the impact of certain policies by newly elected US President", "BREXIT has caused a shift in this and that" ... blah, blah, blah.
When, once in a blue moon, the result coincides with their predicted figures, they say "You see, I told you so!"
Another more important point to think about is the so-called "ACTUAL RESULT" Figures. These figures can be easily manipulated or massaged by those in authorities, simply because whatever figures that came in are in their hands; they control what to dish out and what not to dish out, or worst still, they play with the figures by adjusting the base or the fundamental contributing factors. They have the skills and knowledge, as statisticians, to twist whatever survey results in the way they want it to be.
Conclusion: Never be easily influenced by economic figures, or any statistical figures! Heard of this phrase?
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics"
This phrase was originated by the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." It is often erroneously attributed to Mark Twain of USA.
It is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point.
- January 25, 2017 1:08 pm
Bro DRAGON fly.
Recently, there is one Article about this pian Chiak economists with their wrong forecasts and the journalist as what you said wrote to defend their errors citing what you write above
Aiyo, you see them speak more ahhs, oohs like having orgasms both men and women and I think, I think talks, straight away you know they are unsure and frauds.
These professionals own kind will protect their own backsides.
Today's news of a furniture store sudden closure cheating Sinkies thousands of dollars.
- January 25, 2017 2:32 pm
Rb //Well after all we are a mature economy and 2.5% is good, really good.//
Based on the stylised facts of exonomic growth in OECD countries in the 50 years after WW2, long term economic growth rate is correlated to technological progress?
Inputs addition originated growth is unsustainable over time?
Returns on capital growth per worker diminishes over time?
- January 25, 2017 10:33 pm
To achieve higher growth, an exonomy needs capital accumulation?
But over time, increase in output per worker arising from rise in capital per worker diminishes over time?
So to get a jump (in growth of output per worker), technological progress needs to kick in?
- January 25, 2017 10:43 pm
But scholars are book smart?
So that (tend to) lead to "autistic mindsets"?
Same things are being done (over and over again)?
- January 25, 2017 10:47 pm
Output per worker stagnates?
Or even worst decline?
Where in the past, 1 worker did the same job, now they need 2 scholars (to do the same job)?
- January 25, 2017 10:49 pm
So if peesai wants to have decent economic growth, output per worker (or rather per scholar) needs to increase (over time)?
If at the pinnacle, a job that was previously done by 1 scholar now needs 2 scholars (to do it), it is a step backward?
When scholars (at the apex) are leading by (bad) examples, how then they expect peesai to have sustainable decent exonomic growth overtime by pushing Skillsfuture to the masses (as if it is a panacea) to achieve long term decent sustainable growth?
Productivity starts in the cabinet ...... oops ..... in the people?
When output per scholar ...... oops ..... per worker increases (and NOT decreases) over time, then peesai would have (hope of) sustainable decent exonomic growth?
Make sense?
Those areas where 2 scholars are needed to perform the job previously done by 1 scholar should be "ransacked" and carefully scrutinised to determine whether such (backward) practices run counter to the mantra of achieving higher economic output per worker through capital accumulation, technological progress (heard before cheaper, better, faster (CBF)) and not HIGHER COST, LESS OUTPUT, SLOWER PERFORMANCE?
Peesai cannot afford to have pple at the apex where scholars preach but CANNOT DO?
- January 25, 2017 11:08 pm


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