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May.02.2013
The Moment One Person Showed Up: So there I was, on my way to doing an event at the local Barnes and Noble, which had asked me to come. [It feels important to emphasize that they asked me, I didn’t ask them, so I can’t be accused of bringing this on myself.] I’d already done several events...
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May.01.2013
The Moment My Books Were Returned To Me: So there I was, doing one of my first signings at the Borders in Danbury. Before signing, I was giving a talk and reading, taking questions. A few minutes into the event, my daughter, three years old at the time, began doing a curious thing. One by...
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Apr.30.2013
The Moment My First Book Was Published: For this entry, I’m going to borrow words from a book I started work on six weeks after The Thin Pink Line was published:
The moment I’d been waiting for forever was finally here.
My book...
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Apr.26.2013
The Moment I Realized a New York Times Ad Wasn’t Everything: When I found out my publisher had taken out an ad for The Thin Pink Line in the New York Times Book Review, I thought: How exciting! Then I saw it. I’m sure there must be a technical term for what happens when a single page in a...
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Apr.25.2013
The Moment I Realized A Publicist Wasn’t Everything: I’d heard that having an independent publicist could really help, so I was thrilled that my publisher had hired one for three months to work on The Thin Pink Line. Here’s the thing, though: The publicist was late in the final trimester of her...
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Apr.24.2013
The Moment I Got Burned By Ann Coulter: My publisher had hired an independent publicist and that publicist called me up to say People magazine was interested in reviewing The Thin Pink Line – People magazine! How exciting was that? But to run the review, she said, they needed a picture of me...
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Apr.23.2013
The Moment I Realized I Wasn’t A Star: My first signing at Book Expo America saw me signing 200 copies of The Thin Pink Line. But my second signing on the next day? I was in the – blare of trumpets heralding important capitalization! – Main Autographing Area. For those who haven’t been to...
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Apr.22.2013
The Moment I Thought I Was A Star: My very first book signing at BEA was in my publisher’s booth. Over the course of an hour, I must have signed about 200 books. Two hundred books! Imagine if that happened at every book signing in my career, I thought – I’d be rich! Obviously, I was on my way to...
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Apr.20.2013
The Moment I Got On A Plane: A month before my debut novel came out, I packed to attend my first Book Expo America which was in Los Angeles that year. Among the things I overpacked were about 50,000 sanitary napkins, just in case, plus I figured they’d make a good floatation device if need...
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Apr.18.2013
The Moment I Got My First Review: A friend emailed to say that she’d seen The Thin Pink Line reviewed in Kirkus and that it was a starred review. I immediately got in touch with my editor and asked if she’d seen it. “Oh, I don’t think it’s a starred review,” she said. “That must be some other mark...
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Apr.17.2013
The Moment I Saw My Baby With My Baby: One day, the UPS man came. For some reason, I didn’t bother looking at the sender’s address; if I had, I might have guessed what the large box contained. But I didn’t. As it was, it was a surprise when I slit the sides and lifted the flaps, only to reveal...
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Apr.16.2013
The Moment I Got My Fourth Agent: When I was offered an additional three-book contract before my debut novel was even out, I did briefly consider negotiating my own contract. After all, I’d done pretty well negotiating the first contract, right? There was just one problem. While I had faith...
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Apr.15.2013
The Moment I Got Offered Another Deal: In April, three months before my first book from the two-book contract came out, I was offered an additional three-book contract from my publisher. This told me they were so sure the first book was going to be a success, they wanted to nail me down for...
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Apr.14.2013
The Moment I Realized I Might Be Odd: Since the contract for The Thin Pink Line involved a two-book deal, we needed to come up with a second book. So I sent my editor three finished books to consider: Falling for Prince Charles, the romantic comedy about a Jewish cleaning lady from Danbury...
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Apr.13.2013
The Moment I Got A Lot More Blurbs: Some established authors advise sticking to authors in your own genre. But I say, wherever possible, diversify! When my debut novel came out – The Thin Pink Line, a dark comedy about a woman who fakes an entire pregnancy – I knew that the uberpink...
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About Lauren
Before becoming a published novelist, I was an independent bookseller and buyer, a Publishers Weekly reviewer, a freelance editor, and a window washer. My first book was published in 2003 and by the end of 2012, I will have had 28 books published. My most...
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