Archives: September 2008

Kelly McMasters’ Memoir Gets a Shout-out From Oprah Magazine

kellymcmasters01.jpgKelly McMasters’ memoir Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town got a shout-out from O, the Oprah Magazine: “[Kelly] also pulls off a small miracle in the telling, making rundown, unbeautiful Shirley a place of dignity, a place of heroic people and stubborn fighters, a place you’d be proud to call home.”

You can also watch Kelly on the telly (sorry) in an interview on the CW11 Morning News.

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Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion's Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook's Morin Oluwole, and bitly's Tim Devane. Register now.

Curious NY Travel Book from mb Student Cindy Perman

Cindy PermanFunny lady Cindy Perman says she got her first book deal “as a direct result” of her Humor Writing class. Ha! Her new book, New York Curiosities, is part of a state-by-state series from the Globe Pequot Press, and will definitely liven up your summer road trips. Cindy’s also a writer at CNBC.com, covering the stock market and personal finance.

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    Piping the RSS Feed through FeedBurner.

    Jackson Taylor Sells Novel Through Agent He Met at mb, of All Places

    jacksontaylor01.jpgFiction instructor Jackson Taylor sold his novel The Blue Orchard to Touchstone/Fireside at Simon & Schuster. Fun fact: Jackson met his agent, Nonfiction Book Proposal instructor Ryan Fischer Harbage, through the magic of mediabistro.

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