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The 9-5

When a Promotion Means Panic

July 19, 2011

So the big news around here (besides my utter exhaustion!) is that I got a promotion last week. WOOHOO. It’s a big step up in responsibility and scope, and will be a definite challenge for me–in good ways and in…challenging ways. But holy cow, after the euphoria of the announcement wore off and the reality [...]

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Why Pottermore Makes Perfect Sense (And Is Brilliant Business)

June 23, 2011

If you’re even a little bit of a Harry Potter fan, or even a little bit tuned into pop culture news, you know that today J.K. Rowling announced Pottermore, after a week or so of intrigue and mystery around the web. It appears that the full nature of Pottermore will remain a secret until the [...]

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Packaging FAIL

April 21, 2011

So one of the awesome things I’m getting to do right now at my job is put some ereaders through their paces. I have a Kindle, a Nook Color, and will be getting an iPad 2 (as soon as it ships). (Sadly, they aren’t mine to do with as I please. It very much is [...]

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Publishing is a Business

April 19, 2011

So one of the things that I think is missing from many of the discussions about publishing is one simple, stark fact: Publishing is a business. I know there’s a idealistic notion of publishing—I had it before I got into it—that many people fall into. You know, how magical it is to work with books [...]

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Talking About Work, Motherhood, and Marriage

April 12, 2011

Yesterday, there was a post on Mom-101 that I thought about all day long. In The unspoken truths of mothers on top, Liz wrote about the challenges of being a mom who is the primary breadwinner married to the stay at home dad trying to work, explore your passion, and feed your family. Uh…sounds familiar. [...]

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