Publicists are Dedicated People

I was reading Bookangst.com . You know Max's blog. He trashed publicists and being one I wanted to give our side.

Every author deserves good publicity. But the author has to be involved too. We need to know that you can be counted on to plug your book when you are doing an interview for instance.
I have done media brush-ups with authors and they are talkative and 99% of the time forget to mention the book. I am getting tired of saying: that was good, but you forogt one important thing.

When you do an author interview it is valuable air-time. Be engaging. Give your title and tell what it's about. Read your own book before you do an interview.

We had a great author touring our Morning Drive Radio Tour this morning and her book is called Unstoppable Woman. WOW!
She gave me so much energy today to work on her book. She gave the interviewers so much energy to do a good interview.

I love authors. I'm married to one and I am one myself.

My next entry will be about mid-list.

Max are you out there?

Can the People Change American Politics?

I have a running debate with a very dear friend of mine. She is a Republican and I am a Democrat. We agree on most everything else except politics.

We do have heated debates sometimes and sometimes we can actually agree on some things.
We always have a good conversation and we respect each other.

I think we can have a good conversation in this country about politics and where we are headed as a nation. Way too often though, people are so angry that it gets nasty and defeats the whole
purpose of having an exchange of ideas.

Should the rich get richer on the backs of the middle class?
Should our tax money go toward programs that aren't working
and that don't seem to help the poor?

Where is the debate? I suppose we could watch C-SPAN and see it, but
very few people do that.

The media should get the facts out to the people and still stay objective.
It can be done. But many people are getting to the point where they just do
not trust the journalists.

Who are the most objective journalists out there?