http://mariamurnane.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:26:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_967" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Maria -- not Waverly! Ha ha ha"][/caption] Last week was the San Francisco launch party for my book-- it was a great time! In addition to celebrating with my friends and family, I loved chatting with people (men too!) who had either already read Perfect on Paper and came ... http://mariamurnane.com/i-am-not-waverly-bryson/ OMG my mom just called to tell me that Perfect on Paper is in USA Today! Click here for the link. It's an article about the AmazonEncore venture into publishing, and apparently there's also a photo of the book's cover in the print edition.  Yahoo!! http://mariamurnane.com/my-book-is-in-usa-today/ Hi everyone! A bit of random news in the house that I just had to share: Amazon has sold the rights to publish Perfect on Paper in Germany! I don't speak a lick of German and have no idea if my sense of humor will translate, but I don't really care because it's so exciting regardless! ... http://mariamurnane.com/how-do-you-say-beer-goggles-in-german/ A couple days ago I was up in SF visiting friends and stopped at a Shell station in my old neighborhood to get gas. My car was in the shop, so I was driving my mom's, which has car seats in the back for the grandkids, a license plate with the word MOM ... http://mariamurnane.com/my-most-random-sale-yet/ Super exciting news! After receiving many many requests from readers to make the "Honey Notes" that appear throughout Perfect on Paper available for sale in real life, I finally decided to do it! It's been quite a learning experience, but I've enjoyed (nearly) ever minute of the past few months as I ... http://mariamurnane.com/the-honey-notes-from-my-book-are-now-real/ Hi everyone! Very cool news – Amazon is now allowing authors to upload amateur video to their individual author pages on Amazon.com, and the powers that be chose ME to create the sample video Amazon is using to promote this cool service! Given the multitude of authors out there, I’m ... http://mariamurnane.com/a-fun-video-on-amazon-of-me/ I just got back to New York after four days of super fun book events in the Washington, DC area. When I arrived it was 60 degrees and sunny, but by the time I left, it was a snowstorm! It was gorgeous, but it was also COLD. It's been a long time since ... http://mariamurnane.com/a-little-black-dress-in-a-winter-wonderland/ That's a great question, and I honestly don't know the answer! Yesterday someone sent me a link to a blog post on the topic, so I wanted to share it here.  Basically it says that my book (and the other AmazonEncore titles) clearly should have been published in the first place -- which is ... http://mariamurnane.com/how-did-amazonencore-choose-my-book/ Hi everyone! AmazonEncore officially announced my book today...to be launched with a new cover in February!! Click here to read it! Yahoo! Can you believe this is finally happening? I sorta can't!! I still have a bunch of "first edition" copies in my living room, so if you'd like to buy any signed ... http://mariamurnane.com/big-news-from-amazonencore/ Hi everyone! Today I am *officially* able to announce that I JUST SIGNED A PUBLISHING CONTRACT FOR PERFECT ON PAPER!! I am still in shock, but yes, it is true! The book finally landed on the desk of someone who loved it and who also had the power to do something ... http://mariamurnane.com/my-book-is-getting-published/