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10/15/2024

I'm in Frankfurt now. The Buchmesse starts in the morning. This is ~18th time to attend this event, but first since pandemic. I've stayed in this same hotel, I think, 4 times. Got into my super cute, perfectly functional, German chic room and...the TV didn't work. Kept cutting out. I thought I wanted to catch up on the news. It's been a few weeks.

Nathaniel, the young guy at reception came up, tried to fix it, called Mustafa, the tech guy. While we waited, we talked about Turkey! He speaks it fluently, so I used my 10 words and made him laugh. He told me to say "Salaam Mustafa" when the tech guy arrives.

I did. He was shocked. I told him my 10 words of Turkish and...he's Turkish! And he speaks it. Some expensive chocolate I bought in Istanbul for someone at home got gooey in my luggage, so I'd washed it off and he read the label. Together, we pilfered a TV from a neighboring room and installed it in mine. We laughed a lot.

He then took "my" broken TV to the other room and installed it there. He'd left his jacket in my room, so I took it over with one of the chocolate bars. He said, "You said that's for your family!" and I said, "I want you to have it. Please!" And...he gently grabbed me by the ears and kissed me on the forehead!

I got to extend the beautiful, gentle, gracious, lovely personality of the Turkish people a few more hours! It is such a magical country. Just so magical. Go if you ever get the chance.

OK, off to book selling now...

06/27/2024

::::QUESTION for authors, speakers, and publishing friends::::

An editor I've known for a long time just emailed me her Wish List - books she wants to acquire when she moves into her new, higher position at a different major US publishing house; another editor told me his Wish List on Monday, just in the course of a conversation.

>>It occurs to me that this is valuable information for would-be authors and/or people who know authors.

06/16/2024

I found out 10 minutes ago that one of my most ambitious, dedicated, world-changing clients has just died. Dr. Wallace J. Nichols was a legend in the world of people working to respect and save our oceans. I am in tears, just shocked to my very core. I have known "J" since we first began work on his book about 11 years ago.

He was exceptionally dedicated to his family, to our planet, and...to sea turtles. Every time I saw a sea turtle in the wild, I thought of the amazing stories he had told me about them.

My love and heart go out to him and his remarkable family. They've been through so much already.

If you knew J, or if you love the sea or sea turtles, please consider making a donation to his fund so that his remarkable work can go on.

The Dr. Wallace J Nichols memorial fund was established to continue the work of one … Tara Sharp needs your support for The Dr Wallace J Nichols Memorial Fund

05/01/2024

Picture this, please: Me. In a kayak. On a California river. For 25 miles. Why? Charity, of course. Helping families who have children with cystic fibrosis.

01/15/2024

Dear Fellow Americans: We are not a very courteous society. We are, in fact, kind of harsh with one another. I believe brevity is courtesy, and clarity is kindness. But just now, I got this email from a Turkish colleague whom I've met a few times at publishing conferences in Istanbul, and I'm feeling self-conscious for my country. Just look at how beautiful and warm this is:

Hi Dear Wendy,

The message you submitted has warmed up inside and healing like a soup. Thank you so much. I'm so glad you are all good. I hope to see you at the shortest convenience of Istanbul both in the world and in the beautiful book fairs. I am concerned for your interest and friend. I embrace you with friendship.

01/05/2024

Hi everyone! My apologies for forgetting to add the link in the post about the upcoming "Use AI to Sell Your Book and Build Your Platform" workshop. It's below.

01/02/2024

I don't often use this venue to promote my own stuff, but I know a few thousand of my peeps are writers or speakers, so here goes:

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AI can quickly analyze market trends, help you identify real reader preferences, and give you instant data on how other books are doing and how to make yours better.

Despite the concerns about AI-generated content, the use of AI actually presents a time-sensitive opportunity for authors like you to leverage this new technology to increase your visibility and sell more books.

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01/13/2023

My astonishingly gifted consulting client Tessa White just released the very FIRST episode of her podcast to go along with her VALUABLE book!

Tessa's expertise is helping people solve work problems, create a successful job pivot, get a pay increase or promotion, or find out how to be happier at work.

I strongly recommend that if you have or want a job, you listen to "The Job Doctor Is In".

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02/08/2021

I learned long ago to NEVER represent anyone who is writing a book on anger management, because they'll CERTAINLY get angry with me or my team in the course of working together, no matter what; I learned more than a decade ago to NEVER represent anyone who is writing about ethics, because they will act unethically in shocking ways, guaranteed.

I'm adding to that list today, after reading the third very similar proposal written by someone who claims to be an "expert level" PR/publicity person but who has no platform for themselves.

On Friday, the person said nervously, "Well, the shoemaker's children have no shoes..." to which I sweetly responded, "Then he better start cobbling and get them some BEFORE he resends me his book proposal..."

12/30/2020

Here's to 2021 bringing...the remembrance of how important love, connection and human touch are for all of us; a greater sense of unity, regardless of political, religious, spiritual, racial, ideological or philosophical differences; and a never-before-seen rampant increase in humankindness to one another, our planet and all the beings living on it.

11/20/2020

Want to destress and restore your creative soul this weekend? Join me and my remarkable client Kim Chestney and others at Kim's uplifting, inspiring online virtual retreat. Here's a link: https://intuitionalliance.com/radical-intuition-revolution-summit/

A 10-Day Journey to Wake Up the Radical Power Within! **Join 20+ Artists, Visionaries + Cultural Revolutionaries for an intuition-experience like no other!** Daily Workshops, talks and live book launch party for "Radical Intuition: A Revolutionary Guide to Using Your Inner Power."