MarcyKate Connolly

writer, composer, arts administrator

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Shameless Self-Promotion

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for a little bit of shameless self-promotion: I’m the featured member in WEbook’s April 2010 newsletter!

Little Victories

I haven’t mentioned this on my blog until now, but a few weeks ago I entered a contest on WEBook.com called PageToFame. Essentially, the idea is to submit the first page of your manuscript for peer rating on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being “lousy” and 5 being “heavenly”). If an entry garners enough [...]

“Libiamo” Among the Lemons

I love when I hear about nonprofits doing innovative marketing like this: Granted, they didn’t think of the idea first (they were inspired by this stunt), but the execution was fabulous.  Just look at all those SMILES in the audience! You can’t buy that kind of goodwill, you have to create it.

Road Trip: Day #5

You know the day is gonna be a weird one when you start off your breakfast with this: We went from Amarillo, TX to Albuquerque, NM via Roswell, NM. Most of the trip was long winding and entirely deserted road (no joke – we saw real tumbleweeds rolling across the highway!), but Roswell was full [...]

Road Trip: Day #4

Today we covered 583 miles – on one highway. It was long and filled with audiobooks,  naps, and lots and lots of dust. I’m afraid I don’t have much exciting to report, though we did see some cool canyon-y stuff . . . . . . and the largest cross in the western hemisphere (or [...]

Road Trip: Day #3

Our drive can be summed up as such: Lots of road, trees, fields, and cows.  Admittedly, not the most exciting ride, but it got us to where we wanted to be: Memphis, TN. We have our pug with us, so getting out and touring places wasn’t an option, but we did get to drive by [...]

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