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taglines · 11-03-2009, 02:48 AM

Steve,
Congrats on appearing in the Times. How did the story come about? I mean, how did Peter Wayner find you, and why did he decide to base his story on you, to begin with? Was he a friend or he found you via contacts there at Mobile, or just plain luck? As a former newswoman in Miami, I am always interested in how stories get generated, esp in a big paper like the Times. Dish. My guess is he found you by googling the topic and your blog came up? Right. Often things happen that way. AND after the 15 minutes of fame, although to appear in the Old York Times is really like 15 days of fame !!! -- did you notice any increase in traffic or book orders or sales? It would be interesting to hear the fallout from the Times piece.

11-03-2009, 02:48 AM	#65
taglines Banned Posts: 96 Karma: 334 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: nook	Steve, Congrats on appearing in the Times. How did the story come about? I mean, how did Peter Wayner find you, and why did he decide to base his story on you, to begin with? Was he a friend or he found you via contacts there at Mobile, or just plain luck? As a former newswoman in Miami, I am always interested in how stories get generated, esp in a big paper like the Times. Dish. My guess is he found you by googling the topic and your blog came up? Right. Often things happen that way. AND after the 15 minutes of fame, although to appear in the Old York Times is really like 15 days of fame !!! -- did you notice any increase in traffic or book orders or sales? It would be interesting to hear the fallout from the Times piece.