I had the pleasure of meeting with master negotiator and persuader, Donald Hendon, last week. In his new book, 365 Powerful Ways to Influence, Don shares many of his techniques...ways to get what you want.
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As the year is coming to an end, I've spent some time thinking about everything that happened from January to December, and it was a lot...so I'll split it up. Today I'll talk about January through April ( Read more... )

I've been on lots of author's panels, but this is the first time I'll be a panel member discussing "Tricks of the Trade," followed by acting as moderator for "How Female Authors Treat Their Men." I've been having fun researching authors on the panel I'm moderating and developing questions. I found out that being a moderator isn't as easy as it ( Read more... )

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Who said people aren't reading? There were thousands of people at the LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS at UCLA on Sunday. I was signing in the Sisters in Crime booth from 10-12 and got to meet and talk to lots of wonderful readers and other authors. Some of them even bought my books and audio books ( Read more... )

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Wow. How could I forget. At the beginning of the year I read The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly and I really liked it. My husband read it also and couldn't figure out why it was called the Lincoln Lawyer. He kept trying to tie in lawyer with President Lincoln. It was a head slap when I told him it was because the protagonist did business ( Read more... )