I'm a Busy Girl - for You!

Well, I think I mentioned (probably ages ago - alas!) that I was planning to prepare a Special Report for Road Warrioresses, Perpetual Travelers, and solo women travelers on "Packing for the Long Haul."  It is underway at last!  And I have a publisher awaiting final copy.
A few posts from the blog are included - often expanded.  Lots of new material, though.  The back of the book will include handy charts or tables so you can prepare a packing list for each of your trips, update it on the road, if necessary, and keep track of what you need and what you have.

It will first be published as a Kindle Edition e-book available from Amazon.com.  The nice thing about Kindle books is that they can be downloaded to so many gadgets and gizmos.  Kindle books are not just for Kindle readers - there's Kindle for PC, as well as apps for tablets, iPads, and whosits and whatsits.  Amazon's website includes complete details on usable devices, as well as free downloads of the various apps. 

Once you buy a Kindle book from amazon, you can access your purchase on all of your various electronic equipment.  So you can read materials on your laptop or notebook one day, and on a Kindle or tablet at the beach the next.  You can look up something in hurry on your iPad, iPod, or whatever.  I've become rather fond of Kindle!

I assume the publisher will get an edition up on Barnes & Noble's Nook, although they plan to release on Amazon first.

As soon as this is done and available online, I'll let you know!  We're working out some way to reward this blog's readers with some sort of win-a-freebie, discount, or something.  So watch for details.  They'll be posted as soon as available.

Here are details available so far:
Author:  Ann Teller (that's me!  LOL!)
Title:  Packing for the Long Haul:  A TravelTellers™ Quick Guide for Road Warrioresses
Publisher:  AngeLines Publishing^®
ISBN: to be assigned
Price: to be determined
Release Date: to be announced

Hang around for more info!  I think you'll all like this and find it useful, so I'm looking forward to sharing more tips, tricks, ideas I gathered while riding the rails through China, continent-crossing on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, business trips, and what-have-you.

May your road rise to meet you!

Best regards, Ann

New Novel’s Scenes Set at NYC’s Library Hotel

One of my favorite hotels in the world, The Library Hotel at 41^st Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan, is featured as a setting for several scenes in a recently published novel.  Jennifer Jeppison, the novel’s main character, sometimes with members of her extraordinary extended family, sojourns at The Library Hotel for several NYC trips in Make Me Beautiful by Kelsey A. Campbell.

Jen, an artist, particularly loves the Painting Room, of course!  And the hotel’s wealth of books everywhere from the lobby to the 14^th floor Writers’ Den Jen finds particularly useful while recuperating after surgery in a New York hospital.

The real hotel is a gem located just one block from Grand Central Terminal and one block from the famed New York Public Library.  It’s part of the HK Hotels chain, which also includes the Casablanca Hotel near Times Square.  Great place, lovely facilities for anyone who loves a good book, and fine service are hallmarks of this elegant little boutique hotel.  I can hole up there in vast comfort for days, just as the fictional Jennifer Jeppison does!

The book is available as an Amazon Kindle Edition, published by AngeLines Publishing.  Look for Make Me Beautiful by Kelsey A. Campbell, and load up your Kindle.  Great bedtime reading for a Road Warrior, and you can dream of traveling to places like New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Cambodia along with Jen.  It’s the “Ultimate Makeover” story, tremendously uplifting and inspiring, and a joy to read.

May your road rise up to meet you!

Ann