Bad juju on flights last night. Delayed out of Vancouver and super-delayed out of Ohare.
Landed at Newark at 0230 this morn. When driver dropped me at Ian Schrager's Hudson hotel at 0330, my room already "released" (Seinfeld: You know how to take a reservation. You just don't know how to keep a reservation!). So I am set up at "sister" Royalton. I hit the hay at 0500 and sleep til 1000, canceling my meet with senior editor of Good magazine.
Cab to Hearst building and then do 60-min brief to publisher Kevin O'Malley and his marketing staff in Hearst theater. Mark Warren intros me, which is fun. About 15 mins of Q&A after.
Mark tells me he has finished his deep read of entire book and is halfway done on big edit. Chapters start flowing to me early next week. Still targeting 1 June for delivery to Putnam.
Then driven to Penguin/Putnam for marketing meet with Neil Nyren, editor-in-chief of Putnam and his senior marketing heads, plus old bud Steve Oppenheim (again bearded) and my agent Jenn Gates.
Date for release is now set for 5 February 2009. I love the date.
We plot strategy. I give everyone emails for Sean and Jenn Posda.
Jenn Gates and I then cab to Penn Station and hang out a bit to talk before I catch Acela Amtrak to Baltimore for dinner with Raytheon division chief.
Long day that "started" with me cruising Times Square at 4 am in cab and ends with smoothies with Jenn at Penn. Feel like I saw a lot of NYC.
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Comments (3)
Charlie Rose for the hour in Feb or March?
Posted by JRRichard
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May 16, 2008 10:09 AM
I am told his booking people mostly interested in movie stars currently, so pushing authors is hard.
Posted by Tom Barnett | May 17, 2008 9:35 AM
1) Charlie Rose recently had on Meghan O'Sullivan who was one of maestros behind the Surge and turning Iraq around. But what do I know?
2) I HATE the date. Try oh, I don't know, 1 June 2008 :-).
Posted by Josef | May 18, 2008 7:53 AM