http://helpmewithmybook.com/blog/2008/10/monday-mornings-mantra-gone-awry/ Book publishing, tips, manuscript tips, Kim Weiss, publishing services Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://helpmewithmybook.com/blog/2008/10/monday-mornings-mantra-gone-awry/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Erin Merryn Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:28:17 +0000 http://helpmewithmybook.com/blog/?p=1121#comment-710 Kim, I have run into the same problem with the media over and over again the past four years and that is the debate over reporting on my book because of my pen name. Do you know of others that use a pen name that have this same problem with the media? For example for 4 years now I have tried getting an interview with Daily Herald newspaper which is a paper hundreds of thousands get throughout Chicagoland area. For 4 years they would never share my story because they feel it is false information they are reporting on by using Erin Merryn and not my legal name. I finally got there attention and they discussed it and saw all the other media exposure I have had with Erin Merryn. A photographer was here last week taking photos of me holding up my book and awards I have received at speaking engagements. Then I sat down for two hours with a reporter. A story that was suppose to go in the paper this week and I just received contact from the reporter that the higher ups in the Daily Herald want to sit down with the reporter because they are questioning again using my pen name. Have you had others experience this before. The reporter shared she feels once she shares everything with them everything will work out. I told her otherwise we will have a new article about how woman legally changes name so Daily Herald would report on her mission. :) Kim,
I have run into the same problem with the media over and over again the past four years and that is the debate over reporting on my book because of my pen name. Do you know of others that use a pen name that have this same problem with the media? For example for 4 years now I have tried getting an interview with Daily Herald newspaper which is a paper hundreds of thousands get throughout Chicagoland area. For 4 years they would never share my story because they feel it is false information they are reporting on by using Erin Merryn and not my legal name. I finally got there attention and they discussed it and saw all the other media exposure I have had with Erin Merryn. A photographer was here last week taking photos of me holding up my book and awards I have received at speaking engagements. Then I sat down for two hours with a reporter. A story that was suppose to go in the paper this week and I just received contact from the reporter that the higher ups in the Daily Herald want to sit down with the reporter because they are questioning again using my pen name. Have you had others experience this before. The reporter shared she feels once she shares everything with them everything will work out. I told her otherwise we will have a new article about how woman legally changes name so Daily Herald would report on her mission.

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