What Color is Your Jockstrap? tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-361686 2006-07-22T08:57:20-07:00 The fourth book in Jen Leo's series of travel humor books. TypePad Joel Carrilet Wins a Copy of Jockstrap on Vagablogging tag:typepad.com,2003:post-11806407 2006-07-22T08:57:20-07:00 2006-07-22T08:57:20-07:00 We ran a book givaway on Rolf Pott's Vagblogging and Joel Carrilet was the winner. Congrats Joel and thanks so much for being a Travelers' Tales fan. Joel is in talks with agents to get his first travel book published,... Jen Leo <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://jenopolis.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/small_1.jpeg"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://jenopolis.typepad.com/jockstrap/images/small_1.jpeg" title="Small_1" alt="Small_1" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" /></a> We ran a book givaway on Rolf Pott's Vagblogging and <a href="http://jcarillet.gather.com/">Joel Carrilet</a> was the winner. <a href="http://www.vagablogging.net/06-07/a-jockstrap-winner-and-the-tale-of-how-rolf-became-a-character-in-jen-leos-first-book.html">Congrats Joel</a> and thanks so much for being a Travelers' Tales fan.</p> <p>Joel is in talks with agents to get his first travel book published, <em>S<strong>ixty-One Weeks: A Journey across Asia</strong></em><strong>.</strong> He has some sample chapters online.</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976741945">Dancing at Sunrise</a><a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976741945">&nbsp;</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976752753">Mt Everest: The View through a Cracked Window Pane</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976766281">Entering Cambodia with a Book</a> </li></ul> <p>Good luck with your book, Joel, and make sure to let us know when it gets released!</p></div> http://www.whatcolorisyourjockstrap.com/2006/07/joel_carrilet_w.html CBC Radio in Canada tag:typepad.com,2003:post-11099815 2006-06-16T08:16:43-07:00 2006-06-16T08:16:43-07:00 The CBC called yesterday. I'm going to be on their Freestyle show this morning around 930am PST. CBC Freestyle (Listen Live) I had a great chat with the producer yesterday and this is expected to be a fun show with... Jen Leo <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://jenopolis.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/hosts.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=220,height=303,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="150" height="206" border="0" alt="Hosts" title="Hosts" src="http://jenopolis.typepad.com/jockstrap/images/hosts.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" /></a></p> <p>The CBC called yesterday. I'm going to be on their Freestyle show this morning around 930am PST. </p> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/freestyle/">CBC Freestyle</a> (Listen Live)</p> <p>I had a great chat with the producer yesterday and this is expected to be a fun show with hosts Cameron Phillips and Lisa Christiansen (standing in for Kelly Ryan) . </p> <p>Thinking about media events in Canada brought back great memories of the time Erik Trinidad helped me with <a href="http://www.writtenroad.com/sand-in-montreal/">promotions in Montreal</a> during the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.That was the summer after <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1885211929/jenleocom-20/002-7500961-9631236"><em><strong>Sand in My Bra</strong></em></a> came out. I was on&nbsp; CBC radio then, too. But the two things that stick out the most, was shopping for <a href="http://www.travelerstales.com/carpet/show-one-carpet.tcl?id=198">Erik's pink bra</a>, our stealth promotions, and our <a href="http://www.writtenroad.com/2003-07/hello-montrealwith-pics.html">legit promotions</a> where I read with Christine Michaud (now Martinez) at Chapters.</p> <p>We've had several Canadian contributors included in the series, but surprisingly none this time around for Jockstrap. Hungary, yes. Australia, yes. Traveler in Romania, check. Writer setting up an orphanage in Nepal, check. But no Candians this time. I'll make sure to tell them about the other books.</p> <p>The books are available in Canada now. PGW has plenty in their warehouse, and I checked with the Travel Bug in Vancouver and they have some in stock, too. But since we couldn't get the book to the hosts fast enough, we sent then some sample stories. They will be reading Jim Benning, Elliott Hester, Rachel Thurston, and Tamara Sheward.</p></div> http://www.whatcolorisyourjockstrap.com/2006/06/cbc_radio_in_ca.html New Author Events tag:typepad.com,2003:post-10882813 2006-06-04T23:45:08-07:00 2006-06-04T23:45:08-07:00 Tell all your friends to stop by one of these events to hear some outrageous travel misadventures. I'm always happy to answer quesetions about travel writing and let you know which books Travelers' Tales has open for submissions. Come on... Jen Leo <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Tell all your friends to stop by one of these events to hear some outrageous travel misadventures. I'm always happy to answer quesetions about travel writing and let you know which books Travelers' Tales has open for submissions. Come on by, I'd love to meet you!</p> <p><strong>Mon. 6/19/06 7:30pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.distantlands.com/"> Distant Lands</a>, Pasadena, CA<br /> with Jim Benning, Sean Presant, and Don Priess </p> <p> <strong>Wed. 6/21/06 7pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.burbank.lib.ca.us/generalinfo.cfm"> Burbank Central Library</a>, Burbank, CA</p> <p> <strong>Wed. 8/16/06&nbsp; 7pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.bookpassage.com/"> Book Passage</a>, Corte Madera, CA *Special*<br /> &quot;In conversation with Tim Cahill&quot;</p> <p><strong>Wed 9/06/06&nbsp; 7pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.powells.com/">Powell's</a> Portland, OR<br /> with Julia Weiler </p> <p><strong>Tues 9/12/06&nbsp; 7pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.wideworldtravels.com">Wide World Books and Maps,</a> Seattle, WA<br /><strong><br />Wed 9/13/06&nbsp; 7pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/">Third Place Books</a>, <span style="font-size: 0.8em;">Lake Forest Park, WA</span><br /><br /> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div> http://www.whatcolorisyourjockstrap.com/2006/06/author_events.html Introduction tag:typepad.com,2003:post-10882773 2006-06-04T23:37:29-07:00 2006-06-04T23:37:29-07:00 by Jennifer L. Leo Men. We love them for making us smile, and hate them for breaking our hearts. They’re good for carrying our bags, and I swear, one day, we’ll invent a way to convert their natural gas into... Jen Leo <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><strong> by Jennifer L. Leo</strong> </p> <p> Men. We love them for making us smile, and hate them for breaking our hearts. They’re good for carrying our bags, and I swear, one day, we’ll invent a way to convert their natural gas into useable power for our hybrid cars, laptops, foot spas, and anything else we’d rather be using than an air freshener. I know some of you would prefer to live without them, but I never could.</p> <p> I entered the travel writing world because of Tim Cahill and have since made room on a bookcase for signed Bill Bryson books, driven from San Francisco to Santa Barbara for a Pico Iyer reading, and gotten drunk with Rolf Potts on three different continents. In short, I love our traveling smellier half. That’s why, after Bra, after Panties, after Thong, those with the bulge in their pants asked when they would be able to write for one of my books, I couldn’t say no. In fact, everyone at Travelers’ Tales thought it a fabulous fun way to complete this scantily clad underwear empire.</p>Boxers and briefs weren’t going to cut it. Heck, I wear those to bed. But I’ve never worn a jockstrap, and since we had so much fun playing with a Hemingway title, we thought we’d put a cheeky spin on a modern-day career classic. Hence, <I>What Color Is Your Jockstrap?</I><P> Inside you’ll find a diverse cross-section of misadventures. Some share the bizarre stories of travelers who went to the ends of the earth only to have the cosmos spit in their face, while others are the tales of typical travel challenges—just the sort of thing even rookie travelers can relate to. There are even plenty of laughable journeys that were taken on purpose. We did not separate the women’s’ stories from the men’s, but you’ll find the front half of the book occupied by gross bodily function mishaps, and the back of the book holding the sweeter, more reader-friendly stories. Whether they’re about suffering through diarrhea in Cabo San Lucas or figuring out how to get along with French women while working in Bordeaux, these travelers are globetrotting super heroes!<P> Eavesdrop on Jim Benning’s phone call with a Chinese prostitute in “Lust in Translation,” spend all your money shooting off heavy weapons with Eben Strousse in “Guns and Frivolity in Cambodia,” hit on a smoking hot Argentinean with Elliott Hester in “Love and the Bad Empanada,” or fight a mob of Nepali taxi drivers with Rachel Thurston’s mother in “Mama Chihuahua, World’s Fiercest Travel Partner.”<P> There are so many outrageous accounts of vacations gone wrong that by this fourth book, you just have to wonder, do all trips go bad? No, of course not. But I guarantee that if you are someone who wants to return with a brag-worthy story to amuse your friends or write up for the press, it’s best to hope that the tarmac does get pulled out from under you. After all, if you’re crying on your trip, someone else is laughing about it later. Bottom line, get out and get lost. There’s a great big world out there—just waiting to fart on you! <P></div> http://www.whatcolorisyourjockstrap.com/2006/06/introduction.html Table of Contents tag:typepad.com,2003:post-10882753 2006-06-04T23:34:32-07:00 2006-06-04T23:34:32-07:00 Introduction Love and the Bad Empanada Elliott Hester Argentina Lust in Translation Jim Benning China The Butt Reading Essa Elan Florida Be Grateful, Not Hateful Julia Weiler Mexico Day Trip to Chechnya Tamara Sheward Chechnya Pumpkin Donna Dimenna Airborne Skymalling... Jen Leo <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><em>Introduction</em> </p> <p><strong> Love and the Bad Empanada </strong><br /> Elliott Hester<br /><em> Argentina</em> </p> <p><strong> Lust in Translation </strong><br /> Jim Benning<br /><em> China</em> </p> <p><strong> The Butt Reading </strong><br /> Essa Elan<br /><em> Florida</em> </p> <p><strong> Be Grateful, Not Hateful </strong><br /> Julia Weiler<br /><em> Mexico</em> </p> <p><strong> Day Trip to Chechnya </strong><br /> Tamara Sheward<br /><em> Chechnya</em> </p><p><strong> Pumpkin</strong> <br /> Donna Dimenna<br /><em> Airborne</em> </p> <p><strong> Skymalling</strong> <br /> Susan Orlean<br /><em> Airborne</em> </p> <p><strong> Birthday Boy </strong><br /> Conor Grennan <br /><em> India</em> </p> <p><strong> Total Immersion </strong><br /> Gil Gevins<br /><em> Mexico</em> </p> <p><strong> Fear of Floating </strong><br /> Tim Cahill<br /><em> Freshwater Lakes</em> </p> <p><strong> Pissing on Dave’s Feet </strong><br /> Janna Cawrse<br /><em> Polynesia</em> </p> <p><strong> Trying Really Hard to Like India </strong><br /> Seth Stevenson<br /><em> India</em> </p> <p><strong> Your Ambassadors to Butaritari </strong><br /> J. Maarten Troost<br /><em> Gilbert Islands</em></p> <p><strong> Little Fish That Eat You </strong><br /> Sean Presant<br /><em> Turkey</em></p> <p><strong> El Max </strong><br /> Gary Buslik<br /><em> Cuba</em></p> <p><strong> The Most Tenacious Turd in Nairobi </strong><br /> Scott Turner <br /><em> Kenya</em></p> <p><strong> Ecstasy at the Altar </strong><br /> Bill Zarchy <br /><em> France</em></p> <p><strong> Fawlty Towers, Tibet-Style </strong><br /> Alec le Sueur<br /><em> Tibet</em></p> <p><strong> Signs of Confusion </strong><br /> Rolf Potts<br /><em> Thailand</em></p> <p><strong> When in Rome, Cross-Dress for Success! </strong><br /> Tommy Kerr<br /><em> Vatican City</em></p> <p><strong> Guns and Frivolity in Cambodia </strong><br /> Eben Strousse<br /><em> Cambodia</em></p> <p><strong> Mama Chichuahua, World’s Fiercest&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Travel Partner </strong><br /> Rachel Thurston <br /><em> Nepal</em> </p> <p><strong> The Hostile Hostel </strong><br /> Bill Fink<br /> <em>Italy</em></p> <p><strong> Anything with Two Legs and a Pulse </strong><br /> Tiffany Hawk <br /><em> London</em></p> <p><strong> As the Worm Turns </strong><br /> Jennifer R. Carlisle<br /><em> Peru</em></p> <p><strong> The Importance of Being Patrick </strong><br /> Peter Mandel<br /><em> Virginia</em></p> <p><strong> Office “Cou” in France </strong><br /> Jennifer Colvin<br /><em> France</em></p> <p><strong> Hip-Hop Hustle, Oaxaca-Style </strong><br /> Sara R. Levine<br /><em> Mexico</em></p> <p><strong> Let Me Tell You About My Trip </strong><br /> Laurie Notaro<br /><em> Back Home</em></p> <p><strong> Greep</strong> <br /> Joseph C. Diedrich<br /><em> Panama</em></p> <p><strong> Making Eyes in Paris </strong><br /> Kayla Allen<br /><em> France</em></p> <p><strong> The Fruit Salesman </strong><br /> Phil Gordon<br /><em> Malaysia</em></p> <p><strong> Full Latex Jacket </strong><br /> Doug Lansky<br /><em> Berlin</em></p> <p><strong> The Magical Miracle Tour </strong><br /> Frank Bures<br /><em> Tanzania</em></p> <p><strong> Namaria, Island Nation </strong><br /> Mike Pugh<br /><em> Southeast Asia</em></p> <p> <em><br /> Index of Contributors<br />Acknowledgments</em> </p></div> http://www.whatcolorisyourjockstrap.com/2006/06/table_of_conten.html First Copies tag:typepad.com,2003:post-10851844 2006-06-02T09:16:29-07:00 2006-06-02T09:16:29-07:00 I just got my first copies back from the printer. Wow, I can hardly believe it, two books in one year! What a birthday present! We've still got a few more weeks before it hits bookstore shelves, which is a... Jen Leo

I just got my first copies back from the printer. Wow, I can hardly believe it, two books in one year! What a birthday present!

We've still got a few more weeks before it hits bookstore shelves, which is a good thing. Now, all PR has risen to the urgent level. We've placed ads in the Radio TV Interview Reporter and the requests are starting to come in. I've got a couple of midwest interviews for the middle of June, but I'll post about those later.

For now, we've got to get get the good word out to the contributors, finish the press kits, prep the media kits to send out, and organize a podcast tour! Yeah, baby!

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