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Returning to Dove
In the course of researching my book about Dove, I found myself back at the old Dove offices in Beverly Hills this week. Amazingly, not...
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The story continues
The story about Dove Books continues. While my writing continues about my time there as creative director, I also just finished another...
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My Interview with Steve McQueen
As far back as high school, I went after fun stories. As editor at Hamilton High School's Federalist Newspaper, I had the opportunity to...
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Burt Reynolds
The late, great Burt Reynolds played a part in the Dove Books saga as well. Burt made his mark in movies of course, but he was a great...
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Working with words
I caught up recently with Michelle, the children's book editor at Dove Books. With an office directly across the hall from mine, we often...
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Working sales and marketing
How did Dove rate as a business? Those of us who worked there at the time knew it was unusual, from the way manuscripts were selected to...