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IN SPOTLIGHT!--Keeping to our
evening theme, this trio of super
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of PR for the New Year.” From left,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of
The Frugal Book Promoter; BPSC
marketing director Melinda Sue Norin; & editor/coach Robin Quinn.
WELCOME!--BPSC founder Irwin Zucker sets mood of our
Holiday Mixer with presentation of 4th Annual Ernie Weckbaugh
Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award to legendary health crusader/author Dr. Patricia Bragg, on right.
POYNT-ING THE WAY!--Visiting us
from Santa Barbara, Dan Poynter, the
master of self-publishing, circulated flyers about his upcoming annual Global
E-book Awards (deadline April).
NEW MEMBER!--The charming
Kara Egger, author of the White
Chocolate trilogy, was the first to
sign up for our booth at the L.A.
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at USC. Join her!
ALSO A FIRST-TIMER!--And a new
member, too, Anita J. Lee, co-partner of
Kuker & Lee PR, enjoyed the Holiday
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Maggie Lynch & Bill Ratner. When not
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above shot.
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VALENTINE GIFT!--Jake Kelly, a pseudonym for playwright Michael Antin, has nifty
relationship tips in his tome, The Beautiful
Woman Syndrome & the Invisible Man.
GOOD TEAM!--The noted architect
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Detman, right, at a BPSC meeting.
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& deposition of the patriarch Abraham by Pres. Obama.
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THE CHEERING SQUAD!--These top execs at Bragg
Foods, Inc., Santa Barbara, accompanied Dr. Patricia
Bragg to our Holiday Mixer. From left, Dr. John Westerdahl, Allison White & Michael Bowker.
A BIG THING!--That’s what George
& Jeri Herman, front, have created
with the world’s foremost collection of
miniature jukebox memorabilia. They
displayed at the Collectors’ Conclave
with son Michael, standing with wife
Penny.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE
DAUGHTER!--Another new
member, actress Lee Gale
Gruen, at age 60, teamed up
with her dad Marvin, 85, in
a senior acting class and produced a poignant mermoir,
Adventures with Dad. She has
penned a very good screenplay based on the book.
TAXING SITUATION!--Longtime
member Dan Pilla, of Stillwater,
MN, visited San Diego last month to
PR his 14th book, How to Win Your
Tax Audit. It’s been said he probably knows more about the IRS than
the commissioner of the IRS.
AMONG THE ACCUSERS!--At our
Dec. 10 meeting, BPSC Life Member
actress/atty. Louisa Moritz was invited
to the mike for a few minutes to say she
was sexually abused several years ago
by Bill Cosby.
SALUTING HEROES!--Kudos to
Vegas-based author Chuck N. Baker
for producing/hosting the DVD documentary, Veterans: A Motion Picture, a tribute to U.S. servicemen in
all wars. He won a Purple Heart for
bravery in the Vietnam War.
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