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No Such Thing as a Bad Idea? 6 Replies
I've trained in the area of creativity for a long time. And I've been guilty of promulgating the old brainstorming saw, "There's no such thing as a bad idea. I take it all back, sort of, in my late...
Tagged: time, equal, workout, brain, right
Started by Peter Lloyd. Last reply by Peter Lloyd Oct 7.
upper case for medical terms 4 Replies
Does anyone know what the correct format is for medical terms like Rosacea, Acne Vulgarius, or Hyperpigmentation. Should the first letter be capitalized. I just had an editor tell me that they shou...
Started by Greta Chapin-McGill. Last reply by Wag Oct 16.
Working Love Songs 4 Replies
Has anybody ever heard a love song about a job? "Ooo, baby, baby, it's a great job..." That sort of thing. Okay, Ella Fitzgerald singing "Nice Work If You Can Get It," almost qualifies, but she's n...
Started by Peter Lloyd. Last reply by L. C. Sterling Oct 18.
From The New Yorker 2 Replies
SUBJECT: OUR MARKETING PLAN by Ellis Weiner OCTOBER 19, 2009 SHOUTS & MURMURS Hi, Ellis— Let me introduce myself. My name is Gineen Klein, and I’ve been brought on as an intern to replace the...
Started by L. C. Sterling. Last reply by L. C. Sterling Oct 26.
"After The Wedding." Every writer should watch this movie. 2 Replies
It's my firm belief that films have three parts: story, visuals, sounds. The great ones (few and far between) excel in all three. "Out of Africa" and "Dances with Wolves" were two examples of great...
Started by L. C. Sterling. Last reply by L. C. Sterling Oct 27.
Separating the Pros from the Pretenders: Craft 1 Reply
Writing is ultimately the practice of a craft. People who merely know how to type (e-mails, blogs, etc.) are not writers. But anyone who crafts words to perfect the communication of a thought, whe...
Started by L. C. Sterling. Last reply by Wag Oct 16.
Newly discovered family, newly discovered confusion ... are we cousins? 1 Reply
My paternal grandfather had siblings who left Europe for South America in the 1930s. Their children were my father's cousins. One of my father's cousins had three children, with whom I'm now in co...
Started by L. C. Sterling. Last reply by Greta Chapin-McGill Oct 19.
A Writers’ Manifesto: It’s Either Us or Them.
I try to earn my living as a freelance marketing writer (no doubt many others do the same) and have come face-to-face with the monster: content mills. The contemporary combination of globalization...
Started by L. C. Sterling Oct 3.
What is this place, anyway?
This is a site dedicated to ... oh, what the tag line says. This is not a rant site. (Rants may suddenly and inexplicably disappear.) But we are damned angry about the general state of affairs for...
Started by L. C. Sterling Oct 4.
The Demand Studios Pitch.
Who is Demand Studios? http://www.demandmedia.com/studios/ Dema Studios is the Social Publishing Ecosystem for leading digital brands. Our distributed Internet Content Studio has published more th...
Started by L. C. Sterling Oct 4.
Blog Posts
Back with the pro crowd
So nice to be part of a renegade creative group. I got into a bit of a flame (shame on me; hand smacked) on a LinkedIn Eds.& Writers site - - the discussion with the title about Seven Rules for Writing Online or somesuch. Quite the humorless smackdown. Actually just the bits between myself and the discussion leader; the innocent bystanders seem to be fine folk.
Anyhow, feels good to exhale among friends. Finished a nice 500 word piece today. I'll tell you the particulars if i… Continue
Posted by Marilyn Richardson on October 23, 2009 at 9:24pm
John Irving interviewed on Big Think
http://www.linkedin.com/news… Continue
Posted by L. C. Sterling on November 10, 2009 at 10:00am
When Writers Speak
When Writers Speak
By ARTHUR KRYSTAL
Published: September 27, 2009
Why are wonderful writers sometimes such dull conversationalists? Blame it on the brain.
(please copy and paste this URL into a browser:)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/books/review/Krystal-t.html
Posted by L. C. Sterling on October 7, 2009 at 9:30am
http://www.eriksherman.com/WriterBiz/labels/writer%20mills.html
http://www.eriksherman.com/WriterBiz/labels/writer%20mills.html
Writer Mills Making Big $: Demand Studios
Warning, there will be ranting, foul language, crankiness, and gloves-off head-slapping here. I'm angry, and by the time you finish reading this, you'll be angry as well, if you're a freelance writer. Either that, or you're either dead from the shock or enjoying the life of a masochist.
Anyone who follows this blog knows that I've been taking shots at what… Continue
Posted by L. C. Sterling on October 2, 2009 at 1:30pm
To see blog posts...
Posted by Liz Craig on October 10, 2009 at 5:53pm
Questions about Marketing
http://chipmacgregor.typepad.com/main/2009/10/questions-about-marketing.html
I've got a backlog of publishing questions that have been sent in (currently more than a hundred -- yikes!), so I'm going to try and squeeze a bunch in this month. Today is a batch of marketing questions...
Diane wrote and asked, "In publishing, which comes first -- the chicken or the egg? Do we need to have a book published before we start building a platform? Or do we start b… Continue
Posted by L. C. Sterling on October 13, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment
The American Society of Journalists and Authors' Contracts Committee
If you've missed Contracts Watch during its hiatus, good news: it's back!
If you're not familiar with Contracts Watch, take a look. The American Society of Journalists and Authors' Contracts Committee reviews writing contracts and answers questions for both ASJA members and non-members, and the most interesting contract issues and trends are posted in a blog format on ASJA's Contracts Watch.
Find the blog and RSS feed here:
h… Continue
Posted by L. C. Sterling on November 6, 2009 at 11:00am
Have you ever heard of WEbook?
Chip MacGregor mentioned them in his posting today and that they now link up writers with lit agents.
Here's their home page blurb:
http://www.webook.com/
So you want to be a writer!
Once upon a time, writers were solitary creatures, agonizing in isolation over every word, waiting for the day when their books would get noticed by an agent and wind up on the shelves of bookstores around the world.
No longer! In the brave new world of a… Continue
Posted by L. C. Sterling on November 17, 2009 at 10:00am
Ten Ways to Save Face on Facebook
Forewarned is forearmed. And we’ve all been forewarned: Watch what you post on Facebook.
A CareerBuilder survey found that 45% of employers use social networking sites to weed out job candidates. When evaluating candidates, 29% snoop around Facebook, 26% scout LinkedIn, and 21% check out MySpace. With six of us scrambling for every job out there, all it takes is a compromising picture to make you one of the five out.
This new investigative capability… Continue
Posted by L. C. Sterling on October 29, 2009 at 12:00pm
I AM WAVING MY ARMS HERE (2)
Do me a favor and take a look at the site called “My Company” on Jerri's Cook's LinkedIn profile. It is also: rfdamerica.com.
In the search function enter Lincoln; Obama; and above all, South Africa - - for starters.
I am the queen of the First Amendment, so this is just for your information. But getting yourself banned from DIGG, a site that goes in for UFOs, takes some doing.… Continue
Posted by Marilyn Richardson on October 30, 2009 at 11:14am — 1 Comment
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