Just Me

I know I’m not the best writer. I love writing though! Maybe practice brings me a bit closer to becoming the writer I feel I can one day be ... and wanna be writer, I have many stories in me wanting to be heard.This story is very unique compared ... about the shearers were just as interesting to me. These guys come to the US from New Zealand to sheer and t [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 15:28:10

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The Daily Beast: A Half-Way House for Laid Off Writers

Timing is everything, these days most particularly where web launches are concerned ... like a house of cards in such a short period of time leaving a slew of talented writers at loose ends ... never consider not paying her writers). Want to know how much? The Observer appears to have cracked [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 14:57:50

'Heroes' writers get the ax

Two top writers for “Heroes” have been fired. Co-executive producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander, both of whom ran the show on a day-to-day basis, ... and studio bringing on someone whose talent and resume I really respect, I can’t see myself getting ... . It’s a popcorn serial, and I’d bet there are dozens of writers in L.A. with the chops to make [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 18:18:12

On Writing and Poetry Harry Calhoun in Conversation

“This is just brilliant. The whole interview is incredible I’m REALLY appreciative of some seriously good advice from a fellow writer.” Mark Howell, Senior Writer, Solares HillHarry Calhoun’s picture could appear beside ... and was a widely published freelance article and literary essay writer in the 80s and 90s. In addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 12:36:12

Heigl Finds Writers for Drawn Together

Rainbow Killer Continues Assault on Rainbows Bad Deals / Dustin Rowles ... out, she's a mouthy little hypocrite with a nasty disposition. Two writers, Keith Merryman and David A. Newman, have been attached as writers. Their resume is blank, but for a romantic comedy coming out next year [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 14:58:34

Introducing Kip Frazier - My Steampunk Huck Finn

"Hey, there, Mister Writer, you want to quit your dreaming about flowers and posey and get back to work? ... it up, "Writers! Always fiddling with the way things is! Stop it!"Also, when I talk about clankers, I mean robots ... of course is not a story but a novel..."Aw, skip it already, Mister Writer!"Sorry, Kip. Editor's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 16:30:55

NYTimes Writer Intentionally Lies, Paper Admits

On October 13, The New York Times gravely informed us that the economy was causing stress for travelers ... was the No. 1 cause of anxiety" for travelers. And, they had a survey to prove it, too. Or so NYT writer Paul ... tall tale. You see, it turns out writer Finney outright lied about some of his claims and quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 05:30:45

chuckling digs a deeper hole

You may not know this, but chuckling is a regular reader of Pandagon ... society and politics, I don’t read writers simply because they agree with me. I read writers because they write well; writers who are able to make their stories compelling through some combination [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 15:54:00

Commitment, Indulgence, and Stress Reduction

I have long considered myself a hobby writer, in that I write more for pleasure than with any notion of ever making it my profession ... is the only semi-regular outlet I have these days.Since I periodically belong to the Writers Digest ... myself that those workshops are for people who have professional writing aspirations, which definitely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 14:54:00

Gaza slaughter demeans its defenders

In their refusal to see what the slaughter of hundreds of Arab civilians has revealed about the foreign country they love, ... these writers have perches at (once) dignified publications, whose editors would surely have removed this type of schoolyard chanting in the days of print, thereby saving the writers from themselves. I've [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 04:19:22

by Kris For those of you who planned to jumpstart your writing this January, but who now find yourself stuck, I have a book to recommend: ... and Switch, and editor of Austin Layman’s Crimestalker Casebook magazine. He knows what writers need ... The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists: Insider Secrets from Top Writers by Andrew McAleer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 16:10:22

Writers Halt Site Skewering Sportswriters

Writers Halt Site Skewering Sportswriters By Brian Stelter Fire Joe Morgan, a Web site, ... comes to die,” was created in 2005 out of e-mail exchanges among a group of comedy writers ... their day jobs on the site last February. Mr. Yang said the blog never felt like work. “Readers [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 16:57:33

Semicolon Love & The Twink That Binds Them

January 25, 2009 in Uncategorized For incredibly useful information on screenplays, professional writing queries, and just about everything else, ... , this sentence likely went through several writers before its debut. But the fact our new President ... writers could get themselves in so much trouble in this day and age. It’s inspiring really. Apparently [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 11:59:46

7 Ways To Finally Loosen Up

Written on 9/08/2008 by Monika Mundell. Monika has extensive experience in Sales and Marketing and is now an established freelance writer and ... her at The Writer's Manifesto or MonikaMundell.com.Photo Credit: Kevin Lawler Have you ever felt tense like a wound ... workout. When I lived in Switzerland, I used to travel to and from work with my mountain [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 08:16:54

Obama apocalypse (again)

Journalists are often impelled to indulge in navel-gazing at the ping of an incoming email ... . Every writer is biased. Whether it’s who gets the place of honor in the “kicker quote” (the end quote) or the writer’s use of adjectives, or the way an article is structured, we are leading [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:32:29

America's Funniest Writers Talk Politics

Does Dan Abrams have a future in comedy? Based on his very fun moderating skills during a panel of comedy writers at the Upright Citizens ... (one of our favorites) hosted the packed event "Pencils Down: America's Funniest Writers Talk Politics," in which comedy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 05:48:35

We're hiring writers

Prefix is currently seeking insightful, knowledgeable and talented writers to contribute in the following ways: ... indie rock and hip-hop. Contributors will cultivate sources, take on new and various projects ... without. This is a freelance position. The pay scale is sliding based on various factors, including [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 21:58:33

What’s Going On? September 23, 2009

Happy Tuesday. I just want to say what a pleasure it was to have met some of our BlogTalkRadio hosts at BlogWorld Expo this past weekend ... of “The Well Fed Writer”.  We’ll discuss rates for freelance writers and how not to sell yourself short when setting rates. That’s this morning at 11:00 a.m. Having a bad hair day? Trichologist Lisa [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 14:17:56

25 things...

I am not, in the usual run of things, a meme/list person. I mean, have you seen The Guardian's feeble attempt at 1000 books we should all read? ... did inhale (man).10 – believes that writers are magicians.11 – recognizes his success as a writer ... fondness (cheers, Alan).18 – was approached, when 17, by a band who wanted him to be their manager.19 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 15:37:00

First of the New Year

January 25th, 2009 Posted in In print/published, Literary, TravelThe January issue of Charleston Magazine includes my travel piece on Mississippi ... to a writer (to me, at that moment) who wonders about the effect of place on writing, or conversely, the effect that a writer can have on a specific place.I’d come to Rowan Oak, the homestead and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 13:18:38

Oh, and fuck you too

To all the idiotic, talentless, bullshit-adoring critics, TV hosts and reporters who are destroying writers' lives because they're not "true": Fuck. You.  It's none of your fucking business if a writer lies or not, if he makes up stories, events, conversations, if he creates characters that are composites of several people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 15:06:25

Help! I'm speaking at a Writers Conference and I need your thoughts

LT Boa Small size.jpg Okay, I am officially a procrastinator. I got asked to speak at this National Writers' Workshop Conference down in Florida. The Topic: Best Practices in Freelancing. The speech is coming up THIS WEEKEND and it occurred to me that I haven't freelanced in...let's just say many moons -- voice mail existed, but email [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 19:30:00

Best Congressional Investigation Ever Reveals Hulk Hogan To Be A "Terrible" Wrestler

With no real fanfare, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has finished up his investigation of steroids in professional wrestling. (Yep, it's a problem.) ... , where lies are prosecutable offenses. We learn that the WWE, for instance, employs about 10 writers to develop story lines for the wrestlers. In addition to the writers, a group of "producers," mostly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:44:40

SEO Freelance Writer s Work Wanted The Power Of Never Showing The Fish The Hook

Man a wemaster wo as wanted wor done for tem a SEO freelance writer as failed to realize te real ower of romotional articles online ... aazng onlne aketng tool.Other wemasters have wanted wrk frm their EO freelance writer that directly ... u cnsiderin hirin a hst writer? f s dn’t d anthin until u’ve read a few mre articles at the authr’s hre ghot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 12:04:00

Impervious

It’s seven o’clock on Wednesday night and I’m walking down down Central Park West. I’m scheduled to interview a guy at 7:30 for my new book ... . He has an accent. Pakistani perhaps. “Listen,” I say. “I’m a writer. I wrote a book about being a waiter. Now I’m writing a book about tipping.” “You’re a writer?” “Yes.” “Then what are you doing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:48:16

Essays..

Writing a term essay at the end of every semester is followed like a tradition ... custom writing services for all categories. They hire only professional writers who have at least Master degree in specific areas to do your job. These professional writers help you to complete your work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 05:13:10

Between Thee And The Bedpost

On Friday’s Hardball, Chris Matthews interviewed his daughter, Caroline, as one of the student members of the group Concerned Youth of America, ... staffer Autumn Hanna VandeHei. - National Review writer Kate O’Beirne, married to WH staffer Jim O’Beirne. - Robert Kagan, op-ed writer, married to Victoria Nuland, current ambassador to NATO. I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 02:15:44

SF Tidbits for 1/17/09

Watchmen news:Fox and Warner Brothers announced that they have resolved their legal battle over the release of Watchmen ... SF Writers' Cruddiest (And Craziest) Day Jobs.@SciFi Wire: 16 things you might not know about Star ... ! For the writers: Ellen Datlow is editing a new anthology series, Best Horror of the Year from Night Shade [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:05:00

To spell or not to spell, that is the question.

Most of you who read this blog on a regular basis know that if it wasn't for spell check my posts would read like some ancient Egyptian language ... it's all good in my book. And if the writer wants to introduce his or her own words ... to go. So all of you lazy dyslectic writers like moi can take heart, we are going to take back this writing thing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:35:00

The TRUTH Must Be Told: The Sages In Trojan Horses Are Lecturing Us But The Common PEOPLE Will Have Their Say

Submitted by YardbroomOne sage - B.C Pires Nation Newspaper 1-19-2009 - stated in his harangue…”I haven’t been here (Barbados) ... beneficence.  That a national paper in Barbados could encourage by license, a writer to publish the nonsense ... such “tosh” in a free democratic country is inexcusable.  This writer - B.C Pires - is uncomfortable [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 03:58:13

Sally Stuart's Christian Writer's Market Guide

I remember the first Writer's Market guide that I bought. It was in my early years at college and I bought it from a Half-Price bookstore in Houston ... covered by the periodicals writing groups, conferences and workshops and of course magazine markets, book ... . I'm not exactly sure what I had in mind. I knew that I enjoyed writing, and I thought [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 05:01:11

9 Simple Ways to Go Green in the Office

Written on 8/29/2008 by Monika Mundell. Monika has extensive experience in Sales and Marketing and is now an established freelance writer and ... her at The Writer's Manifesto or MonikaMundell.com.Photo Credit: andriesss If you are anything ... it. If you absolutely must, then perhaps you can recycle the paper. If you work somewhere where [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 13:42:21

Inspiring Words on Handling Rejection

In my bedroom (and in just about every other room in my house), I have books on writing and about writers. It's a way to learn more about my craft as well as to feel a part of the writing community ... (from The Resilient Writer by Catherine Wald)My tip is, when you have something ready to go—a book [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 12:04:00

Ship-shape And Bristol Fashion

Several miles inland, on the estuary of the English River Avon, is Bristol City, one of the oldest seaports in the world ... posts. The introduction of messy coding that’s often not seen by the writer, through the practice of copying from Word into the writer’s blog post, can cause problems.It happens because of the presence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 11:08:00

Writer's choice 178: Emma Lee-Potter

Emma Lee-Potter is a novelist and journalist. She trained as a news reporter in the West Country (alongside spin doctor-to-be Alastair Campbell) and later worked for The Evening Standard, Sunday Express and Today. She is now a freelance writer and has had three novels published by Piatkus - Hard Copy, Moving On and Taking Sides. Her first [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 11:09:13

New directions in the science of green materials

January 24, 2009 @ 7:09 am · Filed by Mark Liberman under Language and advertising « previous post | next post » From the web page advertising ... of whether the ad page is a hip joke, or was produced by copy writers who paid less attention ... Everest.I'm tentatively voting for the "copy writers on automatic pilot" theory; but maybe the jokes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 12:09:52

Not Experienced? Things To Know Before You Start

Web content writing is essentially a craft. It’s different from writing for a magazine or academic writing ... . There are many professional web content writers out there. And all you need to do is use the internet ... enough for a second glances at least. However, not all of us are prolific writers. So, if you think [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 17:21:01

Outlook Good for Freelance Writers: Report

With the world economy facing a potentially extended downturn, most industries are feeling the pressure ... copywriting staff, the words still need to go out, says Black. The trick to bringing in freelance writing ... in the tech sector alone. But for freelance writers, it doesn’t have to be that way. “Luckily [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 20:46:14

Dr. House’s writers betray pain patients

As a chronic pain patient who took methadone for years, ... fade as you read on.However, the writers and producers are promoting the familiar hackneyed clichés ... that House’s professional and personal abilities are being damaged by his “addiction” (his everyday use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 00:10:40

Isn’t it Iconic, Take 2

25 Jan 2009 Pop CulturePrint This Post 3 OK, you can read all about this in the previous post … but for those of you just tuning in, ... fan Bill James. – Author and former music critic Michael MacCambridge. – Writer, critic, genius ... , Vahe Gregorian – Dancing Queen and sports editor deluxe, Holly Lawton – The smartest baseball writer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 02:39:43

Media bias as seen from the inside: “Nothing I’ve seen has matched the media bias on display in the current Presidential campaign”

Reporter Michael Malone writing at Pajamas Media: The traditional media is playing a very, very dangerous game ... to word processors and spellcheckers) as a very successful freelance writer. I’ve spent thirty years ... , I replied that I was “a writer”, because I couldn’t bring myself to admit to a stranger that I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 21:55:43

How to Pack Effectively and Travel Light

Written on 10/10/2008 by Monika Mundell. Monika Mundell is a passionate freelance writer and pro-blogger. Her blog Freelance Writing helps new freelance writers to get started in this exciting industry ... of course. In that case, a sturdy suitcase on wheels will do the job just nicely. These days backpacks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 11:46:21

On the BackList - Week of 1.25.09

Title: BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN ESSAYS Editor: Gerald Early (series editor), Debra Dickerson (guest editor) Why We Chose it: It's a collection of great essays by great writers. We really don't need ... of some of our finest writers. From art, entertainment, and science, to technology, sexuality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 16:12:19

Writer's choice 182: Caroline Lawrence

Caroline Lawrence is a Californian who came to England to study Classics and never left ... has been adapted as a CBBC TV show. Caroline is married to writer and graphic designer Richard (who does ... by night, then use my savings to travel around Europe and Greece on a student rail-pass. The flaws [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 11:11:51

Woke up, got out of bed: writers' routines

Novelists are, in the main, mysterious creatures ... from? A blog is compiling the daily routines of writers and other artists -- it is called ... by a frugal lunch and a two-hour nap, after which I resume my work until dinner at seven [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 19:07:47

Stephen King On Writing - Videos for Writers

There’s a single piece of advice on this short video, but it’s an important one. Take a look: Write well and often,   Two newsletters: Abundant Freelance Writing - a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings. Writing With Vision - for those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 15:29:44

From Cubicle To Home Office - Essential Questions To Ask Yourself

Written on 9/18/2008 by Monika Mundell. Monika Mundell is a passionate freelance writer and pro-blogger. Her blog Freelance Writing helps new freelance writers to get started in this exciting industry. If you like to work with Monika, feel free to visit her Portfolio site.Photo Credit: mattfred Many [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 12:35:43

Want to Write For BWE.tv? Well Buckle The F**k Up.

Ed. Note: Please re-read application instructions! ... writer who will need to work from our New York based office, and part-time writers who can work ... for. Please send us: A cover letter and resume. Make sure to include a phone number. A writing portfolio [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:45:06

Job Posting: Seeking Assistant Dream Girl & Geek Love Writer

With my blogiversary coming up in February, I’ve been giving some thought to finding an assistant dream girl.Do you have a knack for writing online dating profiles?Are you a self-proclaimed expert on Plenty of Fish or OKCupid?Read on…The Dream Girl Is…A proficient writer.  Published writing experience [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 05:01:26

Former Kentucky doctor sued over 100 times-and is still practicing

A former Kentucky doctor is facing more than 100 lawsuits arising out of an 8-month stint at a West Virginia hospital ... in a West Virginia courtroom on Friday. Associated Press writer Lawrence Messina wrote King testified ... than $10,000." Another article written on December1, by Associated Press writer Jay Reeves, reported [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 21:28:55

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