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The writing blahs are here in force.Word counts for the last few days: ... of it in the long run.Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Writing About Not WritingHoly crap, my book ... attitude, but at least in this way writing remains in my mind, and if I can get writing to be a daily [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 00:17:31

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Custom Essay Writing Blog

Everyone may face the dilemma of writing an essay due to various reasons. It would not be so convenient enough for all of us to get the needed help ... a short analytical, journalistic and descriptive way of prose writing on a particular topic. A Personal Essay is a kind of writing which represents "who you are" to the readers. The best way to extract [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 23:59:08

Jan 25, Writing Workshops; New Listings

While in Key West, I had the good fortune to participate in a writing workshop led by novelist Mary Morris, who is also a brilliant writing teacher. Most of her books are contemporary novels or travel writing, but she has also edited The Virago Book of Women Travelers, a collection of travel essays by women writers of the past, from Gertrude [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 18:08:38

Telling Her Stories

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living ... to tell their life stories. Participants choose four memoirs written by women to read over the course ... ? If you have a blog dedicated to memoir writing, please leave the link in the comment section of this post [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 03:39:00

Want to write a non-fiction book? This class is for you!

Hello all... Many of us have books in us. I have worked with clients who have published in record time once they set their minds to it ... , writing, and publication process. I highly recommend this class as a way to achieve your book ... ... Got A Great Idea For a Book?What Are You Waiting For? Why is it that when it comes to writing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 19:42:12

How Writing a Novel Improved My Bottom Line

In honor of NANOWRIMO, I thought I’d share with you some of the ways writing a novel has impacted my business! ... and for now - while I’m mastering the basics - I’ll stick with that. In the freelance writing arena I’m learning ... . When I applied the same discipline to my freelance work, productivity and quality soared. Creating [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 09:30:43

21 Must-Read Tips To Write Better Web Content

Written on 8/20/2008 by Abhijeet Mukherjee. You can catch him at Jeet Blog where he blogs about different Web 2 ... Wrobel As a full time blogger and freelance writer, writing web content is part of my daily routine ... on blogging and writing in general and list 21 excellent articles which could greatly improve your writing [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 14:25:53

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

Blogger of the Week: Janine Mendes-Franco

Today's installment of the Blogger of the Week series takes us to the beautiful island of Trinidad and Tobago, ... and when did you start writing there? Global Voices showed up on my radar towards the end of 2005, which ... she kept going on about how it was such a great outlet with which to hone your writing skills (writing [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 01:17:34

50 Writing Tools

Bryan Eisenberg just sent me this link to a Lifehack article about 50 different writing tools ... to one of my very favorite writing books. I recommend Roy Peter Clark’s book frequently and have even given copies of it away during Persuasive Online Copywriting courses. In fact, the famous screenwriting [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 09:12:41

eHow: How to Make Money Writing How-to Articles

/> In these cash-strapped times, folks are looking for any way to make or save a little extra green. Well, if you're good at giving instruction and like to write, you might be able to make some money writing for eHow. For those who don't know, eHow is a site with instructional articles on everything from computers to gardening [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 20:29:32

An amazing example of "Enjoy the process" and "Take time for projects" -- from France.

Two of my happiness-project resolutions are to Take time for projects and “Enjoy the process,” and following those, ... "Ok, why not try to write a scenario?" So we started to spend our family meetings writing ... writing it, and then on the summer 2006 we started to shoot the movie (my cousin and I were also actors [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 08:02:03

If I Only Had a Brain…

“If I only had a brain…” sung by The Scarecrow, from the movie The Wizard of Oz, original story by L. Frank BaumToday I woke up with brain fog ... . If there were ever a day when I could avoid writing, this is it.And naturally, I can’t.My manuscript ... . What to do when the outside world or inner dilemmas interfere?There’s only one solution. Keep writing. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 21:10:00

10 Must Have Tools for Communicating with Clients

Communicating your clients is a necessary evil of contract web development, design, programming, writing, or any other freelance art form ... writing. Users can write together on the same document, in real time and see what every other party [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 22:09:05

Mandolin’s post about the discussion. I may write a post about how and why I disagree with David Schraub’s model, ... (or Israelis). I’ve seen it happen, of course I have. Often it comes out of the blue. Once I was walking home ... writing any of this down, since so much of my thinking is influenced by Naomi Klein. Anti-semitism doesn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:34:52

Make 2009 A Year To Remember

So it is 2009 and the world is upside down. People are scared, buyers are scarce, and the media is in full voice on how horrible things are ... writing, learning, and found a passion. Now I will never profess to be a great technical writer. Most ... industry, is a less than sober state. Let me just say the writing was terrible. But it ended [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 15:53:21

Polyamory Update

January 18th, 2009 by Steve Pavlina Email this article to a friend Here’s an update on the journey Erin and I have been taking along the ... to follow.Progress Thus FarWhen I first began writing about polyamory at the start of the year, I was mainly ... vague direction.Consequently, much of my writing on the subject was a reaction to what we were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:58:09

5 Things We Learned Blogging in College — When No One Even Knew They Were Talking About It

A Guest Post by Holly McCarthy The blogging phenomenon has been growing exponentially over the last several years and has become one of the ... of voice in writing is something we learn along the way as writers. It distinguishes us from the others ... what you have to say? Common sense dictated that if you wanted to be read, you had to write about what [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 18:42:26

Missing W.

The other day, my faithful commenter said that I should “take a break” from writing my blog if I am feeling unmotivated. But the fact is I can’t do that if I wanted to—I must write, every minute of every day. What gets ... why writers like me always end up with the job.) “Gen X” says “unmarked” i.e. “this generation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 21:36:33

What!?!

This site provides writing advice. If you're writing a superhero novel or comic book, please also read our superhero writing articles.Would you like to subscribe to our RSS feed?I wish I were making this up. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 02:49:16

Writing.January 25, 2009

I read a post here about a personal history of writing. I used to really love writing, and thought that one day it would be something I did for pay ... my finger on why I love these books so much. It’s rare that I reread a book or watch a movie ... I have read every book no less than twice in one month. The only thing I can come [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 18:24:59

Ephemera 2009 (4)

The Remnants from John August on Vimeo.-- John August does a great post on The Remnants, his web-pilot, including cost breakdown and cameras used ... shows off his workscreen. Can't do it, myself -- I need Screenwriter on fullscreen when writing ... I'm writing, we may take a look at it this week.-- Ken Levine's doing a series on how actors memorize [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 18:03:00

Lest I Focus Solely on the Negative, And, Project PhotoRoadTrip

Filed Under:My Writing, Photography, personalI’ve veering into negative blogging territory lately, ... to know that when I put my mind to it, I can still be a writer. Maybe I will get more writing done thanks ... travel photographer is certainly going to have to take a back-seat to something more practical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 17:17:03

Free Spell Checker Tool

The other day on BlogNet Awards we had put up an article by Nick Sanders titled Tips on Proofreading ... should be aware of is that you may think that some blog authors are writing incorrectly when they are actually writing the right way in their language, or even in their version of English. British [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 05:24:24

One Cool Motorcycle Shirt

by LJ JamesHas you Son, Daughter, Niece, Nephew or Grand kid Changed in the past year or so? Have they become withdrawn or maybe a little rowdy? ... is a large 45 caliber revolver pointed right at you!!! The Sweatshirts come in Grey with Black writing or Black with White writing and are available with Hood and Pocket or with out! Some teens or young [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 22:16:31

Straight Man Book Review

100 Books in One Year #36: Straight Man by Richard Russo Cannonball Read / Brian Prisco Nobody does curmudgeon like Richard Russo ... -- that of the writer writing. While most writing programs give you the first rule "Write what you know," too few [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 14:01:09

MIA

Ah, so much for keeping to schedules. The last few weeks haven’t been the greatest when it comes to work-life balance ... ) from writing to get my head screwed on. I have to admit that during this week “off”, I didn’t do much of anything, including writing for fun. I’m sort of kicking myself for this now because I feel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 06:13:50

Questionnaire - Family Edition

I thought I'd do a little family questionnaire as a fun way to write down some of our current interests/dislikes, etc ... : Cookies and chocolate milk Madeleine: Cookies What was the last book you read? Rob: The Princess Bride ... it be? Rob: Software writing Julie: Read people's minds Nathan: Run faster than fast Madeleine: Rubber [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 03:43:33

Managing Classroom Documents: Keeping It Together with Buzzword's Open Access Docs

Guest post by Dan Weinstein, Ph.D. (Dan Weinstein is currently Associate Professor of English at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. There, roughly 1400 miles from his birthplace in New York City, he teaches both writing and web design and researches best practices for computer supported writing instruction.) One key to good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:35:27

Britney Spears writing a tell-all?

Britney Spears writing a tell-all? etz5202.jpg Critics have been quick to write-off Britney Spears whenever her life has threatened to spiral ... s one of the most lucrative book deals in showbiz history. “Britney will talk frankly about growing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:07:44

How to Wake Up Enthused Every Day

Written on 9/12/2008 by Ali Hale who writes about healthy eating for busy people at her blog, The Office Diet.Photo Credit: chazzvid ... . Most people find that either working on some sort of project (writing a novel, designing a website ... get up and go straight to work on your #1 project. – Steve Pavlina, The Rudder of the DayNow, I have a [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 19:41:03

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

TSS Presents 15 Minutes With Seth Ferranti

What path would you choose if you were handed a 304 month sentence for selling drugs as a first-time, non-violent offender? ... . With a new book titled Street Legends out in stores, an active blog, and several regular writing gigs ... me. I had various contacts with editors and writers through the different magazines I had been writing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 16:22:52

GCC Presents . . .Diana Rodriguez Wallach

This week I'm thrilled to host awesome YA author, Diana Rodriguez Wallach, who's amazing new book, ADIOS TO ALL THE DRAMA was just released! ... , what's the backstory for your book? I’ll warn you, it’s kind of strange. I started writing my first novel because ... , little books, like children’s books.” I had never considered writing a book before. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 03:50:10

Seeger’s Stalinism

One hates to dampen the feelings of national euphoria that have taken hold over the past few days, ... in Seeger’s public life. He was “Stalin’s songbird,” as David Boaz describes, writing about how Seeger ... such as a website that publishes the results of chemical tests on children’s toys and a letter writing campaign [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 21:39:24

I'm hearing voices

Jane here, to tell you that I'm starting to hear voices again. Don't panic, it's nothing sinister ... of it is under control now, and I can get back to writing about Roman Britain. And when I write ... . I suppose that must have been so when I wrote my first book, but now, I hear the actress who reads [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 22:21:43

Jemina Pearl: Jemina Pearl refuses to spill the beans on BYOP break-up, talks solo project

Former Be Your Own Pet frontwoman Jemina Pearl is set to make her solo debut this weekend in Brooklyn, and she recently caught up with Pitchfork to ( ... of technical things or whatever. All summer I was going stir-crazy because I didn't have anything ... Eatherly, right? JP: Yeah, me and John started writing songs when BYOP was still a band. We'd write [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:41:43

An OpenSocial HappyHour with Gears

Click here to view the embedded video. Attention! API Garbage (might be unreadable) ... author for writing an office in and not in her office is in the media or he is one something ... is so different we are writing you is your sister is such a thing to be a gas prices and excise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 22:23:47

Desperate Housewives Rundown Episode 13, "The Best Thing That Could Have Happened"

This week's episode of Desperate Housewives features Beau Bridges as basically our steward in a series of flashbacks to the beginning of the series ... finally writing her cookbook. He is there for Susan for each of her breakups and he objectifies Edie ... . When he was still alive, Rex discouraged Bree from writing her cookbook (Rex, going back decades [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:36:35

Stats...Do You Care?

A couple of weeks ago, Brody Harper confessed that he is indeed a stat whore. Then he justified it by saying that his job revolves around knowing what works on blogs ... novelists. So I said...I understand his point, but who is he writing for? Karen answered that writers write [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 08:19:32

Midnight Sun

So as I said previously, I saw Twilight and I wasn’t that impressed with it ... out about an unfinished book Stephenie Meyer was writing called Midnight Sun which is basically Twilight all over ... apparently someone leaked a copy of the draft onto the internet and she decided to stop writing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 05:30:47

Hey! Does This Look Infected to You?

There. Now that I have your attention…We are trying to write this damn book about ghosts in Phoenix. Now, I say “damn book” because every single place we try to contact refuses to participate because, evidently, writing about the paranormal is akin to having leprosy.Even though we have one really [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 17:07:03

What I Learned From 2008 - Daniel Needlestone

Howdy, Bubba! Hey, if you're new around these parts, I just want to say how much I appreciate you dropping by! ... how hard it was to blog regularly and got bogged down in essay writing for my MA so didn’t write ... space by customising profile fields.April - Personalisation, online identities and avatars - Using [more...]

Date: 2009-01-25 23:00:26

How I Prepared To Be A Freelancer Problogger

Six months ago, I became a professional blogger (or problogger, as the lingo goes) ... extremely risky. Resigning my full time position to pursue what is essentially a freelance writing ... my wife). I don’t know if it’s come through in my writing, or if you’ve read long enough to tease [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 10:43:03

Bebe Moore Campbell Month

Bebe Moore Campbell was a bestselling author despite and perhaps because of recurrent depression, who sadly passed away from brain cancer in 2006. She was a tireless mental health advocate in her community and through her writing ... writer and that ethic is important to writing. It’s wonderful that her words survive to honour [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 11:15:04

Surrender, Genocide… or What? — An Update

Last spring El Inglés caused a bit of a stir here with his essay “Surrender, Genocide… or What?”. In recent weeks he has been busy researching and writing a follow-up, and the result is posted below.A prefatory note from El Inglés:I started writing ‘Surrender, Genocide… or What?’ with a fairly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 05:22:00

Radio Active #76: The Stars, Like Books

My Christmas-turned-Winter Reading List is front and center on this episode of Radio Active as I run down the books I've been reading recently, ... : Omnipedia: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1. I also talk about my new writing gig at GameCryer.com ... There's a new game review web site out here, and I'm writing for it. It's called GameCryer.com [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 03:25:46

things i can't do very well.

“I’ve tried to overcome not having orderly spaces by substituting compulsion for discipline, so that when something is urgently there, ... writing the word DISCIPLINE is big letters, everywhere. I wrote one that says WRITE MORE THAN 1 HOUR [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 05:11:00

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

Have you ever wished you could participate in the competitive, free-spirited world of pop culture blogging, ... new bloggers! (Blogger = Cool guy, seen right.) Here’s what we’re looking for: One full-time writer ... us: A cover letter and resume. Make sure to include a phone number. A writing portfolio [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:31:06

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