As soon as I got up this morning I found that our production director Susan Brady had sent two covers for the women’s humor book. I wish I could say that I had the same reaction when I first saw A Woman’s Path. Then, I was physically moved. I got the tingles. I think I […]
» Read more...Month: September 2002
Poynter.org
Finally I’ve found a web site for journalists. I hesitated to say professional writers, because there are tons of sites out there done by writers who’ve been published for many years. BUT there seems to be a lot of web sites out there that seem to be preying on beginning writers which leaves little middle […]
» Read more...Struggling
I felt very productive this weekend but at a loss for words which I don’t want to call writer’s block. I have a few book assignments and another newspaper article in my head that I can’t seem to make any headway with. My new writers group thinks that maybe I’m not supposed to be a […]
» Read more...Thought for the day
Happiness = The point where our dreams and needs are in balance
» Read more...potentially profitable writing contest
Here’s an interesting thing that crossed my desk and I’m not sure what my opinion of it is. A writing contest where the first prize is potentially $10,000. IF there are 1,000 applicants. And the entry fee is $25. For 500 words. The contest is sponsored by The Writing Coach What’s the assignment? 500 words […]
» Read more...If you love knowing what’s going on…
Get on the list WorkforWriters@Yahoogroups.com It is a group of professional writers that are sharing their resources with each other. Everything from where to submit, conferences & workshops that are going on around the US, OZ, NZ and more…, to jobs, author events, informative web sites, etc. All genres. There are dozens of messages passed […]
» Read more...Lucky Golfers
Hmmm…golfing seems to keep coming across my desk. IF you love golf and are a seasoned writer, and IF you just happen to live in these lovely locales…Australia, Las Vegas, Hawaii (and Illinois)… THEN Golf Travel Media is looking for you. They are hiring correspondents to write 3-4 articles a month. Here are the job […]
» Read more...Tim Cahill
I recently got in touch with Tim Cahill about reviewing his new book, Hold The Enlightenment: More Travel, Less Bliss. It’s on it’s way and I can’t wait! To brush up on Tim, I got out my copy of Pecked to Death By Ducks. In the intro, Tim says that he’s been in travel writing […]
» Read more...The Iowa School of Writing
For many years I’ve had it in my head that if I ever went to grad school, the only one I’d want to go to is the presitgious Iowa Writers’ Workshop. But I just went to look it up for the link and I found out that their MFA degrees only focus on either Fiction […]
» Read more...Blogging Community About Writing
Have you been to HollyLisle.com yet? It’s choc-a-block with resources for writers. I was thrilled to find a community of blogs all on writing. Web blogs on writing and reading I’ve just started going through them so I don’t know which are my faves yet, but I’ll keep you posted and you’ll see them in […]
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