Clever or pathetic? You decide… DatingAmy.com In my younger days I might’ve done something similar just for a laugh. Heck, I wrote secret admirer letters to myself in the Valentine’s Day issue of our school newspaper just because I didn’t want to be without a valentine. But I’m over these kinds of stunts now…I think. […]
» Read more...Month: October 2002
International jobs
I’m looking for work. My part time work ends at the end of this month and though some would say I needed to look for a job much earlier this year, it is now definitely time. If you didn’t know, I’m a dreamer. So, while my needs are very practical, it’s hard for me to […]
» Read more...The Final Final
Ok travel writers, this is the very last call. Turn in your humorous travel stories to me by Oct 20 if you want to be considered for Sand In My Bra & Other Misadventures. I’ve got one last deadline to find some really killer stories. Now that means, send in your very very best. And […]
» Read more...Basics and then beyond
Yesterday I had a conversation with Ken Vollmer who I met on the BootsnAll boards. He is self publishing his book The Wanderlust Survival Guide due out early next year. I asked Ken to send me some questions before we had our chat on the phone and I was really impressed with what he was […]
» Read more...New Journal
Life immitating art, or art immitating life? After having a dream that I should be recording my memoirs I scrapped my old journal and started a new one. Last night my writing was so much better since I had it in my mind to be recording my life as it is today instead of just […]
» Read more...Jen Leo, A Writing Geek?
I’m happy to report that Written Road the blog is now noted as one of the new web logs on Holly Lisle’s Community Weblogs page. A listing of a few dozen web logs on writing organized by how often they’re updated. The description on this page is “Forward Motion Community: where the writing geeks hang […]
» Read more...Hilarious article about blogging
This is an old MSNBC.com article, but I just found it and it cracked me up. Steven Levy’s A Blog About Writing Blogs Great links inside if you want to read it for more than just a laugh.
» Read more...Editorial Rates
Some Common Rates for Editorial Services put out by Editorial Freelancers Association. I found this through the FREELANCE listgroup. I’m telling ya, if you like this kind of group help, join up.
» Read more...Book Publicity Costs
I need to turn in some budget reports this morning for continued efforts for Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel. I started searching Google to see if there were some ready made expense lists, and what I found was a cost break down by a publicity house called Red Dog. Some of it seemed […]
» Read more...Freelance Listserve
I don’t know the full definition of listserve and I can’t be bothered to look it up, but I joined another one called: FREELANCE It’s comprised of 641 members who discuss the business with each other. Writers. Editors. Copyeditors and more. While WorkforWriters seems more like a bulletin board, FREELANCE feels more like a club. […]
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