Yesterday Dale and Donna from the Busy Bee Cafe in Springfield, OR gave me the journal they’ve been promising. It is the diary of Dale’s mom when she was 14 and coming across the US in a 1928 Chevy one ton truck. They left Kansas City on Aug 13, 1930 and made it to Klammath […]
» Read more...Month: January 2003
The Rolf Potts Is On The Road: Seattle
What’s that? You haven’t heard of Rolf Potts? Well, you will. Believe me, you will. As I’m writing this Rolf has already finished his fourth author event —ever. (and hopefully off having a few drinks with fellow adventurers Richard Sterling and Ken Vollmer in Berkeley). On Monday I drove up to Seattle in the BootBus […]
» Read more...Submission Call for Moms
Hi Ladies, are you, or have you ever been a “Krackdpot mom?” They don’t mean of the drugged up kind, but rather mom’s who are “ready to pull your hair out or scream at the top of your lungs? Yet, even while you were standing there feeling like a lunatic with a bazooka, others couldn’t […]
» Read more...InkyGirl — A Weblog For Writers
Ooooh the InkyGirl weblog is pretty cool. It’s done by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, the founder of InkSpot, (I miss that zine!). The cartoons on InkyGirl are fun and the telecommuting job leads for writers are great. The jobs run the genre gamut including educational, tech, animal, travel and Christian needs. I’m going to have fun […]
» Read more...To Freelance Or Not To Freelance
I just got back from my Eugene writers group and I got great feedback on two magazine story leads I’ve got in the hopper. But writing and selling those, and then waiting for the check extends so far out on the calendar it doesn’t count towards paying my rent. The appointment setting job I’ve been […]
» Read more...Great Resource for Writers!
Hey, if you thought Written Road was cool for giving you market resource leads, check this out: The Burry Man Writers Center I found it while doing a google search for submission guidelines for alternative weeklies. This website looks right up my alley. I have to find out more about this guy! The Burry Man. […]
» Read more...A Different Kind of Networking
I like to eat, and I like to talk. So, it’s no surprise that I’ve taken up to making friends with the regulars at the diner next to my phone job in Springfield. The Busy Bee Cafe is a thriving reincarnation of a 50s soda fountain. I’ve been going there for the past week and […]
» Read more...Looking For An Agent?
I signed up for Todd James Pierce’s Literary Agent Newsletter some time ago and forgot all about it. It came yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised to find it more informative than I expected. Inside you’ll find insider stories and experiences, details about agents that are currently looking for authors, and sound advice for writers […]
» Read more...Been to Turkey? Here’s a paying market lead…
The January edition of Writers’ Weekly lists Cornucopia.net as a paying market for writers in their “Markets & Jobs” section. Cornucopia specializes in all things Turkey, and is targeted towards those who love the country as much as they do. Though the magazine is only published three times a year, they do pay $280 for […]
» Read more...SAND IN MY BRA: Update, I Can’t See the Fat Lady
Well, we had to cut five more stories this week. Maybe only four…still trying to save one. I’m not too upset because these will go straight into the hopper for TT’s next humor book, Hyenas Laughed At Me & Now I Know Why, due out Fall 2003. Speaking of that book, we just put it […]
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