I got my copy of Rough News this week. It was fun for me because it came all the way from the UK and they send it out for free! Then I was pleasantly surprised to see Doug Lansky on the cover and to find that he’s just done another book. The Rough Guide First […]
» Read more...Month: January 2003
Guidelines Database and Travel Ezines
I love it when I find something really cool to share with all of you. And this morning, I found two. This, is a great page to read for any writer and I wish more would. You’d be surprised at how many writers I meet who are actually churning out pages and pages of the […]
» Read more...Travel-Writing Boot Camp for Journalists
The well respected MediaBistro has two classes that have just been added to my “I want list.”Travel-Writing Boot Camp for Journalists and Boot Camp for Journalists which is also on that same page. For me personally, I think I’d get more out of the latter (D.C teacher). Though I have a degree in Journalism from […]
» Read more...Writer/Researcher Wanted
There’s an interesting $1000 job opportunity in the writing category of SF’s Craigslist. If you want a staff or freelance writing/editing gig, keep an eye on Craigslist. Their San Francisco and Los Angeles branches are good for this kind of job hunting. And just because they’re listed under those cities, doesn’t mean that you have […]
» Read more...Elance
Elance.com I’ve been following some discussion on this site through my WorkForWriters listserve. Basically it’s a website where subscribers offer up work to be bid on and sell the project in reverse auction style. Naturally, subscribing freelancers have the opportunity to get some freelance work. They have a variety of projects in their Marketplace ranging […]
» Read more...WWW: January Literary Salon Bookpeople
Judy Wheeler, Director of Sales/Marketing at Bookpeople will be demystifying the world of distribution tonight at the Wild Writing Women’s Literary Salon at the Monticello Inn. As noted in the WWW January newsletter, Judy will be “covering all the angles: wholesaling, exclusivity, fulfillment, self-publishing, small press, and more. Other Bookpeople people Leisa Mock (Indpendent Press […]
» Read more...Pay Off! Congrats Philip!
I woke up this morning to find that Philip Blazdell, a writer that I’ve been coaching for name building, just won a commendation for a writing award. His story, Falling was a top ten finalist from 577 entries in the TooWrite.com competition for a prize of L1,000. You know its funny, I remember reading “Falling” […]
» Read more...What a day!
The past 24 hours have been so much fun. And yes, I mean working. It started off yesterday morning when I found a part time job where I can set my own hours and still be able to do my freelance gigs; then I got an email from the Bootboyz saying that their front page […]
» Read more...Written Road Gets Sponsorship from BootsnAll.com
These are exciting times indeed. Sunday night I met with Sean Keener, President of BootsnAll.com to further discuss the details or a web site partnership to launch later this month. It was our third meeting and now we’re just down to signing off on a profit sharing split as well as the actual contract. So…what’s […]
» Read more...SUBMISSION CALL: Blue Magazine
Blue Magazine’s web site is looking a lot better than the last time I checked it out. Much more conducive for the dinosaurs like myself still on the abominable dial up. Now, it’s very clear who they are and what they want. They’re a global adventure magazine geared towards both men and women who are […]
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