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I am thrilled to announce the launch of BucketTripper.com, a new website devoted to the best activities, attractions, and adventures in the world”s greatest travel destinations. The site is an experiment in cooperative creativity: I’m working with a team of fantastic writers. The site is a showcase for travel writers and a resource for readers [...]

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A few years ago, I approached a publishing lawyer with a question: What happens, I wanted to know, if a writer who is earning money via interent royalties (otherwise known as revenue share) dies? Her answer started with the a throwaway comment that it was probably a moot point as the site probably wouldn’t still [...]

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My colleague R. Michael Johnson recently wrote this advice to a beginning writer who was wondering how to get past the entry-level procrastination stage — and it’s got golden  nuggets for the more experienced writers as well.  Guest Post by R. Michael Johnson “Never put off for tomorrow what you can put off today!” I’m [...]

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Do you have an artist in your life? A writer, photographer,crafter, jewelry maker, potter, painter, dancer, musician? Grouping everyone in the above categories together, there’s one thing we can say: Artists express themselves through their art. This doesn’t mean it’s entirely reasonable to say “Love me love my art.” After all there’s a lot of crappy art [...]

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Passing along the following press release: Award-winning filmmakers and creative professionals, The Jermanok Brothers, are excited to present their three-hour workshop for all actors, writers, directors, singers, comedians, musicians and artists in Boston. Called The Real Scoop: How to Make a Living Creatively, the workshop is a bottom line, pragmatic approach to everything one needs [...]

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I am a piano player, that’s what I do. Workwise, I’m some other things as well: A writer,  a teacher, and an occasional photographer and a once-in-a-while public speaker. Related to work, because they are the things I write about and teach and speak about and photograph and love doing: I’m also a long distance backpacker, a [...]

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I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying this new Internet writing project.  It’s nice to know that after all these years of writing for a living I still — love to write. The formats are tight and inflexible: 400-600 words,  no first person, or even second person (although the imperative is okay).  But I love [...]

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A few weeks ago I blogged about some of the challenges of freelancing in the current economic conditions, and some of the steps I’m taking to not only survive in this difficult economy, but make the best of it.  http://createworklive.com/2008/11/22/silver-linings-in-stormy-clouds/ http://createworklive.com/2008/11/20/surviving-the-recession/ Here’s another site, called The Writer’s Place, that’s giving some great advice to freelance writers [...]

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I got inspired by a fellow writer’s blog post on her top five things from 2008 ( http://sherionwriting.blogspot.com/). So I’m going to derail from my “how starving artists can buy a house” series to reflect a bit, and post about some of the highlights of my 2008. 1) 2008 was about finding balance between my writing life [...]

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