So let’s say, you have thought of a story idea about your field of work that seems like a good fit for a magazine or newspaper. How do you go about placing it? A query letter is the traditional way thorugh the publisher’s door. (Actually, in the old days, submissions came in “over” the publisher’s door [...]
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Getting in Print: The Query Letter
Posted in Freelancing, Writing, tagged query letters on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Telling Your Story in Print
Posted in Freelancing, Writing on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Read anything interesting lately? Where? Sure, the Internet — you’re here now. But where else? The Internet has had a huge influence on the way we communicate, but it’s not the only way we take in and share knowledge about what’s going on. If you’ve been on a train or a plane lately, chances are you’ve [...]
Essential Skills for Artists: Writing
Posted in Business Issues, Freelancing, Writing on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Writing is dead,” A business major once told me. “Who cares? I’ll just have my secretary do it.” Fast forward a few years: “I was wrong. I wish I knew how to write better. We don’t even HAVE secretaries anymore.” Yes, IMing and text messaging have created a new sub-language. But computers have not led us [...]
Renegade Writer Classes
Posted in Business Issues, Writing, tagged renegade writer, writing classes on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How exactly do you get that first magazine assignment? Get paid to travel the world? Get an agent to look at your book proposal? If you’re a specialist in another field, or another art, can you really get someone to publish you? If you’re wondering, check out this series of classes, offered by the Renegade Writer. I’ve [...]
I’ll Write This Post Tomorrow
Posted in Musing on Creativity, Writing, tagged deadlines, procrastination on September 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The best way I know to get all my housework done — vacuuming, kitchen floors, laundry, even the garden’s overdue weeding — is to give me a deadline. Not a housework deadline, a writing deadline. I don’t know what it is about writers and deadlines, but I fall smack in the middle of the stereotype. I’m anticipating [...]
Vanity Surfing: Who’s Stealing Your Stuff?
Posted in Business Issues, Copyrights and Contracts, Freelancing, Internet Issues, Writing, tagged Copyright, copyright violation, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, plagiarism on August 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
People are stealing your stuff. They are stealing your words and your pictures, your songs and your performances, and they are using them and even reselling them all over the Web. Don’t believe me? Do a little vanity surfing… If you’ve got a body of work that has gotten out to the public, chances are that some of [...]
Vanity Surfing: Finding Cool Stuff
Posted in Internet Issues, Writing, tagged Add new tag, blog stats, Karen berger's books, translations, Vanity surfing on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you have a blog, you already know the dangers of the little link called “stats” which tells you not only how many people are visiting your blog, but all kinds of other things, like whether they found you through a Google search or a Yahoo group…. It’s REALLY addictive. “WOW! Someone clicked on my [...]
What I Love About Freelancing, Part Two
Posted in Freelancing, Writing, tagged Freelancing on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The view from my office window is amazing. I can wake up whenever I want and I won’t be late to work. The commute is 30 seconds. I encounter a ton of creative people, who send new ideas, skills, and techniques my way. I can avoid unpleasant people simply by choosing not to pitch another project [...]
A nelkulozhetetlen felszerelesekroi
Posted in Writing, tagged translations on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hope any Hungarians out there will forgive the five missing accents in the title, which means “Essential Equipment.” I don’t know how to make them…. That’s the header on page 92 of my new book, Turazas (accents missing over every vowel). Which means “Hiking.” It’s my newest hiking book, published by DK, and I’ve just [...]
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