Yea, Frank!

We spent a lazy weekend together plotting our summer vacation. Thank heaven for MapQuest! It was quite a trick to plan a 5500-mile trip that includes online access at every stop. We were somewhat successful, with the exception of a national park where we’ll be so far out in the boonies that we won’t even have cell phone access that night. But, we’ll have someone else monitoring the sites, so we’re not worried about it. Gosh, we may even feel like we’re on vacation that night!

Is That Lawyer Who’s Threatening You…Really a Lawyer?

Is That Lawyer Who’s Threatening You…Really a Lawyer?

A year or so ago, I was contacted by an attorney representing a firm that is listed in the Whispers and Warnings section of WritersWeekly.com. He said he would sue us if we didn’t remove the complaints about his firm from our website. His emails were quite menacing…so menacing in fact that we became suspicious. Aren’t attorneys schooled in the art of subtle manipulation and vague threats? Aren’t they trained to keep their cool at all times in order to prevail as the more intelligent animal in any debate?

Letters To The Editor for March 17th

This Week:


  • Southwest Writers.com Offers Critique Service
  • Stunned By Lazy Editors
  • Reporting On A Good Market!
  • Kudos

Ten Sure-Fire Themes to Effectively Use in Your Sitcom Spec Script By Peter J. Fogel

Ten Sure-Fire Themes to Effectively Use in Your Sitcom Spec Script By Peter J. Fogel

Want to write a sitcom spec script that’ll catch the eye of a producer or agent who will hopefully catapult your career? Stuck? One way to jump start your creativity is to investigate the different themes used in most sitcoms so you can come up with the most effective and enticing story to tell. Don’t reinvent the wheel…just improve upon it!

I’m the Publisher! By Pamela White

For three years, I’ve taught Food Writing classes online. Last June, a student proposed that I write a Food Writing II class, and start a newsletter. He believed in my ability to publish a profitable e-zine.
He obviously didn’t know my disastrous history as a publisher. I started a community newspaper years ago, only to find the workload too heavy and my bank account too light.

Whispers and Warnings for March 17th


  • editfast.com – Responds to allegations and complaints.
  • Deveraux and Deloitte – Person claiming to work for them as a “lecturer” threatens to send WritersWeekly a subpoena.
  • Cats and Kittens – Writer claims pub bought 1st rights; hasn’t published article in a year; writer can’t sell reprint rights until the article is published.
  • Janet Kay & Associates – Authors offended they used the word “Christian” in their marketing.
  • Indigo Custom Publishing – Writer claims she received partial payment and a request to remove her posting from WritersWeekly. Posted an update, but the remainder of her payment has still not been paid.
  • CitySmart Magazine – Writer claims she’s owed money.

Look Out, America. Here We Come!

Last week, I told you all that we were considering trading in our pop-up camper for a bigger one. Well, we did it. We traded in our little pop-up camper for a 24-foot RV! Yeehaw!!! Look out, America, here we come!

Don’t Miss This Great Job Board!

This week, I want to bring your attention to a stellar publisher who, despite his popularity and fame, always makes times for his readers and for other publishers and editors as well.

Letters To The Editor for March 10th

This Week:


  • Query Letters That Worked!

  • How Lazy Editors Lose Readers

  • Ethics of Honesty

  • Our Priority? Writers!

  • Janet Kay & Associates’ Search Warrant Woes~

  • Kudos

Lessons Learned from a Month of Novel-Writing Insanity By Sarah White

National Novel Writing Month began five years ago as a way to use the power of deadlines to get writers to complete novels. Participants often are people who say they would like to write a novel “one day,” but without this pressure they would never actually do it.