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During the winter in Bangor, Maine, the Penobscot River freezes over. If you go outside after dark, when there aren’t many cars driving by, you can hear the ice cracking as it echoes along the boulders lining the mighty river.
“BEST PRACTICES” FOR THE POD INDUSTRY – Part II
There are lots of snakes in the Print on Demand (POD) industry. And, while most companies charge too much, way too much, there are a few that offer good services at reasonable prices. And, some of those even offer reasonable customer service! I thought it would be fun to start compiling a list of “Best Practices” for the POD industry.
Letters To The Editor For April 1st
This week’s letters appear in Angela’s article HERE.
Say it Funny, Sell It By Susan Sundwall
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”
If you guessed the above quote to be from Will Rogers you’d be correct. Our friend Will was extremely popular with the American people back in the 1930’s. And isn’t it uncanny that we can relate to his witty observation today? Good humor is like that – timeless. And it will always sell because people, whatever their circumstance, love to laugh. As writers it’s in our very best interest to be mindful of that, and we should attempt to infuse our material with a tickle or two whenever we can.
Who’s Supposed to Be Marketing My Book?!
I don’t understand why my publisher, Ingram and Amazon aren’t marketing my book. Isn’t that what they do?
A Solution to “Your Article Idea Isn’t Fresh” Rejections By John K. Borchardt
What do you do when you get a rejection from an editor telling you your article idea isn’t fresh? I used to try reslanting the query for different publications, only to receive a similar rejection. An alternative approach is to recast your idea in a completely new context and submit it to publications serving totally different readerships where your idea is new, different and fresh. This approach has worked well for me the past year.
Snow-Capped Mountains…and a Water Park?!
ichard took me on a surprise weekend trip to Conway, New Hampshire. We visited that beautiful down years ago and it was lots of fun to return. The town is in a valley and snow-capped mountains tower in the background. Our hotel room had a breathtaking view of the White Mountains and Mt. Washington can be seen from almost anywhere in town.
“BEST PRACTICES” FOR THE POD INDUSTRY – Part I
There are lots of snakes in the Print on Demand (POD) industry. And, while most companies charge too much, way too much, there are a few that offer good services at reasonable prices. And, some of those even offer pretty good customer service! I thought it would be fun this week to come up with a list of “Best Practices” for the POD industry.
What Recession?! – Part II
Hi Ang,
I loved your two articles on What Recession?! I publish a little alternative spirituality newsletter. For years I’ve been telling our subscribers not to read “bad” news, and get themselves all down and depressed.
As you pointed out in today’s article, there’s plenty of good news out there. If more of us focus on the good, then more good will come to all of us. It’s really pretty simple, at least in my opinion. Focus on what you want. Now, if we can convince the rest of the world to do that . . .
2009 has so far been my best year yet. So I echo your words — “What recession?!”
Thanks so much for all you do for us freelancers out here. You’re truly an angel!
Hugs,
John
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Angela,
It’s all about positive thinking, isn’t it? Law of Attraction. Have a positive attitude and positive things will happen.
In my town restaurants are slow, the parking lots are not full.
And yet an old favorite place of mine just reopened, generating a few waitress, chef, busboy and hostess jobs.
In my town, plant nurseries are really slow. I own one of those plant nurseries.
And yet today, Wednesday, I had two new people come in. They’d never been here before. The kicker is that one of them actually spent money. I never get customers on Wednesday! Small bit of success, but I’ll take it.
In my town cabinet shops are failing. My husband owns a cabinet shop.
And yet, today, I have two bids to submit for future work and two jobs that I have a contract on. (I get to pretend to be the secretary.) Not so long ago I was begging for work and borrowing money from my retired parents! Not fun.
Recession… yes, it’s there. But it’s looking up!
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June K. Brown
Key Largo Blue Plant Nursery and Woodworks
See my articles in Horizons Magazine! Animal Spirit Guidance, By June K. Brown
Visit my Web site at https://www.Moonmother8.com
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I’m in Australia but we also are being affected. I did lose a regular writing job with an American website late last year but, other than that, my writing career is thriving. I keep getting more and more assignments. I’m lucky in that I have several regular jobs but over and above that, am continually getting new work. Just today, I was offered a column with a national magazine.
Having been self-employed for 25 years, I know that there’s no need to ever worry. In fact, worry creates the very problem we’re trying to avoid.
Thanks,
Charmaine
Use Your Day Job to Break into Trade Journals By Diane Stark
Waking up early, putting on the required business attire, commuting to work, and having someone tell you what to do. Or getting up when you want to, staying in your pajamas, and working from home as your own boss. Which one sounds more fun to you?