Published on March 24, 2004
I want to learn more about what is “public record” so that I will have the confidence to walk into city hall or the court house and ask for records. Often times, small town folks who work in these offices don’t even know what the law is and I find myself not educated enough on this matter to push the issue or know where exactly to look for information. I don’t really want to take a law class. Surely there is some place the information is available for writers.
Published on March 24, 2004
Start local. That’s the advice I received when building my writing portfolio. In 2001, I was new to freelancing, with only a few clips published on the Internet. There were a few newspapers and magazines that I considered writing for in my area and one in particular was a regional parenting magazine that I read regularly.
Published on March 17, 2004
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!
Published on March 17, 2004
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?
Published on March 17, 2004
This Week:
- Southwest Writers.com Offers Critique Service
- Stunned By Lazy Editors
- Reporting On A Good Market!
- Kudos
Published on March 17, 2004
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!
Published on March 17, 2004
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.
Published on March 10, 2004
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!
Published on March 10, 2004
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.
Published on March 10, 2004
This Week:
- Query Letters That Worked!
- How Lazy Editors Lose Readers
- Ethics of Honesty
- Our Priority? Writers!
- Janet Kay & Associates’ Search Warrant Woes~
- Kudos
