Letters To The Editor For May 11th

Published on May 11, 2005

This Week:

• What to Charge
• Angela's Response
• Kudos

Letters To The Editor For May 4th

Published on May 4, 2005

This Week:

• Yet Another Con By The Major Publishers!!
• What Happened To Integrity?

Thanks

Published on April 20, 2005

Hi Angela, I got my check in the mail today. I just had to let you know that it has to be the fastest that anyone has ever paid me for writing. Wow. You are on the ball, very impressive. Thanks! :-) Jacqueline Bodnar …

Payment vs. Art

Published on April 13, 2005

Kudos to Lynette Reese for saying what every thinking writer should be, well, thinking. Payment and art aren't mutually exclusive. Just ask Picasso or, for that matter, any successful actor or musician. Linda …

Letters To The Editor For March 30th

Published on March 30, 2005

This Week:

• Sending Goodies to the Troops!
• Whispers and Warnings Forum Freeze

Letters To The Editor For March 23rd

Published on March 23, 2005

We're on vacation this week. Letters will return next week. …

On Taking Bogus Tests

Published on March 9, 2005

Hello Angela: I hope all is well with you and yours. I read most of the newsletter every time it comes and especially enjoyed the article on the guys who have people "take tests" and finish up with a completely edited work. The article was quite timely as it came just before a request hit a Listserv, of which I am a member, from an alleged doctoral student wanting a dissertation proofed and edited, in segments, the price being negotiable. From the copy in the advertisement it was pretty easy to see what the guy was up to. A student approached me about it and I, having just read the article in WritersWeekly.com, was brimming with advice and cautions of one sort or another. As it turns out, the student never could nail the guy down on price or volume, though his advertisement had stressed that time was of the essence. His having put that in the ad had the intended effect of getting the responder to feel the sense of urgency. When I pointed out to the student that it was the doctoral candidate who had a deadline breathing down on him, and not her, she relaxed just enough to begin negotiations which led her to believe that, like the writer of the article, she would be working free. Thanks. Neil …

Letters To The Editor For March 2nd

Published on March 2, 2005

This Week:

• Janet Shares Hint On Providing "Samples"
• A "Free Book" To Review Isn't Respectable Payment
• Spewing Venom At Editors

Letters To The Editor For February 16th

Published on February 16, 2005

This Week:

• Those Bogus Editing Tests
• Different Point of View on Editing Tests
• Get a Contract to Ensure Payment

Kudos To Julie Hood!

Published on February 9, 2005

The piece about organizing by Julie Hood (Files, Piles and Stacks...Get Organized for 2005) you featured in WritersWeekly was so great, I printed it, then went to her website and printed some more. …

Letters To The Editor For January 26th

Published on January 26, 2005

This Week:

• Death by Poetry
• More on Poetry Article
• When Interview Seekers Don't Respond

Letters To The Editor For January 19th

Published on January 19, 2005

This Week:

• When Interview Seekers Don't Respond
• On Firing An Editor

More Play-Doh-ectomy Stories

Published on January 5, 2005

Hi, Ang - Ah, Frank brings back motherhood memories... One day when my daughter was about three or four years old, I noticed her rubbing her nose rather frantically and sniffling. I got a tissue, told her to blow into it, and nothing resulted. Something told me to look into her nose, and I was greeted with what looked like a sizeable blood clot blocking one nostril. It wouldn't budge no matter how much she blew into the tissue and, in my increasing panic, I "rationalized" that I somehow just had to get air into the nostril again. I prayed the clot wasn't connected to her brain as I grabbed tweezers, made contact, and pulled out a plump purplish blob. A voice in my head told me to smell it. It was a raisin. Happy New Year to all! Best, Susan --- Hi Angela, I had to laugh when I read the letters from other readers about what they put in their ears or nose. It reminded me of the time when I was a child visiting my grandparents and I had two M & Ms left and no pockets in my clothes. Since I wanted to save the M & Ms for later, I put them in my nose. Fortunately, my grandmother was able to get them out without a trip to the ER. These days I never save chocolate for later! Mary Jo --- Your article reminded me of my youngest daughter, Maria, who, at two, kept pulling on me and trying to tell me, until I got it, that she had put a round thing up her nose, like dried bean. But she wouldn't let me make any attempt to get it out with tweezers. Finally, I called nurse who live next door. She calmly, as she spoke and diverted Maria, wrapped a blanket around her INCLUDING her flailing arms that had pushed me away, and thus imprisoned her. The nurse was able to remove it easily with the tweezers - a technique to remember with very small children. Another time she woke me up on a Saturday with this hideous blister on her hand covering her entire palm. Turns out that on our trip to see a NYC eye doctor the previous day (we'd treated her to Radio City Music Hall), she had slid her hand down the bannisters of all their huge staircases (I remember her joyfully doing that, and my husband indulging her in climbing them more than once) and had a humongous friction burn. The things you learn with kids! I too enjoy the content of WritersWeekly. Does it get me to get my book done? Not yet, but that's not your fault. That's old age, a Piscean procrastinating nature and vicissitudes of moving to Florida, hurricanes, a broken arm, buying a condo, etc., etc. I miss New Hampshire, so your stories of Bangor weather, etc. are also much enjoyed. Maggy …

Play-Doh-ectomy

Published on December 29, 2004

Dear Angela, I have to thank you for sharing your "Play-Doh-ectomy" story. It helped me remember a couple of things I hadn't remembered while I was taking your last memoir class - the time I dissected the rattle we made in kindergarten, found that the rattle sound was made from popping corn kernels and decided to put them in my ears. I got the one in my left ear out, but not the one in my right. My parents had to rush me to the emergency room. I hated the whole experience and cried the whole time. They gave me a lollipop for being a good girl. Regards, Carma https://www.nasw.org/users/carms Hi Angela I laughed hysterically when I read your story about Frank and the silly putty. We had a similiar incident with beads. My youngest, Matthew, somehow got two colored beads stuck up his nose. I tried to have him blow them out but that didn't work. I phoned 'Grandma' to accompany us to the hospital. Matthew and I were in the bathroom (a small one at that) getting ready to head to the ER when he started to make the sneezing sound. Suddenly, he let out one huge sneeze and those beads came flying out of his nose and went ricocheting off the walls. With it being a small bathroom, those beads flew around for quite awhile. We were ducking for cover! Of course, once the crisis was over, we had a very good laugh. Kids - they should come with instruction manuals.. Also, like Diane C., I was published in Woman's World after reading their editorial request on your site. Thanks to WritersWeekly for the great lead! Best wishes to you and your family for a happy holiday season and continued success in the New Year. Warm regards, Christine …

Kudos!

Published on December 15, 2004

Dear Angela, As one of your many readers, I want to let you know how much I enjoy and benefit from WritersWeekly.com. The information I have gleamed through your articles, market listings and general informational items has been and continues to be one of the great things about being part of the writing world. Your advocacy against writing for free has helped many of the new and young writers I know and work with gain confidence in their abilities to say, "No, my writing is worth you paying.". The book Query Letters That Work is an incredible piece of information full of samples and examples of how to write those pesky little things. I have participated in a couple of your on-line workshops and the motivation and information provided has twice set me off on a new line of profitable writing. I could go on and on, but let me just end here by saying that your website is worth passing on to every other writer with whom I come in contact. Keep up the good work. Dorry C. Pease LXR Group - designed for writing and working on written pieces, poetry, fiction or non-fiction https://groups.yahoo.com/group/league_xrevisionists/ https://www.freewebs.com/dcatherine …

Letters To The Editor For December 8th

Published on December 8, 2004

This Week:

• Great Advice Regarding Firms That Run Endless Job Ads!
• Blurring The Line Between Writer And Expert
• More On Blurring The Line...

Shy Writers Unite!

Published on November 23, 2004

Hi Angela, Boy am I glad you published that shy writer story. I was so shy I used to write with a pencil that had an eraser on both ends. I am doing the blog thing now, too. See: https://tenniesup.blogspot.com/ Best wishes! Kenny …

Another Bad Byproduct of Sp*m Filters

Published on November 17, 2004

When this service was first implemented, I received up to 5-6 submissions per day that required that I "register." Now, I don't bother. If a writer wants to receive feedback from us on the status of his/her submission, they will need to pre-register our domain as one that they will allow mail from or they won't hear back from us. I have yet to bypass a submission we selected for publication because of this maddening practice, but I am prepared to do so if the need arises.…