Sometimes competitors and others test BookLocker.com to see if we really do screen manuscripts that we’re considering for publication. Yes, we absolutely do! We rejected the poetry book written by the dog of an author. That was memorable. There was the…
Can I turn interviews into my own book, or do those pieces belong to the magazine?
Amazon delivery driver caught stealing package…by front door camera NOT made by Amazon; Couple sues (and loses) after part of their social security numbers published; Minnesota Bride Magazine bankruptcy; and Stupid bloggers who were arrested in Iran have been freed.
In this piece, I explain how I used the power of upfront, face-to-face communication (the kind that many of us have forgotten) to land a four-figure gig at a networking conference.
“It’s my number and, of course, I gave it to them, after receiving it from the IRS. But, they have steadfastly refused to tell me what the number is…”
I could have let the loss of my 22-year career devastate me. But, there are SO many avenues in the writing profession.
I am often asked by readers, and even friends, when and why I decided to become a writer. It came very early to me! You can read exactly what happened here…
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It was the scariest period of my life. I’d left my job teaching in San Francisco and was writing full-time in the booming tech industry.
“I want to include scans of newspaper articles in my book. Since my book is non-fiction, will the educational exception to copyright law apply?”
