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Twitter And WritersI know many of you are ghostwriters, and perhaps even ghostbloggers (blogging for a company or entity under their name, without a byline/credit given.) Did you know that you can...
It's Definitely An Adventure Of SortsIt seems freelance writing is quite a draw. The non-incarcerated players in the infamous "Diaper Lady Astronaut" love triangle have apparently left the career for which they were trained and...
Youth Need Chance For Expression: Writers (The Peninsula)DOHA: Young women writers present at a book reading and signing session yesterday at Virgin Megastore in Villaggio mall expressed in one accord the significance of giving the younger generation in the Arab world the opportunity to express itself through writing.
No Contract, "Default" Rights?An email from reader "UserJim" about writer's publication rights has me stumped. Perhaps you can help? UserJim entered into a freelance writing job arrangement with a newspaper, in which he...
Writers Of 1941 Tell America's Story (Suburban Journals)Thanks to the Works Progress Administration of 1935 to 1943, paid writers provided historical legacies for generations to come. The WPA and the Federal Writers' Project will be topics of the second in a six-part program, "Soul of a People - Writing America's Story," from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22.
Associated Press Style - A Mini ComplaintDid you know that AP style does not "allow" accents on names? Here's a direct quote from APStylebook.com: "Do not use any diacritical or accent marks because they cause garble...
Conference Inspires Young Writers (Northland's News Center)The skill of writing well continues to be important in our increasingly communicative world. The job of inspiring future authors recently fell on some of our region's writing professionals. Dave Anderson tells us about a young author's conference in Superior.
Freelance Writing Jobs: Feast And FamineMy children just returned to school from a very cloudy and chilly Spring Break. The week before that, I was pretty much in their school 24/7, running the Scholastic Book...
Excellent Tool For WritersHello readers and writers, just a quick note here because I am sick, and bad things happen when I work while sick (i.e. typos, foot-in-mouth syndrome, etc.). I was on the...
Top Writing ToolsLately, I've been heavily dependent on a few tools that I wanted to share with you. Hopefully these make your freelance writing life easier. Chicago Manual of Style. Although I've been...
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