From The Urban Muse
February 8, 2012 at 10:26 am
By Steph Auteri
Having trouble generating new story ideas? In my opinion, that’s one of the toughest things about being a freelance writer. In order to make writing lucrative, ... (
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From a.k.a writer
February 3, 2012 at 8:43 pm
I haven’t been shy…well, when I was updating this blog in the fall, I wasn’t shy about my goal to finish a full draft of a book by the end of 2011. On December 15, I met ... (
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From Freelancedom
February 3, 2012 at 4:00 am
Many of you already know my writing history.
Awful poetry at the age of 5.
A part-time gig at a weekly newspaper at the age of 19.
Writing sex toy reviews by the age of 22.
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From Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates
February 2, 2012 at 10:16 am
From the time I was a little girl, I loved to write. Writing allows you to tell the stories of people, places, things and events. Sometimes they’re real, and sometimes they ... (
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From Ben Casnocha
January 31, 2012 at 4:08 am
From the fun blog Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience, a letter from Norman Mailer to Salman Rushdie:
Dear Salman Rushdie,
I have thought of you often ... (
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From Ophelias Webb
January 27, 2012 at 9:00 am
My entire life, I have read voraciously.
From the moment my parents put a copy of The Color Kittens in my little 2 year old hands (yes, I started reading by myself when I was 2 ... (
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From Lindsey Donner
January 26, 2012 at 5:36 pm
I attended a mixed-martial arts fight with my accountant recently. In between fights, to distract all of us from the omnipresent thonged “fight girls” dancing ... (
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From Freelancedom
January 11, 2012 at 2:01 pm
On Monday, instead of getting a damn thing done, I took a bus into the city and headed downtown to (Le) Poisson Rouge, where Mike Geffner was hosting Titillating Tongues: NYC Erotica ... (
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From The Urban Muse
January 6, 2012 at 4:50 pm
By Kimberly Wilson
You’ve been wracking your brain for story ideas for hours. You have a host of half-baked ideas written in a notebook, but what you really want is someone ... (
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From Ophelias Webb
January 3, 2012 at 10:18 am
I will continue to kick ass and take names this year.
In fact, along with Janet, I plan on making 2012 my bitch.
2011 was a year that took a toll. I feel like other than the one ... (
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From ThrillingHeroics.com
December 27, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Read this full article on Thrilling Heroics here: The Perfect Place in Ubud, Bali to Make Your Escape, Chill Out, and Write Your Masterpiece!
After we left our friends in Seminyak ... (
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From Ophelias Webb
December 27, 2011 at 9:00 am
Me & Leo post-headshots at Melissa Mullen's studio
2011 was my Year of Intention.
I had a super long list of goals and resolutions that seemed like awesome ideas at the ... (
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From Ophelias Webb
December 21, 2011 at 6:05 pm
I’d like to subtitle this post:
AKA Elisa Screwed Up Her First Attempt At A Gravity Form
I set up the submission form for the All You Need series for 2012 and had originally ... (
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From Lindsey Donner
December 20, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Writers and web designers spend a lot of time thinking about how to please clients. But I suspect our clients don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how to please ... (
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From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
December 17, 2011 at 5:04 am
A Tumblr post with life advice got sent around to several people I know, via retweets and shares. Key excerpts:
This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins ... (
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From Ben Casnocha
December 16, 2011 at 9:04 pm
A Tumblr post with life advice got sent around to several people I know, via retweets and shares. Key excerpts:
This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything ... (
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From Real Time Marketer
December 13, 2011 at 9:30 am
How To Get Hits
Generally the rule of thumb on how to get hits to your blog or website is that you need to create more content. The more you write, over time, the more traffic ... (
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From Freelancedom
December 1, 2011 at 12:17 pm
I learned early on that — when it came to freelance writing — it was important to bounce back quickly from rejection, keep up the momentum, and flip that pitch.
Because ... (
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From Ophelias Webb
December 1, 2011 at 9:00 am
Call For Writers, Vloggers, Photographers and Artists
The time is coming early to collect submissions for the third annual collection of essays and submissions detailing and exploring ... (
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From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
December 1, 2011 at 1:55 am
Benjamin Schwarz comments on John Updike's writing at the end of his life, and says:
Above all, and most poignantly, this collection highlights Updike’s evaluation of the ... (
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From The Urban Muse
November 30, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Usually we think of hitting the books in the fall, as students around the world head back to school. However, autumn can be a hectic time for freelancers as their editors and clients ... (
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From a.k.a writer
November 30, 2011 at 11:33 am
I don’t want to give away what the “number one overlooked skill for every author” is but I am confident many of you will find yourself cheered and even motivated ... (
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From Freelancedom
November 24, 2011 at 4:34 am
Earlier this week, I sent query letters out to four literary agents. This was a big step for me. I’d been dreaming of becoming a published author since the age of 5 and, ... (
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From a.k.a writer
November 23, 2011 at 12:01 pm
With Thanksgiving in the United States just hours away, my attention has turned from word counts to baking. The holiday tends to kick off what’s known as my “baking season ... (
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From Alisia Leavitt, MFA
November 22, 2011 at 11:32 am
So, less than 24 hours after emailing full submissions, the first rejection for DOWN came back. It was actually a very nice rejection. This agent said there was "certainly a ... (
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