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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From Life Without Pants
November 22, 2011 at 3:01 am
Are you at a loss for words? Struggling to find the right thing to say, and the right way to say it? Stop editing yourself, and just write it.
In today’s video (above), ... (
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From Freelancedom
November 18, 2011 at 4:49 am
The other day, I was the only student to show up for lunchtime yoga. “You have three options,” my instructor told me. “A. We can do a restorative yoga class. ... (
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From Freelancedom
November 16, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I’ve been a woman on a mission lately. In between assigned blog posts and essays, coaching calls, and yoga classes, I’ve been slowly pulling together a book proposal ... (
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From The Writerbabe Series by Raven Moore
November 16, 2011 at 10:10 am
It's a state of mind you have about all the wonderful things you are trying to discover, but insist on sifting through crap because you don't know what else to do.
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From The Writerbabe Series by Raven Moore
November 15, 2011 at 12:41 pm
I'm sectioning off parts of my life unnecessarily
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From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
November 12, 2011 at 9:20 pm
"Inside baseball" refers to using jargon, specialized knowledge, acronyms, first names instead of full names, or other such things when speaking and writing. Using shorthand ... (
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From a.k.a writer
November 11, 2011 at 12:08 pm
The tips here for gaining perspective on your writing are worth bookmarking to reference again and again.
Filed under: Editing, Writing Tagged: creative writing, Editing, feedback, ... (
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