Duotrope: The Anti-Writer’s Market
Not to disparage a fine in-print tradition, but I’m fairly certain published writers tell other aspiring writers to pick up a copy of the latest Writer’s Market tome as some sort of initiation process....
View ArticleHow To Write Good Sex
If you’re writing sex, make sure you do your research. As one might imagine this topic has been screwed to death and upon its beaten body lie clichés, unfortunate comparisons, and loads of downright...
View ArticleGoodbye Nice Handwriting
When I was a kid, even in the late Eighties, we were counted off for making our cursive letters incorrectly. Old Lady English teachers had no reason whatsoever to think proper penmanship would go by...
View ArticleGhost Tweeting Isn’t the End of the World, I Swear
If all else fails, you can be a ghost tweeter. Assuming it’s about time management and not literacy, or lack thereof, celebrities, politicians, and other high profile personalities are hiring writers...
View Article7 Tips For Online Headline Writing
1. Can you scan it and understand what should follow? (Information scent) 2. People ignore what they don’t understand. 3. Is it concise? Will it fit easily in an email subject line, a Twitter post? 4....
View ArticleScribd Might Make Vanity Publishing Cool
For the longest time publishers have had the power over who gets known and who doesn’t. Fortunately, in this century, we have the Internet, and services like Scribd, which allows authors to upload...
View ArticleWordPress.com Nearing Popularity Landmark
If you’re on the lookout for a new blogging service to use, the people seem to have spoken. WordPress.com is far and away the most popular one, with the number of blogs using it expected to pass 10...
View ArticleAOL Becoming A Friend To Bloggers
Believe it or not, the company that’s best known for facilitating dial-up connections in the early days of the Internet isn’t irrelevant. In fact, for writers, AOL seems to be turning into something of...
View ArticleBlogger Turns 10
The software to which a lot of writers owe their start recently turned 10 years old. You may want to take a few minutes to celebrate Blogger’s birthday, then, or if not, at least to be happy about the...
View ArticleFTC Backs Away From Idea Of Fining Bloggers
Earlier this week, the FTC strongly suggested that bloggers be upfront about any sort of compensation they receive for endorsing products. It strongly suggested this to the point that many bloggers...
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