If you’ve been reading this blog or you know me IRL, you know I’m a sucker for celebrity gossip. One of the sites I regularly visit is dedicated to celebrity babies … 24/7 about kids who wear $400 sweaters and travel on private jets with nannies and bodyguards. I read this mindcandy while my kid …
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Jun 30, 2006
Hooks & Crooks, Rants
Linda and I, being Mac addicts, have known this for awhile. However I was heartened to read that Apple corporate supports writers (well, homeless model/writers) who write books at their Apple Stores. Yes, this pint-sized model supposedly wrote a novel while standing in her heels in front of a demo Mac. Geez, now I feel …
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Jun 30, 2006
News you can use, Personal yammerings
I was poking around the Writers Guild of America, West’s website this a.m. and found this helpful contact list for various organizations, ranging from the Marines to the Scientologists.
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Jun 30, 2006
Cool tools, News you can use, Sources
I got to Borders at 3:30 today, started writing a 1,200-word article, and finished it at about 5 pm — and this included taking a coffee break, reading the “Found Porn” department in Maxim magazine, and staring out the window at the lightning.
Writers always ask how I can write so quickly, and in reply I …
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Jun 29, 2006
Advice, Ass, News you can use, Self improvement, Writing
Yesterday I saw a post on a Craigslist writing forum:
Friends, tonight I was on a conference call with Steven E. and Lee Beard – the compilers of the best selling “Wake Up – Live The Life You Love” books. I have the opportunity to write a 1000-1200 word short story that will be included in …
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Jun 29, 2006
Hooks & Crooks, Personal yammerings, Rants