I found out about this cool new service on Lifehacker today. It’s called GrandCentral. In a nutshell, you get assigned a GC phone number to which you can assign other phone numbers in your life. Instead of handing out your home, business, and cell numbers willy-nilly, you just give people your GC number.
With GC’s web-based …
Sep 27, 2006 Cool tools, News you can use, Organization
My next e-course on Getting Published in Magazines will begin on January 8, 2007. This eight-week course includes eight lessons, eight assignments, and (guess how many?) eight weeks of e-mail support related to the course. (There’s also a half-price option that does not include e-mail support.) Previous students have landed assignments in Woman’s Day, E: …
Sep 27, 2006 Classes
Last Friday, my mailman delivered a magazine that included one of my articles. It had been a hellish story to write: I’m an incorrigible over-researcher, and with only 1500 words at my disposal — well, let’s just say it wasn’t fun-time in the Burrell household that week.
Anyway, I read it over this morning, and it …
Sep 25, 2006 Editors, Magazines, Observations
The window of opportunity is closing this week for the Renegade Writer Makeover. If you’re still agonizing over your tale of woe, finish it up and get it in. We’re not judging your writing here: we simply want to find three freelancers who really need a career overhaul. Keep it simple: let us know what …
Sep 25, 2006 Opportunities
From our publisher, Marion Street Press:
CHICAGO, Sept. 15 — Sick of those ever-present buzzwords that seem to obscure rather than clarify what’s being said? Starting September 15, readers can vent their frustration with the constant stream of pretentious talking heads by submitting the words that drive them crazy to a contest to find the most …
Sep 20, 2006 Contests
