Our next session of e-courses is starting in late April/early May, and I wanted to share these kudos for Elaine Grant’s course Magazine Writing Basics:
I loved the Magazine Writing Basics course. I learned a lot even though I took a Writing & Editing course through a university a couple years ago and a few of …
Mar 26, 2008 Classes, News you can use
Okay, my name is Alison Stein Wellner, and I’ll admit that I’m the BlackBerry addicted writer that Diana traveled to India with last week. I love the infernal device, not just because it helps me to stay in touch with home wherever I am in the world –a huge benefit since I’m on the road …
Mar 25, 2008 Advice, Classes, Magazines, Observations, Writing
In early November I decided to target custom publishers to let them know about the wonderfulness that is me. Of course, my first instinct was to shoot all the publishers an e-mail letting them know who I am and offering to send clips as attachments. But I was actually missing the old days, when I …
10. My American accent offered no clues to my nationality. Four times I was asked if I was British. Once, Canadian. Another time two guys in an elevator inquired “Australian or American?” The rest of the time, after some polite conversation, I was always asked where in the world I was from. Point 10A: I …
Mar 24, 2008 Personal yammerings
When you think of a professional writer, you probably envision someone who starts at the crack of dawn and guzzles coffee as he writes. So you force yourself to get up at 5 am because that’s what a “real writer” would do, and brew a pot of coffee even though you prefer hot cocoa or …
Mar 17, 2008 Advice, Observations, Writing
