Archive for April 28th, 2008

More on The Secret: Legal woes for author

April 28, 2008
By Diana Burrell

My blog post from last June about the hoopla surrounding the self-help movie/book and ensuing media phenomenon, The Secret, generated some commentary here. While I do believe in the Law of Attraction, I was critical of the film I’d seen, which actually dared to suggest that people became seriously ill or encountered misfortune because...
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The honest freelancer

April 28, 2008
By Diana Burrell

Recently one of my editors assigned me two features based on pitches I’d sent to her over the last year. She asked me to get back to her with some recipe ideas to go along with them by the end of the week. I looked the pitches over; one of them was very familiar...
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Posted in Editors, Ethics, Observations, Personal yammerings | 1 Comment »

Who here blogs?

April 28, 2008
By Diana Burrell

We’ve let our blogroll get out of date, so I’m curious: who here blogs and what do you blog about? And what is your favorite blog about blogging? Mine is Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger.net — it’s a good mix of posts about blog writing and the tech/marketing side of blogging. Give us your answers in...
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Posted in Blogging, Networking | 23 Comments »