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 they …
Apr 28, 2008 Observations, Writers
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 to …
Apr 28, 2008 Editors, Ethics, Observations, Personal yammerings
We’ve let our blogroll get out of date, so I’m curious: who here blogs and what do you blog about?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 the comments …
Apr 28, 2008 Blogging, Networking
You could say I’m a slow learner. I’ve been writing and editing professionally for more than 20 years, and only this year did I realize that I’ve been approaching my freelance career backwards. The conventional wisdom suggests that success comes to the freelancer who studies the markets and pitches stories that she thinks editors are …
Apr 25, 2008 Advice, Classes, Magazines, Self improvement, Writing
Wordwych won this week’s Wednesday Fun prize with her Barry Manilow mondegreen from “Looks Like We Made It.” Please contact me off board so I can send you a $10 iTunes gift card. Oh my gosh, these were all so funny. Thanks to everyone for participating. Have a great weekend! [db]
