I’ve been teaching Magazine Writing Basics for a while now, and when I taught my last session, I added two phone consultations to the e-course – one during the first week, and one at the end of the 8-week class. I wanted to speak with my students because I really feel that teaching magazine writing …… Click here to keep reading…
Jan 21, 2009 Advice, Classes, Observations, Self improvement, Writing
This guest post is by Tracey Palmer, freelance writer and editor and founder of Palmer Communications and Chicks Who Write.
As journalists, we love nothing more than quoting facts and figures. You can’t argue with them, right? Logic rules. That’s what I always thought. But remember Mr. Spock? The Star Trek icon, part human, part Vulcan, …… Click here to keep reading…
Want to follow other journalists on Twitter, or find out how other writers are using this site? Here’s a directory of journalists, bloggers, and media outlets on Twitter. (I’m at http://twitter.com/LFormichelli … Diana’s at http://twitter.com/dianaburrell.)… Click here to keep reading…
Jan 18, 2009 News you can use, Writing
Earlier this week I was giving advice to a freelancing friend of mine who was having a bad day, and I heard myself say, “If this assignment violates your code, then don’t do it. It’s as simple as that.”
It made me wonder how many of us have a code, personal rules or standards we won’t …… Click here to keep reading…
Jan 16, 2009 Ethics, Observations, Personal yammerings, Rules
I was recently on a writer’s forum where a writer posted that he was writing articles for a penny a word and wondering if that was wise. The other posters shared that they also write for a penny a word, and boast that they can bang out the articles quickly so it’s worth it for …… Click here to keep reading…
Jan 14, 2009 Advice, Hooks & Crooks, Observations, Personal yammerings, Rants
