Magazine Circus is a new web site for the magazine industry. From their site:
Magazine Circus was started in February 2009 as a free on-line site for members of the magazine industry to gather and share information and news.
We offer a simple and fun social networking site, an active blog that we update as often as …
Feb 26, 2009 Writing
My buddy Jennifer Lawler, the author of more than two dozen books including the Dojo Wisdom series, has started a blog called Finding Your Voice: “a blog about the creative life, with a few kicks and punches thrown in.” Jennifer already has several great personal development posts up. Today, she put up an interview with …
Feb 25, 2009 Writing
I just turned 40. My husband and I adopted a baby boy in January. My career is in flux as magazines I usually write for are ceasing publication and taking work I normally do in-house.
How do I feel? Energized!
Now that I’m officially middle-aged (the dictionary definition is from 40 to 60 years of age), I’m …
Feb 20, 2009 Writing
Today’s blog post is by Monica Bhide, who teaches Introduction to Food Writing, which starts on March 2.
A year ago, I started a vision board. You have heard of these things, right? A board where you post your goals, your dreams, your hopes. You put the board up where you can see it each …
Feb 16, 2009 Advice, Observations, Self improvement
A version of this article originally appeared on 1099.com.
If businesses viewed their marketing campaigns through their prospective clients’ eyes, we wouldn’t have telemarketers, door-to-door salesmen, and slogans like “Lucky Supermarkets: We’re Lower than Low.” Maybe big companies with money bursting out their wazoos can spend their way past client myopia, but if we freelance writers …
Feb 11, 2009 Writing
