I’ve been a subscriber to Marcia Layton Turner’s free monthly e-zine, Become a Six-Figure Writer, since the spring, and I’ve gotten a lot of good tips and advice from it. I rarely recommend e-zines, but this one is really quite useful — and with only one issue a month, you’ll actually look forward to reading …
Oct 19, 2007 Advice, Cool tools, Marketing, Writers
An editor sent me this press release today…I hope she wasn’t trying to tell me something about my grammar skills! 
Purdue University’s online writing lab receives millions of visitors a year, and here are the questions people most frequently ask. People may be surprised to learn it’s not just students asking questions. Our …
Aug 15, 2007 Cool tools, News you can use, Writing
Ed2010 — a group for young editors who are looking to reach their dream magazine jobs by the year 2010 — has a list of links to the websites of dozens and dozens of newsstand magazines, from AARP to Yoga Journal. No longer do you have to wear out your fingers typing magazine names into …
Aug 1, 2007 Cool tools, Magazines
A couple weeks ago, I started thinking about what would happen with my work if I suddenly became incapacitated. (I have to learn how to procrastinate better, huh? Thinking about my demise doesn’t really cut it.) I have so many passwords to my computer and websites that my husband wouldn’t have a clue how to …
Jun 22, 2007 Cool tools, Observations, Organization
I just finished my yearly update of the Review Copy Helper, a site that gives writers instructions on how to request press/review copies from more than 200 publishers. If, as you’re using it, you come across any outdated or missingĂ‚Â info, please let me know and I’ll fix it. [lf]
May 7, 2007 Cool tools
