I’m so glad that USA Today told me. I bet Shawn Sell sure had fun on that assignment! Susan will be here. Maybe we’ll go out and rustle some up. Syrup, jam, powdered sugar? I’m doubtful that Belgium can do as good of a job with pancakes as Australia does. THEY put ice cream on […]
» Read more...Month: February 2004
Writing Memoir Seminar Tomorrow!
Ok, I’m well aware that this is late notice. I haven’t been reading my other newsletters in a timely manner. But, if you can’t get $100 and your butt over to 826 Valencia tomorrow, then take a look at their upcoming classes and sign up for another one. Seminars for Aspiring or Developing Writers in […]
» Read more...Looking for an Agent?
When it’s not sent to my bulk mail, I get the Todd James Pierce newsletter, and always find it inspiring. Recently, a writer friend asked me if I had any agent leads, and that’s how I found that Jenny Bent was closed for submissions. But when I went back to Todd’s site, I found this […]
» Read more...Backflip.com, My Daily Routine
I'm in love. This is the coolest thing since I bought my Dazzle. My Daily Routine organizes all the websites I want to look at and speeds up the process of browsing through them, tenfold! Now, all the time I’ve spent typing in URLs, or doing Google searches to get to “what was the name […]
» Read more...Jenny Bent, Say It Isn’t So…
I just went to jennybent.com, (the agent I want the most), and saw that she’s not taking unsolicited submissions. How could she, I just recommended her! Have I missed the boat? I’m hardly deterred. It’s probably just for the absolute clueless, and not the half-way-there ones like me. When the time is right, I will […]
» Read more...Almost there…
I'm wrapping up my first selection to turn into Travelers’ Tales. But let me tell you, it’s going to be harder to get stories printed, and copied, than it was to choose which stories made me laugh and smile. I’m still in Waterloo and there is no Kinkos. Compared to last year, here is the […]
» Read more...EditorsWeblog.org
Another place to get edu-ma-cated: EditorsWeblog.org Hey, I need one of those home pages that will give me everything I need to click by the time the coffee is cold. I don’t like “My Yahoo”. Does anyone know of any others that are easy to set up and use?
» Read more...Chip On Your Shoulder
Oooooh look what I just found! A column for writers on the incredibly informative Poynter.org. “Chip On Your Shoulder”:Inspiration & practical advice from Chip Scanlan, other writing coaches & fellow journalists Not sure why I hadn’t seen it before. PoynterOnline is probably the number one website I wish I’d spend more time on.
» Read more...Ayun Halliday at the Travel Expo
In January I posted about the New York Times Travel Show. Well, new word is that Ayun Halliday, author of the wild and entertaining No Touch Monkey, will be at the there. If you are going and want to meet her, she’ll be at the Avalon booth. World Hum just blogged about Ayun and NTM […]
» Read more...Writing Inspiration
I'm finally reading The Life of Pi. As I cram in my last few weeks in Belgium, my own personal writing has fallen by the wayside. Not including blog or website stuff. No, lately I’ve been tending to that all humungous task of balancing. After several weeks of watching my social spirit shrivel up, I’ve […]
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