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Feb.23.2013
Writing (Photo credit: jjpacres)
Someone asked me recently if I always knew I wanted to be a writer. My answer: "Always. I was going to make millions of dollars as an author, and I would never need a regular job." I assumed that something magical would happen in college, and by the time everyone...
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Nov.23.2012
http://blogs.forbes.com/susannahbreslin/
If you are a writer, you should be reading this woman's blog on Forbes.com.
Her name is Susannah Breslin. She is on point and hysterical.
She is doing a series now called "30 Days of Freelancing," but she also writes about jobs and the workplace in general....
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Nov.09.2012
Let’s say you don’t want to take my journalism school professor’s advice and, instead, want to write an article–or two or three–as your WNFIN challenge project even if you don’t have a paying assignment yet. Today, Zachary Petit, managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine and author of the...
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Jan.19.2011
From the expat+HAREM mailing list, of interest to writers, freelancers, bloggers and other microentrepreneurs:
Hey all, thought you'd like to know about this inspiring, hot-off-the-press resource...
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Did you know that being a cultural creative and a global citizen means you're one...
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Mar.05.2010
I've got lots of resources for writers and freelancers on my site, including
- Advice from Successful Freelancers
- 24 Agents Who Want Your Work
- Write Your Book in 2 Days
and much more. Visit: Writers' Resources
Plus, this article contains lots more resources for freelancers: Online...
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Jan.06.2010
Painting is the most complex and beautiful art of all….I do not paint for a living; I live for painting. I wish I were a writer to make you understand the complexity of my passion.
It happened many years ago, but I still remember the time when I read "How Wang-Fo Was Saved" by Marguerite Yourcenar...
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Dec.22.2009
Grrrrr.
That’s about all I can say right now, after dashing off an e-mail to a magazine in London that, appropriately enough, royally pissed me off earlier this year.
The e-mail from the editor of Uncut, a rock publication, bears some footnote about the contents being confidential, etc. etc., so...
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Mar.30.2009
I'm on the front page of Red Room! This makes me bounce around the room whooping in a particularly undignified way. It's very hard publicising a little book from a little publisher in what, lets face it, is a little country. Any mention that I haven't asked for is particulary nice! So thank you...
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Mar.19.2009
I'm not updating here as often as I should. I keep a blog at my website and since I'm covering a trial at the moment and starting to research for the next project it's as much as I can do to keep that up and running...ah the trials of this new world we live in.
I'm still covering the Manuela Riedo...
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Mar.09.2009
After a break of several weeks I'm going back to Dublin's Four Courts tomorrow to cover a murder trial for a Sunday paper. I've been working as a court reporter for the past two years but since Christmas I've been freelancing and only covering the bigger murder trials.
The case starting tomorrow...
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