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Mar.31.2012 The Associated Press: Apple pledge likely to boost China factory wages This is actually good news. I'd hate to see the Chinese version of factory-style capitalism go the route of nineteenth-century England and U.S. versions. Of course, the most immediate concern of us selfish western consumers is whether or not the price of Apple's gadgets will rise with the rising...	Feb.19.2012 Cable TV Is A Gift To Writers I do hesitate to encourage writers to write for television so they can become more economical writers of novels. We actually need more broad novels "riding off in all directions". But writing for TV does home many writing skills, and if you can get well-paid for it ......
Mar.21.2010 THOSE DAMNED DAY JOBS This is a lot of fun. The day jobs of renowned authors (incl. KAFKA), and what their salary might be Luv the descriptions. Kafka in living wax Day JobsTags:employment,getting paid,money,writing Spring 2010: "Arts & Letters" http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/visual/charts...	Mar.03.2010 TIME MURDERERS How much time do you spend at your workplace? If you work a 40 hour week consistently for the year, you are spending approximately 50% of your daytime hours on your job. That figure is only true if you have 2 days off. More accurately, you spend about 67% of your day at work.You may say "well...
Feb.16.2010 A Female Fantasy and a Dead Olympian The news comes in and I stare at a screen, trying to type something, but nothing does come. It's silent except for the radio from BBC and then NPR, nothing I hear makes me feel particularly secure. I've just finished reading some high-fantasy novel and I've recently recalled the power of fiction....	Nov.21.2009 MS.MONTIER'S MAGIC MINTS Georgia is among 28 states considered to be a right to work state, which really means your employer has free rein to fire you without concern of a backlash from unions, lower wages and benefits, diminished standards of living, and no job security. In a sense this translates into fear among...
Jul.31.2009 Ridgewood, by Noreen Lape A transplanted northerner, I lived until very recently in bucolic Upatoi, Georgia. Unlike the city-folk in nearby Columbus whose homes sit as close as two Alabama cousins, Upatoians tend to opt for two acres and a pool. My middle-class neighborhood of Ridgewood Estates--a community of mainly 1970's...