Archive for September, 2008
Superman Needs our Help
I Live in the Cleveland Area. Actually, I live in Youngstown, Cleveland’s Uglier, nastier step-sister. So this video hits a little close to home, both as a resident and a writer. Please watch and pass it on.
Authonomy Open Beta: HarperCollins is looking for writers
Authonomy’s Open Beta went live last week, and is looking to be a pretty exciting opportunity for aspiring writers.
Authonomy looks to be heavily inspired by Zoetrope: It allows authors to post their work in the hope that it generates community buzz. If it does HarperCollins, the site’s owner, will review it for possible publication.
Authors upload [...]
Stay Home and Earn A Masters Degree
Every year it seems there are more schools offering distance learning Master of Fine Arts degrees in creative writing. It only makes sense: Why ask your students to relocate or put the rest of their life on hold when the important thing is for them to sit their butt down and actually produce something?
Most of [...]
Get A Job You Worthless Lazy Bum! – Freelance Job Boards for Writers
Ready to get off the couch? Your Vampire/Werewolf/Romance just not getting done? Job sucks, kids hate you and dog has worms? Tired of Explaining the difference between a Venti and a tall? C’mon man, I feel your Pain. Sure the Classifieds Suck, but that’s why Tim invented the teh innernets- to make it easy to [...]
Essential Wordpress Plugins for Writers
Earlier I gave a list of Essential WordPress Plugins that I use on my websites.
A big problem with creating a Wordpress site for for writing is trying to differentiate it from the millions of other personal blogs. We see this with Programmers, Designers, Photographers and Artists. Throw up a template, and you look like any [...]
