The Writing Life II:
The task today is to catch up with my advanced students and, this done, get some writing done, first on the splay and then brood about a short novel I want to return to with a different narrative attitude. Some fun games yesterday: Navy beat Notre Dame! UCLA beat Washington! Oregon lost in a shoot out to Stanford, which imp (Read More)
The Writing Life II:
Caught up with my advanced students and suggested a new direction for one, which she likes and which I find exciting in its possibilities. Did some writing on the splay, Did some web updating. All is well and lots of day left for writing. (Read More)
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Lots of people are staking out positions around (and mostly against) investor David Einhorn’s FT-reported anti-CDS musings in his latest investor letter. I agree with David in many ways – and his writing is as fun as usual – but I don’t accept all of David’s reasons (although I agree the ability to so directly influence the (Read More)
Submitted by Hanna Wiszniewska
from Google Reader:
Awhile back I discussed Eileen Flanagan’s book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference. If you’d like to learn more about her, visit her website at www.EileenFlanagan.com.Therese: What are five clues you should be letting go of something?Eileen:1. You find yourself repeating the same complaint to different people.We all get frus (Read More)
Becoming A Writer Seriously:
Image via WikipediaDavid Lyons is a “case” that I’ve been studying for years. He’s a member of the Puerto Vallarta Writers Group, which I attend weekly whenever I’m at my second home there. And I’ve watched David travel from his struggles with his first novel through to publication of his third title, along with his fasci (Read More)
Windows Live Wire:
I’m Cheryl White and I’m a Program Manager for Windows Live Movie Maker. I’m here to say again how much we appreciate getting your feedback – it helps us to build a better product. Also, I’d like to talk more specifically about how users helped us shape the latest release of Windows Live Movie Maker. We’ve heard many questi (Read More)
MakeUseOf.com:
The world of business is a tough one indeed. Anyone will tell you that. From the guys at the top earning billions per year to the lowly freelancer, tucked away in a small home office. The big jobs are often the easiest. There’s nothing like landing a huge contract or finishing off that job you know will earn you more work. (Read More)
Submitted by Genwright
from blog:
Do you know that you can make a full time living online just by selling digital photos? Here is how you can start making money with your digital SLR camera.Step 1: Invest in a decent DSLR camera.Modern digital cameras are of pretty good quality. You get high quality pictures (in high res) when you use these cameras. However (Read More)
Online Marketing Blog:
The quality of email content is one of the core factors in determining whether an email marketing campaign succeeds or fails. But successful email copywriting is an art — rather than a science — making it differ from most other forms of business writing. To start out on the right path, consider these 5 tips for effective em (Read More)
Incurable Disease of Writing:
If you enjoy the Just Write Blog Carnival, consider making a small donation to help with administrative costs such as web hosting fees. Welcome to the November 6, 2009 edition of Just Write. This week’s carnival is a superb resource for all things writing and book related. Thanks to all submitters! Remember to show yo (Read More)
Write to Done:
A guest post by Jules Clancy from stonesoupThis writing business can be a lonely endeavour. We’ve all been there. Self imprisoned in our lonely garrets – or more likely behind our laptops. Reaching out to the world with our writing but feeling helpless and alone.Fear not fellow writers. There is hope. I’ve recently discover (Read More)
Writing Under a Pseudonym:
NaNoWriMo, aka National Novel Writing Month is upon us. Several years ago, I heard about NaNoWriMo and signed up with enthusiasm; the idea of writing a novel within a months’ time was too tempting to disregard. It had been my dream (and still is) to write a novel.
I learned that NaNoWriMo isn’t for [...]. (Read More)
Lifehack.org:
At the center of just about every personal productivity system are lists – GTD has it’s context lists, Pomodoro has it’s action inventory and daily to-do lists, todoodlist has, well, the todoodlist, and so on.But there are a lot of different kinds of lists besides your task or to-do list that can help you be more productive (Read More)
writing in the water:
Write-in Originally uploaded by mapelba A book review about A.S. Byatt’s new book explains Byatt’s dismay at adults who like Harry Potter and other such nonsense. So, are you a childish adult? I carry action figures around with me and I read Harry Potter. Maybe the magic in my novels is another symptom of refusin (Read More)