Writing blog
Susan Shapiro, author of 7 books, is teaching SECRETS OF SELLING YOUR FIRST BOOK SEMINAR this Saturday 1/30 from 1 to 5 pm in Greenwich Village with guest star William Morris agent Kirby Kim and NAL Executive Editor Danielle Perez. You don’t need to have finished or even started your project to learn how 36 … Read more
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Hillary Clinton’s repeated word is “eager” (can you believe it? the committee that wrote Living History should be ashamed). Cosmopolitan magazine editor Kate White uses “quickly” over a dozen times in A Body To Die For. Jack Kerouac’s crutch word in On the Road is “sad,” sometimes doubly so—“sad, sad.” Ann Packer’s in The Dive … Read more
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Microblogging is frequently posting updated information. It’s a journal-style for publishing brief text messages on websites.
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Look for an artist profile and travel piece in the upcoming February issue of The Resident. Artist Zina Saunders has a new book of illustrations and interviews with passionate New Yorkers who pursue a multitude of interesting passtimes—Overlooked New York. Travel article is about Caribbean island, Anguilla. Perfect getaway for a New York winter.
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Social media allows us to discover, connect, and engage with new people of interest. While most people are open to new connections and receiving messages from people they don’t know, there is a fine line between reaching out and “spamming.” The challenge is to make a connection clearly and effectively without wasting people’s time. Read … Read more
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boblesko on twitter will give $10 to the haiti relief effort www.pif.org for anyone who starts following him on twitter.
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Check this out. All kinds of info covering all types of writing tips from technical writing, journalism, creative, to grammar, spelling and writer’s block.
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1/15/10 7pm Susan Shapiro (Speed Shrinking), Abby Sher (Amen, Amen, Amen) and Q&A with agents and editors “Secrets of Book Publishing” at Greenwich Village Barnes&Noble, 8th Street/6th Avenue. 1/20/10 7pm Steve Geng (Thick As Thieves, Bop City) at The Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow Street. F train to Essex St/Delancey station
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Just got back from a book reading at B&N 86th St and Lex. Great store. Huge. Tonight’s event was Gretchen Rubin giving a talk about her bestseller, The Happiness Project. Very enjoyable upbeat night and I got my book autographed. Now, about me, my favorite topic — Please click on the magazine cover thumbnails in … Read more
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