Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
Thanks for all the feedback to my post, Making More Time To Write: Cleaning Up Your Inbox and Improving Your E-mail System. Thanks especially to Travis for pointing me to Mailplane, a desktop Mac app for Gmail users: From Travis: When I used the Gmail interface for my email (via a nice little Mac app . . .
WorkLifeGroup is running a writing contest that’s meant to help them find contributing writers but in my opinion, they’re going about it the wrong way. “We’re aiming to identify writers all from over the globe to write for us on an ongoing basis; to join WorkLifeGroup as contributing writers (paying gigs, . . .
Anyone else hyped? (Before embedding, see my cartoon licensing info.)
One of my favourite blog for children’s writers is Mary Kole’s Kidlit.com. Mary Kole is an associate agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Quote from her post today: It’s in your best interest to develop a thick skin, learn how to take criticism and rejection, separate yourself from what you’ve put . . .
I came across a “Protected by Copyscape” banner in a writer’s blog and was curious enough to check out the service. From their About page: Copyscape is dedicated to protecting your valuable content online. We provide the world’s most powerful and most popular online plagiarism detection solutions, ranked #1 by independent tests. Copyscape’s . . .
Chuck Ingwersen is a freelance writer and cartoonist who posts his “cartoons, short stories and bad poetry” on his humor blog, Words And Toons. You can find Chuck’s greeting cards at http://www.zazzle.com/chuckink. How did you get into greeting card design? I’ve created funny greeting cards for family members for as long as . . .
I interviewed Christina Katz last September about her book, Get Known Before The Book Deal. During the interview, I was astounded at the number of projects Christina has on the go. Christina graciously agreed to do a second interview, this time focused on how she manages her time. What’s your typical workday? I try to . . .
Congrats to Kevin McGill of Dallas, TX for being the 1000th person to put @inkyelbows on a Twitter list. Kevin wins a US$20 Amazon.com gift certificate. For those that don’t know, Twitter lists to organize the people you’re following on Twitter, or find new people. Here’s Mashable’s guide for how to use Twitter lists.
For those interested, I’ve updated my How I Tweet policy. I’d also like to share some feedback to my How I Tweet post: From Anne Lyle: Great minds think alike, Debbie (or fools seldom differ – take your pick!) – I’ve recently started doing exactly this. For me the catalyst was FaceBook – . . .
Jana Williams is posting tips and resources for budding screenwriters on her screenwriting blog, Wordsmythe.ca. She hasn’t been posted that often recently, but there is still some good info here.