Darren Rowse of ProBlogger put up a great post last night about the evolution of his blogging life. From hobby blogger to macdaddy of the blogging world, Darren built his empire one post at a time.
I had to laugh when he revealed that his degree is in theology (would you like fries with that? and [...]

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I’ve been working on an old piece of fiction I started back in 2006. The story, though fictitious, was organic. It was based on a reality I was living at the time, and flowed pretty much along parallel lines to my life. Here is a brief excerpt, since I have recently pulled it out of [...]

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Interesting article by Russell Smith in today’s Globe & Mail about a new, sooper-seekrit publishing meme: “big”.
I heard it the most, as I am guessing most authors do, in the course of receiving rejections for a book. From publishers in Canada, the United States and Britain, I heard great compliments – it’s clever, [...]

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I read the Freelance Writing Jobs blogs every day. They get sent to my reader, so I don’t have to navigate the ever-growing list of blogs in the FWJ community, yet I still get all the great info.
Every few weeks, there’s a post from FWJ maven Deb Ng about how she’s against content mills as [...]

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Last night was another night of staying up till dawn broke, working on personal projects. I finally feel I’m getting on top of things. Of course now, my schedule is shot. I sleep all day and then I’m up all night – the cycle goes on and on.
I’m cutting back on coffee until I can [...]

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So it seems the Library of Congress is going to archive all public tweets on Twitter. This, after me spending way too much time tweeting on the subject of my nether regions. Though, come to think of it, perhaps that’s something that should be archived for future generations.

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I was bored with the old look, wanted something fresh, and most importantly: I didn’t like the way the last theme displayed links. So, what do you think?

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Ok, Twitter has been around a while now, and we all pretty much have the hang of it. There are $5 Twitter Tricks, TwiTips and more out there to help you navigate Twitter and gain followers.
Most of the tricks you learn aren’t that helpful, except for making numbers go up. Your new “followers” are not [...]

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No huge surprises in journalism. Though the National Enquirer had their fingers crossed to win investigative for the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter affair, there was no way the stodgy old Pulitzers were going to allow that. Lots of WaPo – that’s typical. NYT/New York Times Magazine – also no shocker. Sometimes I wonder if the committee [...]

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Being a busy freelancer is wonderful. The dream is to make a good living from your freelance writing business, and being busy is a badge of honor.
But are you making time for your own projects?
As long as you are freelancing, you’re still working for someone else. No, it’s not as bad as corporate whoredom in [...]

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