Tuesday, December 12, 2006
$5.00 per article?
At the weekend I checked out some of the web sites mentioned by Ariala, with a few to making money from writing. First of all I logged on to Helium, and read through a few articles. The site is supposed to be about sharing knowledge, and when I came across an article about my ex-speciality, I wrote...
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Monday, November 6, 2006
I don’t know if I like serious writing…..
…..now that I am trying it. In the past, I wrote articles for fun and had most of them published. It was the same with the radio snippets – that was great fun. Now? Things have changed. Previously, I think I had the articles published because I was the only person in the country with an electric...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
An interesting Copyright © fact, I hadn’t considered
The subject of copyright has been niggling at me lately, mostly because I am using and intend to use some parts of my Blogit posts for other reasons. But am I covered if the material is already posted? After consulting Shaycom’s copyright help, I have found out that not only is all my material...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
"That frightened the crap out of you, didn't it?"
Earlier on today, I printed off the second chapter for Ell to read. Mindful of the way she greeted Chapter One, I re-edited Chapter 2 to within a semi-colon of its existence. I placed the sheets on the table beside her chair. “There’s Chapter 2, angel. Whenever you have time to read it, sweetheart.”...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006
"It's good," Ell shrugged.
It was one of those idyllic evenings which make you wish you could live forever – as long as life remained static. The idea for Tuesday was that we would both use the day to recover from our visits to the Highland Games and having our 11 year old grandson across from the States for the weekend. One...
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Sunday, July 30, 2006
I am a better writer than Patricia Cornwell?
No, I am not making such a preposterous claim, but Ell is……….I’d better start at the beginning. After I took the book back to the store, and had Ell’s smarts rubbed in my face again, I bought two books; Patricia Cornwell’s At Risk, and Tami Hoag’s Dust to Dust. When I got home, I informed Ell that I...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Our real names are in our friend's new book? How to lose friends?
We had brunch with our author friend on Tuesday at one of the local hotels. She was using the hotel as a base for book signings in the area, and to accept the county libraries prize for ‘best new local book,’ or some such. She was in high spirits and told us she was appearing on local radio the next...
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
The bottom has never been there. Duck under and see for yourself
Did it really take me 68 years to learn how to swim,and if so, what has it got to do with writing that best seller? Or, as one acquaintance said on hearing of my newly acquired skill, ‘ at your age, why bother?’ The answer is complicated. I may drop dead tomorrow. If I have any time to consider my...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The question shouldn't be 'Is writing really worth it?'
It should be ‘is being published really worth it?’ We were at another of our friend’s book signings in a local town. This is the third book signing session of hers we have attended, and it was obvious that the same friends were turning up at each one. We aren’t all going to buy another book, so...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006
A literary agency that replies?
Isn’t that something? It is almost as unusual as editors who reply. Unfortunately the reply, which I received only 8 days after mailing off the submission on the 3rd of May, is in the negative. That is fast and courteous work. When I finally get it published, I’ll give them a mention. Tonight I’ll...
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