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Last night I went along to a Writers’ Group. I’d heard about the group from the young at heart lady who wrote the Church’s history – the one who inveigled me into proofreading the finished product. Also, in last week’s local newspaper, there was an article regarding the group, which distinctly said... Sign in to see full entry.

Not only that, paid another astonishing $4.00. However I am chuffed that I managed to get around the rules and regs. The thing that was intriguing me was whether Paypal would actually accept the money from a…..er….different named source. It seems they have and the money has been credited to my... Sign in to see full entry.

The latest ‘serious’ writing is going slowly and non-profitably. I’ve checked out Carl Peter’s suggested site, POVray, but it wasn’t what I needed – thank you Carl Peter. I’ve also checked out Pat_B’s suggestion of ‘Corel Painter 8’ – which has got a much higher number on it now, but it wasn’t what... Sign in to see full entry.

We had tea with our author friend last week. I was eager to hear more of her success at marketing her book. The news was not good. In a previous post I mentioned that she had sold 2,000 copies, but during this visit, we found out that 400 of them had been remaindered. She did what I would have done... Sign in to see full entry.

My eyes are weary and my neck is sore, and it’s all my own fault – let’s put it another way – Ell refuses to accept any blame. The story I sent to CommonTies seems to have died a death, but that was my fault. After reading samples of the work published on the site, it was obvious that most of the... Sign in to see full entry.

After my last post in which I was aghast yet amused at being offered only $5.00 for an article I’d submitted to Associated Content, (The aghast part was because I took it.) The article was submitted as ‘non-exclusive,’ so, thinking it over, I submitted another one a few days later which I made... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

…..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... Sign in to see full entry.

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... Sign in to see full entry.

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.”... Sign in to see full entry.