Freelancer Collection Attempts
Ed has an article about the difficulties collecting payment for freelance writing. In this case, it looks like it might work out well in the end. But the experience is still infuriating. The difficult economic times are putting a toll on everyone. But freelancers getting stiffed isn’t a recent phenomenon. Even during the good times,…
continue readingHannah Named USA Fellow
I spent the last several days in a hole of depression caused by my failure to mount a successful write-in campaign for Barry Hannah to become president. But then I saw this news item that brightened my mood a bit. I love it when Hannah says he’s going to use the grant money “to live.”
continue readingTJ Sullivan on Rejection
TJ Sullivan has a nice piece on rejection. “This is the writer’s life, and I’ve no intention of doing anything else but continuing to write books,” writes Sullivan. [via Literary Rejections on Display]
continue readingHalloween Reads
I have to admit that I don’t read a great deal of horror, but to celebrate Halloween this year, I picked up Poe’s Children: The New Horror: An Anthology edited by Peter Straub. This collection has work by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Carroll, Stephen King, Elizabeth Hand, and others. So tonight, after an evening of tricking,…
continue reading2nd Brocabulary Giveaway
The signed copy of Daniel Maurer’s Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk is going to a creative reader in Illinois. Thanks for playing!
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