Does Running a Literary Blog Count?
Seems Playboy is looking to hire an experienced writer/editor to serve as the magazine’s Literary Editor. This role is responsible for “attracting and working with fiction and non-fiction authors and literary agents, editing pages as assigned to ensure compliance with high editorial standards, gathering research materials to provide support for feature articles and providing editorial…
continue readingBaltimore Book Project Gets Publicity
The Baltimore Sun has a great article about a local charity that gives away free books. That simple. “I want the books in people’s homes and in their hands,” said founder Russell Wattenberg. “The books don’t do any good on shelves and in boxes.” This is a fantastic idea. Read the article here.
continue readingPoor Writing Costs Millions
Yahoo picked up an AP report that points out that states spend nearly a quarter of a billion dollars on remedial writing education for their employees. The article points out “Poor writing not only befuddles citizens but also slows down the government as bureaucrats struggle with unclear instructions or have to redo poorly written work.”…
continue readingMyths Writers Live By, But Should Abandon
There’s a great article in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers that everyone should check out. Myths We Live By, But Shouldn’t by David Galef outlines 14 myths that are such a part of the writing culture, we often just accept them as truths. But the reality is that these myths hinder our progress…
continue readingHere’s Why I’ll Never Make the Corner Office
[Originally posted Tuesday, June 28, 2005] There has been a flurry of reports in the magazine and publishing worlds about a book proposal that, depending on who you talk to, is either a signed deal or never existed in the first place. At one time, Steve Florio was the chief executive at Conde Nast, the…
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