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Sept/Oct 2011
  • “The Inconsistent Hyphen”
  • Reconnect with Your Writing Core
  • Smashwords: e-Book Publishing and Buying
  • Working with an Illustrator
  • A Crafty Alternative for Marketing
  • Play Writing: The Producer's View
  • Admitting You Are a Writer
  • Book Signing Tips
  • Hyper-Typer
  • Useless Word Trivia

  • July/August 2011
    • “Published: What Does It Mean?”
    • Bestseller: What It Takes to Crack the List (and Why You May Not Want To)
    • Characters: Building Blocks in Kids' Fiction
    • With the Web, Whither Writing?
    • A Test for Contest Chairmen
    • Achieving Writing Flow is Like Doing a Jigsaw Puzzle
    • The Flipside of Publishing
    • Brooding (Hatching a Masterpiece)
    • One Foot in Front of De-Utter
    • New Feature: The Gallery of Language Pitfalls

    • May/June 2011
      • “Great Expectations”
      • How to Position Yourself as an Expert
      • My CreateSpace Experience: Two Years In
      • Kindle for the Novice
      • Don't Be Discouraged: Combating Rewrite Frustration
      • Collaborating on the Picture Book Plato, the Platypus Plumber (part time)
      • 12 Article Writing Essentials
      • On Negativism
      • Weaving Family Stories into Historical Fiction
      • There Goes the Neighborhood

      • Mar/Apr 2011
        • “Error Message”
        • Five Power Tools for Smashing Mini-Blocks
        • Declined Again? Yes, Dear, Another Rejection!
        • Are You Findable?
        • The Business of Publishing
        • Mentoring Your Memoir: A How-to-Write Text plus a Personal Journey
        • Just Say Yes
        • Great Fiction Comes from Writing Lightly
        • Where's the Glamour?
        • Two Cents' Worth

        • Jan/Feb 2011
          • “The End of Writing?”
          • Pub Sub 3rd Fri
          • Give Your Books Facebook Pages
          • Choose Your Help Carefully
          • For Successful Fiction, Add Conflict—Twice
          • Make like an Elephant
          • Poetry as Compulsion
          • On Writing and the Internet
          • Write Every Day? Yeah, Right! 7 Tips to Build a Writing Habit
          • What is Going On in that Fuzzy Agent Head?

          • Nov/Dec 2010
            • “The No-Show Writer”
            • Freelance Writing Blues
            • Waste No One's Time
            • Make Editing a Daily Practice
            • Beware Ye of the Hope Vultures
            • Straight Talk About Talking Animals
            • The First Commandment of Success
            • When the Book Promotion Well Runs Dry
            • Those Disappearing Mail Slots
            • Homophone Hunters

            • Sept/Oct 2010
              • “Copycat Publishing”
              • Turning to Poetry
              • If You're Going to Be a Writer, You Ought to Have a System
              • Mentoring Pt 2:How To Find? Is It Worth It?
              • "What If?"
              • No Time for Reading? Think About It
              • Kid Lit Editing Secrets
              • Social Networking on Blogs
              • A Writer for the Rest of My Life
              • Quiet Please: I'm Creating

              • July/Aug 2010
                • “Punk'd-uation: Where Did It Go?”
                • Putting on the Polish
                • Mentoring Pt 1: What Is It? Who Needs It?
                • 5 Reasons Publishing Might Be a BAD Idea
                • The Word "Only": Give It Clout
                • Freelance Opportunity Online through Demand Studios
                • Marketing Secrets of a Bookstore
                • How Journaling Can Save Your Life
                • Sharing the Zone
                • Fear Not the Laughter

                • May/June 2010
                  • “10 Years of WW and What Do We Know for Sure?”
                  • Submitting to the Small Press Editor: First Remove the Blindfold
                  • Simple Ways to Promote Yourself Online
                  • Reading Aloud: A Forgotten Skill
                  • The Art of Critique: A Contract of Trust
                  • Eliminate Spoilers Before They Eliminate You
                  • Searching Family Tree in Salt Lake City
                  • Am I a Writer Yet?
                  • Write What You Know

                  • Mar/Apr 2010
                    • “Bad Writing: Who's To Blame?"”
                    • Hurry Up and Fail
                    • Tapping into Emotional Hot Buttons
                    • What's Wrong with Four-Letter Words?
                    • Rejection Reflection: On the Right Wavelength
                    • The Poem in Public
                    • How to Write Stories to Music
                    • The Striving Writer
                    • Effective Use of Carrots
                    • On Heroes and Mentors

                    • Jan/Feb 2010
                      • “The Paper Chase”
                      • "Said" Is Not a 4-Letter Word
                      • After the First Draft
                      • Which First, Plot or Character?
                      • Is Blogging a Waste of Time?
                      • The National Novel Writing Month Challenge
                      • "Oh, No, I Have to Speak in Public?"
                      • POD for Poetry
                      • Jump Start Your Writing Career with This Little Secret
                      • Dumb is Good, or How I Got a Book Published without Trying

                      • Nov/Dec 09
                        • “The Submission Squeeze”
                        • Nobody Loves Me, Everybody Hates Me (bad critiques)
                        • You Can Write But Can You Speak About It?
                        • Electronic Clipping Service
                        • The Facts of Fiction
                        • While You Wait
                        • Lo Mein and Second Acts
                        • Get Your Book Done NOW!
                        • How to Sell Your Books through Magazine Articles
                        • Picture Book Tips

                        • Sept/Oct 09
                          • “Useless Words”
                          • How Do You Get All of Those Speaking Gigs?
                          • Where is the Reader Now: Psychic Distance
                          • Strategies for Writing About the Future: Prediction in Novels
                          • My Experience with CreateSpace So Far
                          • Subsidy Publishing vs Self-Publishing: What's the Difference?
                          • Is This the Right Time to Write?
                          • Read to be a Better Writer: 6 Strategies to Make Each Book a Learning Experience
                          • Children's Writing: What's In and What's (often) Wrong
                          • Linguistics (humor)

                          • Jul/Aug 09
                            • “Bad Reviews”
                            • Some Things Never Change: Rules of Writing
                            • Research Savvy
                            • Of Critiques and Smiles
                            • Being A Working Writer 1 and Maybe a Working Writer 2
                            • Eight Things That Can Go Wrong for a Freelance Writer
                            • Having Fun with Anthology Builder
                            • Building a Writer's Business Plan
                            • Book Review: The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
                            • Essay on Language (humor)

                            • May/June 09
                              • “The Facts of Writing”
                              • Writer Conferences, Clubs, and Contests
                              • The Biggest Mistakes Bloggers Make
                              • Five Fatal Flaws that Can Lead to Rejection
                              • Cure for the Common Rejection Letter (Self-publishing)
                              • Homophone Hunters
                              • Tips for Developing an Original Voice
                              • You Might Be a Writer If . . .
                              • How to Finally Build a Freelance Career or Finish That Writing Project
                              • Not Good, Kemosabe

                              • Mar/Apr 09
                                • “Homophones Gone Bad”
                                • A Writer Workshop: Do You Want or Need One?
                                • Understanding Children's Writing Genres
                                • Radio vs. Newspaper for Selling Books
                                • Do You Engage in Book Promo Babble?
                                • A Journaling Checklist
                                • What's Open Source Software and How Can It Help You?
                                • Life Is Going On and I'm Going On the Computer
                                • Cyberstupidity: Errors on the Internet
                                • Measuring Up (literally)

                                • Jan/Feb 09
                                  • “Frivolous Fiction”
                                  • Novel Ways to Promote Your Novel
                                  • Stopping Readers in their Tracks
                                  • Seven Powerful Ways to Find New Readers for your Blog
                                  • Queries vs. Articles: Which is Best?
                                  • Beyond Recollection: The Potential of Memoirs
                                  • Is Writing Fiction Frivolous?
                                  • Book Review: Fool's Gold: Why the Internet is No Substitute for a Library
                                  • Tips: One Way Out of the Slush Pile
                                  • In the Beginning (A Shaggy Dog Story)

                                  • Nov/Dec 08
                                    • “A Matter of Emphasis!”
                                    • A Dialogue on Dialogue
                                    • That "Error" May Be the Truth
                                    • Bedtime Stories Sharpen Up the Tale
                                    • Selling Books at Festivals
                                    • Solace for the Lonely Writer
                                    • In Praise of Poetry Contests
                                    • Book Review: Writer's Market and Literary Marketplace: Online and Book
                                    • I Love To Write Day (November 15)
                                    • Is Writing Trying to Kill Me? My Life Before I'm a Famous Artist

                                    • Sep/Oct 08
                                      • “Inconsistent Writing”
                                      • I Just Couldn't Put That Story Down: Thoughts on Narrative Distance When Writing for Children
                                      • Self-Publishing: One Man's Experience
                                      • The Most Important Words on Your Website
                                      • Getting Your Book Reviewed
                                      • Thesaurus: Writer's Treasure House
                                      • What IS a Working Writer?
                                      • Book Review: Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
                                      • Writers and Public Speaking
                                      • Starting Out with Cozy Little Mysteries

                                      • Jul/Aug 08
                                        • “Easy Reader, Easy Writer”
                                        • Sterotypes and What To Do About Them
                                        • Yes, Anybody Can Be Published These Days
                                        • The Lowdown on Finding the Perfect Keywords
                                        • The Fifth Element: The "Other Stuff"
                                        • Understanding Contracts
                                        • Writing a Bio
                                        • Book Review: d.a. levy & the mimeograph revolution, edited by Larry Smith & Ingrid Swanberg
                                        • The #1 Secret of Writing a Successful Query Letter
                                        • Classifying Prose: Article, Essay, or Nostalgia?

                                        • May/June 08
                                          • “The World of Errors”
                                          • Editing Plus: Reworking the Draft
                                          • Fictionalizing History for Young Readers
                                          • The Syndicated Column
                                          • Why Book Publishing Costs So Much
                                          • Tip: Duotrope's Digest, An Online Writer's Market
                                          • Selling an Audiobook
                                          • Book Review: Novel Metamorphosis by Darcy Pattison
                                          • When Not to Write
                                          • 10 Things Your Friends Can Do to Help You Sell More Books

                                          • Mar/Apr 08
                                            • “The Interminable Title”
                                            • What Makes a Great YA Novel for Boys?
                                            • Classify Your Books on Amazon.com
                                            • The Magic of Tone
                                            • Unexpected Benefits of Collaborating
                                            • Screenwriter's Corner: Show, Don't Tell
                                            • The Day the Story Almost Died
                                            • Book Review: I Wish Someone Had Told Me That! 64 Successful Children's Authors Give You the Advice They Wish Someone Had Given Them, edited by Jon Bard
                                            • The Editor is Always (?) Right
                                            • What To Do While You're Waiting for a Response

                                            • Jan/Feb 08
                                              • “Guidelines Gone Wild”
                                              • The Value of Children's Authors Having Personal Websites
                                              • How Shall We Submit: An Examination of Submission Guidelines
                                              • Feedback: Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing
                                              • Self-Publishing: A Road to Nowhere
                                              • A Matter of Tone
                                              • Meeting Your Goals with a Critique Group
                                              • Book Review: The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book by Patricia L. Fry
                                              • Strangers: A Writer's Greatest Resource
                                              • Writer's Christmas Carol

                                              • Nov/Dec 07
                                                • “Writer As Salesperson”
                                                • Editors and All That
                                                • "Cutting" into the Markets
                                                • To Publish or Self-Publish -- Is That the Question?
                                                • Selling A Cool Book about the House that Joy Built
                                                • Cuss, Curse, or Clean It Up: Profanity in Young Adult Fiction
                                                • Hints for Traveling Authors and Illustrators
                                                • How to Write Like an "Expert"
                                                • A Writer's e-Mail Addiction
                                                • Why I Write

                                                • Sept/Oct 07
                                                  • “Spontaneous Writing: Plan, Outline Revise -- Or Not”
                                                  • Fleshing Out Minor Characters
                                                  • Opportunities Missed Are Sales Lost
                                                  • "Threes" in Writing
                                                  • In Praise of Literary Contests
                                                  • There's Elements of Style and Then There's Jack Kerouac
                                                  • Using Your Moods as a Writer
                                                  • Writing a Non-Boring Family History
                                                  • Protect Your Writing from Plagiarism!
                                                  • Definitions of a Writer

                                                  • Jul/Aug 07
                                                    • “The Freelance Blues”
                                                    • Create Real Characters
                                                    • Turning to Crime Writing
                                                    • A Gripe About Contests and Prizes
                                                    • One Minute Marketing
                                                    • 7 Reasons Why Your Novel Needs a Book Proposal
                                                    • Arcane Language - Don't Use It
                                                    • In Praise of the Form Rejection
                                                    • On Self-Publishing
                                                    • I Am Unavailable: Answering Machine Messages

                                                    • May/June 07
                                                      • “Write What You See”
                                                      • Taking a Serious Look at the Novel: A Book Review
                                                      • Outlining: The Indispensable Tool
                                                      • Lessons from my Book Launch
                                                      • Ten Tips to a Smooth(er) Interview
                                                      • Get Out of Your Basement
                                                      • Stepping Stones for Writers
                                                      • Creating a Book Cover
                                                      • Satisfying the Urge to Write
                                                      • Health Off - Write On

                                                      • Mar/Apr 07
                                                        • “The Class System of Writing”
                                                        • Reflections of an Unapologetic Short Former
                                                        • Super Savvy Internet Promotion
                                                        • To Pay or Not To Pay for Ads, Part 2
                                                        • Grants Are Golden
                                                        • Using Rejection
                                                        • High Art and Low Art
                                                        • Marketing Heartache
                                                        • Researching the Markets
                                                        • Sinfully Agitated Blond

                                                        • Jan/Feb 07
                                                          • “Figuratively Speaking”
                                                          • Are You Blocking Your Publishing Success?
                                                          • Righting the Rewrite
                                                          • Picture Book Evolution
                                                          • Writing Success -- Your Way
                                                          • To Pay or Not To Pay for Ads
                                                          • Don't Mess with the IRS
                                                          • Things Editors Hate
                                                          • Book Review: Baby Beat Generation & The 2nd San Francisco Renaissance
                                                          • The 99¢ Lesson

                                                          • Nov/Dec 06
                                                            • “The Sound of Writing”
                                                            • POV for Everyone
                                                            • Developing a Winning Nonfiction Book Proposal
                                                            • The Evolution of a Children's Book
                                                            • Relax -- Write It Your Way
                                                            • Does Spelling Count?
                                                            • Book Review: Writing in Retirement
                                                            • The End of the Publishing Rainbow
                                                            • What To Do if You Don't Have Clips
                                                            • As Few Words as Possible
                                                            Sep/Oct 06
                                                            • “Proofreading: A Writer's Bane”
                                                            • Secrets of Striking Media Gold with Blogs
                                                            • Poetry Improves Writing Skills Pt. 2
                                                            • Characters and Point of View in Kid Lit
                                                            • Take the Bull by the Horns or Get Gored Trying
                                                            • Parade Your Professional Persona
                                                            • Children's Books For and About Disabilities
                                                            • The Deciding Factor on Characters
                                                            • Why Rewrite?
                                                            • Fretting the Mason/Dixon Line
                                                            Jul/Aug 06
                                                            • “The Blank Screen: Brain Freeze”
                                                            • Picture Books with Rhyme
                                                            • How to Get Book Reviews (No, Really!)
                                                            • Reaching International Markets Electronically
                                                            • Pig Finds Home
                                                            • Example of a Bad Query Letter
                                                            • Be a Groupie
                                                            • Advice for the Beginner
                                                            • Poetry Improves Writing Skills Pt. 1
                                                            • Ten Commandments for Writers
                                                            May/June 06
                                                            • “The Writer's Game: Guess What Publishers Want”
                                                            • 7 Media Myths that Will Kill Your Campaign
                                                            • Why Write Poetry Reviews?
                                                            • How to Turn First Experiences into First Sales
                                                            • The Value of an Author's Voice
                                                            • Book Review: A Writer's First Aid Kit
                                                            • How to Train Your Publisher and Survive
                                                            • Eliminating Lazy Writing
                                                            • Independent Author/Publisher
                                                            • How NOT to Get Published
                                                            Mar/Apr 06
                                                            • “The Query Letter: Overrated, Obsolete?”
                                                            • Hug Your Local Journalists
                                                            • A Dozen Unique Ways to Make More Money Writing
                                                            • Book Review: The Fiction Writer's Silent Partner
                                                            • Turn Personal Struggles into Books for Children
                                                            • Q & A on Publishers
                                                            • Rendezvous: The Writer's Date
                                                            • Can I Sell a Previously Published Article?
                                                            • Connecting with Other Writers
                                                            • From Reader to Teacher to Writer
                                                            Jan/Feb 2006
                                                            • “Too Many Words”
                                                            • 10 Surefire Ways to Get Your Book Proposal Rejected
                                                            • But What I Meant Was...
                                                            • Finding Sample Magazines without Breaking the Bank
                                                            • Current Trends in Kid Lit
                                                            • Children's Book Agents I Have Known
                                                            • Maximizing Your Book's Earning Potential
                                                            • On Writing, On Ideas
                                                            • If You Want to Write for Money, Write Ransom Notes
                                                            • Make Them Laugh; They Won't Notice They're Learning
                                                            Nov/Dec 2005
                                                            • “Hyper-Inspiration: A Writer's Malady”
                                                            • Introduction to Agents
                                                            • A Common Pitfall: Expository Dialogue
                                                            • Business + Writer = Author
                                                            • Story of a Bestseller: The Power of a Postcard
                                                            • A Writerly Walk
                                                            • Real Writers Don't Quit
                                                            • Dumb is Good
                                                            • Organization is Key to Writing Poetry
                                                            • The Ten Writer's Commandments
                                                            Sept/Oct 2005
                                                            • “Writers: A Mysterious Demographic”
                                                            • Building Relationships All the Way to the Bank
                                                            • Editors One to Six
                                                            • Tips for Writing Mysteries for Kids
                                                            • Book Review: Order in the Court
                                                            • The Media Needs YOU
                                                            • Writing to Learn
                                                            • Writers and Day Jobs
                                                            • Taking the Next Step in Your Plot
                                                            • What You Mean What I Mean?
                                                            July/Aug 2005
                                                            • “Experience Wanted”
                                                            • Make Your Picture Book Sparkle
                                                            • True Wit: Picking and Placing Our Words
                                                            • Get Your Foot in the Door: Advantages of Networking
                                                            • Accosted by the Rank Amateur
                                                            • Book Review: A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak
                                                            • Uncluttering the Muse
                                                            • Writing Most Fowl
                                                            • Children's Literature For and About Disability
                                                            • 2 Yeas and 4 Nays
                                                            May/June 2005
                                                            • “The Writer as Human Being”
                                                            • Point, Shoot, Write! Using Technology to Create Real Characters
                                                            • Be on Radio Tomorrow Pt. 2
                                                            • Make Each Project Worth More
                                                            • Conflict in Fiction: Keep Your Promises
                                                            • Living Hope for the Rejected
                                                            • Turning Media Mistake into Media Goodies
                                                            • Great Fiction Comes from Writing Lightly
                                                            • Book Review: Writer's Market FAQs
                                                            • The Dreaded Block
                                                            Mar/Apr 2005
                                                            • “What Are You Selling?”
                                                            • Money: Make a Plan!
                                                            • Be on Radio Tomorrow Pt. 1
                                                            • How to Get Book Publicity
                                                            • Write Powerful Endings
                                                            • Take Advantage of Your Writing Group
                                                            • Writing: A Very Strange Form of Intimacy
                                                            • Word Watchers
                                                            • The Rationale of a Writer
                                                            • Phrases that Need to be Retired Permanently
                                                            Jan/Feb 2005
                                                            • “When Words Collide: Bad Writing”
                                                            • Eliminate Passive Writing
                                                            • How to Name Your Book
                                                            • Flashbacks and Other Techniques
                                                            • Turn Lemons into Marketing Lemonade
                                                            • Step-by-Step: A Picture Book is Illustrated
                                                            • Book Review: How to Write Funny
                                                            • The Call of the Writer
                                                            • Finding Your Inner Nut Case
                                                            • Playing Before Writing
                                                            Nov/Dec 2004
                                                            • “Fail Your Way to Publication”
                                                            • The Self-Publishing Experience
                                                            • More on Setting Freelance Rates
                                                            • Courting Premium Sales
                                                            • An Author's Perks
                                                            • Will Strunk and Others I Have Loved
                                                            • 10 Reasons Not To Become a Writer
                                                            • Working with Cause and Effect in Kid Lit
                                                            • Readers' Humorous Similes
                                                            • Rules That Are Meant to Be Broken
                                                            Sept/Oct 2004
                                                            • “Similes and Metaphors: The Good, The Bad, and the Truly Awful”
                                                            • How to Set Freelance Rates
                                                            • Inconsistencies in Writing
                                                            • Blast Through Your Writer's Block of Choice
                                                            • Book Promotion: Crossover Publicity
                                                            • Writing Great Beginnings for Kids
                                                            • Road Map for the Writer's Journey
                                                            • Thoughts on Titles
                                                            • Magic Writing
                                                            • The Muse and Fortune Cookies
                                                            July/Aug 2004
                                                            • “Writing for Money: Cash Cow or Cruel Hoax?”
                                                            • When Non-Paying Markets Don't Pay
                                                            • Writing for the Health and Fitness Market
                                                            • Why Illustrators and Writers Are Kept Apart
                                                            • Show-Don't-Tell Debate
                                                            • Be A More Polished Professional
                                                            • Writing About Controversial Subjects for Kids
                                                            • Creating Scenes and Stories
                                                            • Journal Toward a Creative Center
                                                            • Buck Up, Me Laddies
                                                            May/June 2004
                                                            • “Writing for Nothing: The Despicable Non-Paying Market”
                                                            • Make an Editor Your Best Friend
                                                            • Typing vs Typesetting
                                                            • Breaking into the Juvenile Market as Writer-for-Hire
                                                            • Tell, Don't Show! Heresy?
                                                            • World-Building in Sci-Fi Writing
                                                            • Goal-Buddies: The Power of Two
                                                            • Promote Your Book and Do a Good Deed!
                                                            • Marketing Dead-Ends
                                                            • What IS a Poem?
                                                            March/April 2004
                                                            • "One Space or Two? Changing the Rules"
                                                            • Keep Editors Wanting More
                                                            • Making Your Fiction Stand Out to Editors
                                                            • Hip Today, Hokey Tomorrow
                                                            • Tips for Freelancing Parents
                                                            • Disaster Plan for Writers
                                                            • Marrying Illustrations with Words
                                                            • Writing for the Despicable Non-Paying Market
                                                            • Two Cents' Worth: The Single-Space Debate
                                                            • Rejection Inspiration
                                                            Jan/Feb 2004
                                                            • "What Do Publishers Want? Beats Me!"
                                                            • Three Most Important Things Publishers Want
                                                            • Fine-Trim Your Prose
                                                            • Accidental Advertising
                                                            • Secrets to Sloughing Off Writers' Stress
                                                            • Words and Pictures: Book Illustration
                                                            • Baby Makes Three in Writing Triangle
                                                            • Mining Your Ideas
                                                            • Book Review: Making Money Freelance Writing
                                                            • Release Your Inner Editor
                                                            Nov/Dec 2003
                                                            • "A Book by Any Other Name Would Not Sell as Much"
                                                            • Make a Pre-Publication Marketing Plan
                                                            • Keeping It Real in Fiction
                                                            • After-Publication Revision
                                                            • What Makes a Good Agent?
                                                            • Writing with Eyes Closed
                                                            • Empower Your Creativity with Goal Setting
                                                            • Need Material? Write Your Memories!
                                                            • The Weekend Writer's Task List
                                                            • From Thinking to Writing
                                                            Sept/Oct 2003
                                                            • "Feeding The Muse"
                                                            • Three Best Ways to Find an Agent
                                                            • Cliches: Avoid Like the Plague
                                                            • Boost Your Bottom Line: Make More Money Writing
                                                            • Courting the Muse
                                                            • Do Computers Equal Less Work?
                                                            • I'm a Query Addict
                                                            • The Power of Thank-You
                                                            • Apostrophe Nightmares
                                                            • Feedback, Nasty e-Mail, and Words to Retire
                                                            July/Aug 2003
                                                            • "The Truth About Writers"
                                                            • Three Most Important People to Show Your Manuscript
                                                            • Stay Computer Current!
                                                            • Reinventing Yourself
                                                            • Tone and Firm Your Sagging Middle
                                                            • Dumb Stuff in Print
                                                            • The Metaphysical Market: New Age Niche
                                                            • Getting the Urge to Write
                                                            • Celebrity Endorsements
                                                            • Parent As Editor-in-Chief
                                                            May/June 2003
                                                            • “The Weird, Wonderful World of Querying”
                                                            • Beat the Odds with Writing Contests
                                                            • Narrow Your Non-Fiction
                                                            • Pay to be Published?
                                                            • Planning an Exceptional Book Signing Part 2
                                                            • The Three Most Important Things in a Query Letter
                                                            • Clips vs. Conscience
                                                            • Rejection Art
                                                            • Pay for Your Trip: Write a Travel Article
                                                            • It’s Fun to be Funny
                                                            Mar/April 2003
                                                            • “Being A Writer”
                                                            • Writing for a Newspaper
                                                            • Should Writers Fear File-Sharing?
                                                            • How to Write for Children’s Magazines
                                                            • I Write, Therefore I Am
                                                            • Planning an Exceptional Book Signing Part 1
                                                            • Why Keep On Writing?
                                                            • Search and Destroy: Tackling Office Paper
                                                            • Writing and the Centered Self
                                                            • Don’t You Ever Work?
                                                            Jan/Feb 2003
                                                            • “How to Sink a Submission”
                                                            • Snagging Clients: 10 Ways to Pick Up Paying Assignments
                                                            • Format Logic Part 3
                                                            • Attending Writing Conferences
                                                            • How to Develop Characters
                                                            • Pitching Books with e-Queries
                                                            • Book Review: Words: A Connoisseur’s Collection...
                                                            • Everything I Know about Writing I Learned from My Dogs
                                                            • Punctuation Helps Communication
                                                            • Slings and Arrows of Getting Published
                                                            Nov/Dec 2002
                                                            • “Self-Promotion: Shameless and Otherwise”
                                                            • Five-Alarm Self-Promotion
                                                            • “The Writer at Work” Cartoon
                                                            • Pan For Gold: Rewrite!
                                                            • Format Logic Part 2
                                                            • Professionalism
                                                            • The Psycho Economics of Writing
                                                            • Goal Setting for Writers
                                                            • Review of Two Writer’s Digest Books
                                                            • Sleep Well, Ernest Hemingway
                                                            Sept/Oct 2002
                                                            • “Manuscript Horror Stories: Submissions from the Dark Side”
                                                            • Circulating Manuscripts (Submission Impossible)
                                                            • Manuscript: Lost in the Ozone
                                                            • Will a Literary Agent Make the Ride Smoother?
                                                            • Format Logic Part I
                                                            • Writing for Others--A Way to Get Started
                                                            • The S-Curve of the Writing Life
                                                            • Cooking Up a Mystery
                                                            • Patience is a Virtue I Need NOW!
                                                            • Oh, To Be A Fortune Foldout
                                                            July/Aug 2002
                                                            • Two-Year Anniversary: "The Generosity of Writers"
                                                            • Make a Writing Plan
                                                            • What Is an Editor For?
                                                            • Essential Elements of a Good Book Review
                                                            • What Do Poets Do for a Living?
                                                            • My Favorite Mystery
                                                            • Cutting the Clutter
                                                            • Interview: Focusing on Collaboration
                                                            • Start a LIST Club
                                                            • To Be or Not To Be Honest
                                                            May/June 2002
                                                            • “Writing: The Glamour Life”
                                                            • Day in the Life of a Full-Time Writer
                                                            • Burned by an Agent
                                                            • Finding the Write Group for You
                                                            • The Interview from Hell
                                                            • Future of the Publishing Biz?
                                                            • How NOT to Keep Track of Your Poems
                                                            • Today’s Alternative Writing
                                                            • Things Only Writer-Friends Understand
                                                            • Distractions and Writers Who Love Them
                                                            Mar/Apr 2002
                                                            • “Back to Basics: Nuts and Bolts of Writing”
                                                            • The Elements of Style in 31 Steps (humor)
                                                            • Start an Online Worldwide Writer’s Workshop
                                                            • Risky Writing
                                                            • Book Review: Idiom Savant--Slang As It Is Slung
                                                            • Catch That Poetry Idea
                                                            • Four Steps to Achieving Writing/Family Balance
                                                            • Elements of the Breakout Novel
                                                            • Interview with Scavenger’s Editor Janet Fox
                                                            • Filling the Dumpster with your Down-In-The-Dumps
                                                            Jan/Feb 2002
                                                            • “Good Information and a Sense of Humor”
                                                            • Writing Funny
                                                            • Online Critique Groups
                                                            • The Battle for e-Book Rights
                                                            • Characters, Movement, Plot
                                                            • Everything I Know About Writing I Learned from Disney Movies
                                                            • How to (Not) Lead a Workshop
                                                            • Talking Animals
                                                            • The Southern Writer
                                                            • Memoir Writing
                                                            Nov/Dec 2001
                                                            • “Give the People What They Want”
                                                            • Staying Inspired
                                                            • The Scoop on Online Classes
                                                            • Print-On-Demand Rebuttals
                                                            • Cures for the Clipless
                                                            • We’re All Poets
                                                            • Going Pro: First Sale
                                                            • Agent: How to Get One
                                                            • Fifteen Minutes to Write
                                                            • Parody: What Is It? Why Write It?
                                                            Sept/Oct 2001
                                                            • "Invasion of the POD People"
                                                            • Brave New World of On-Line Publishing
                                                            • POD Cautions
                                                            • Freelancer as Entrepreneur
                                                            • Making Research Work
                                                            • How To Write Lyrics
                                                            • I Write Confession Stories
                                                            • It’s A Bunny-Eat-Bunny World (Book Review)
                                                            • Giving Up the REAL Job
                                                            • The Published Wannabe
                                                            July/Aug 2001
                                                            • "What I Learned After a Year of Editing WW"
                                                            • Don’t Count Your Publishing Chickens Before They’re Hatched
                                                            • Basic Steps of Interviewing
                                                            • Dangerous Myths and Terrible Truths of Kids’ Writing
                                                            • Become A Review Writer
                                                            • Obsessive-Compulsive Manuscript Tracking
                                                            • We’re All Poets
                                                            • On First Joining a Critique Group
                                                            • Punctuate? Why Should We?
                                                            • Words To Watch Out For
                                                            May/June 2001
                                                            • “In Pursuit of Rejection”
                                                            • How I Turned Rejection into Publication
                                                            • World's Worst Rejection Lines
                                                            • You Automatically Own Your Copyright?
                                                            • Online Promotion for Non-Fiction eBooks
                                                            • Children’s Books: To Rhyme or Not To Rhyme
                                                            • Write What You Don’t Know
                                                            • Reading Guidelines Get Sales
                                                            • School Visit: Long Distance Learning Lab
                                                            March/April 2001
                                                            • “Blind Optimism or Brutal Reality?”
                                                            • Rebuttals to Brutal Facts of Publishing
                                                            • Writing Fillers for Kids’ Mags
                                                            • Get the Most from Your Integrated Program Suite
                                                            • Food Writing: Becoming the Restaurant Critic
                                                            • When All Else Fails -- Quit
                                                            • Obsessed with Writing-Books
                                                            • A Writer’s Geography
                                                            • What To Do Until You Become a Best Seller
                                                            Jan/Feb 2001
                                                            • “Natural Born Writers?”
                                                            • Can Creative Writing Be Taught?
                                                            • The Brutal Facts of Publishing
                                                            • Successful Self-Promotion
                                                            • Corporate America Needs Freelancers
                                                            • Science Writing
                                                            • Picture Books for Kids -- Easy? Hah!
                                                            • Getting Published: A Cautionary Tale
                                                            • Walking for Inspiration
                                                            Nov/Dec 2000
                                                            • “Wannabephobia”
                                                            • So What Makes A REAL Writer?
                                                            • I’m My Own Evil Twin
                                                            • Writer’s Block
                                                            • Successful Speaking and Book-Signing
                                                            • Writing Poems For Kids
                                                            • Plagiarism and Copyright
                                                            • Character-Building Group Exercise
                                                            • Multiple Markets from One Idea
                                                            Sept/Oct 2000
                                                            • “Who ARE You People?”
                                                            • The Dreaded Wannabe
                                                            • Where Do You Get Ideas for Books?
                                                            • Starting with Short Stories
                                                            • Sense of Smell in Writing and Culture
                                                            • International Syndication: An Alternative
                                                            • Be Careful What You Wish For
                                                            • What’s In A Character’s Name?
                                                            • Book Review: Rules For The Dance
                                                            July/Aug 2000
                                                            • “Welcome Back To Working Writer!” (premiere issue)
                                                            • Who is This Editor and What Is Deartracks?
                                                            • Ten Myths for the Modern Writer
                                                            • Writing Crime Fiction
                                                            • Drop the Excuses and Write!
                                                            • Save Money with SASEs
                                                            • The Lost Art of Letter Writing
                                                            • Rhyme and Rhythm in Poetry
                                                            • Author Without an Agent
                                                            • Plus My Very First Nasty E-Mail and more!