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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!
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