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Guest Blogger: Writing on the Toilet by Michael Reilly

9307 readers Writing on the Toilet by Michael Reilly My recently published novel, Fresh Heir, is about parenting. More specifically, the book explores the often overlooked paradox that our children have as much to teach us as we have to teach them. This theme can be assessed from a broad symbolic perspective, but it can also be extended

Mediabistro Seeks Young Adult Novel Writing Instructor

4803 readersEver wish you could teach aspiring writers? Mediabistro is looking for a teacher for our online Young Adult Novel Writing class. Here?s more about the job: ?Mediabistro is looking for a dynamic, spirited instructor to teach our Young Adult Novel Writing class online. This class meets for 12 sessions and will take students through

How Achieving Your Goals Kills Your Motivation

5809 readersHeard you need constant improvement to become a master? Heard you need those 10,000 hours of practice? It?s hogwash. A goal of ?constant improvement? won?t lead to success. I learned this when I signed up for Damn Fine Words, James Chartrand?s writing course. Signing up excited me. I was excited because I was taking action

The Secret to Finding the Time to Write, Market, Promote, and Still Have a Life

11830 readersAs a frequent speaker, one question I can count on, in every setting?no matter the topic, event, or audience skill level?is: How do you find the time to do all this? ?All this? refers to writing, blogging, marketing, promoting, social media, website building, blogging, traveling, speaking, plus my day job of university professor. The question

Want to be a Better Writer? Get Your Ego Out of the Way

2301 readersRaise your hand if you?re a writer. Now, raise your hand if you have a nice-sized ego. And now, raise your hand if you lied on that last one and kept your hand down. The thing is, writing and a big ego kind of go hand in hand. And if you haven?t quit, gone crazy, or offed yourself

Authors Guild Seeks Class Certification in Google Suit

3914 readersWith hopes for a Google Books settlement dashed, the Authors Guild has filed for class certification in the Google Books litigation, claiming that authors are ?passive victims of Google?s digitization campaign.? If certified, the class action lawsuit will seek statutory damages on behalf of the authors who wrote the millions of books scanned into Google?s digital

Commas? Sure, Throw a Few In

3557 readersAfterDeadlineCommas are small things, easily overlooked in writing, editing and proofing. But nothing makes an otherwise well-wrought sentence look amateurish as quickly as a comma that appears where it has no business, or the lack of one where it's needed.

Most Overlooked Books of 2011

10444 readersWhat?s your favorite overlooked book this year? Add it to our growing list? Today this GalleyCat editor joined New Hampshire Public Radio?s Word of Mouth show to talk about the most overlooked books of 2011 alongside Michele Filgate and Jodi Paloni. But don?t take our word for it! Below, we?ve included links free samples of the overlooked

EditMinion: The Robotic Copy Editor

911 readersTired of having your writing club or spouse read the same common mistakes over and over? Try using the EditMinion?the robotic copy editor will spot common mistakes before you send your copy to a real human reader. Here?s more from the site:...

How to Become a Copy Editor

3132 readersIf my recent post about copyediting, or anything else you?ve read or heard about the profession, intrigues you, and you?d like to give it a try, read this advice before you commit: Original Post: How to Become a Copy Editor Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

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