I’ve been mesmerized by “The Help,” Kathryn Stockett’s book about the complicated relationship between black maids and the white families they worked for in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s. I picked it up at an airport bookstore earlier this week and have been sneaking in a few pages every chance I get. I’ll save my […]
July 27 #wclw chat: building your freelance business
The next WordCount writers’ chat takes place 7/27 at 10 a.m. PDT, where we’ll discuss the basics of running a freelance writing business. Bring your questions!
You’re only as good as your collaborators
I heard a string quartet play the other night. The four young musicians in it met at Yale and now live and work in New York City. On the evening I heard them, they were joined by a harpist and a flutist who played a few pieces as a duo and then joined the quartet […]
This is not how it was supposed to be
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now and frankly, I’d rather have sun. I’m speaking metaphorically of course. Read on to see what I’m really talking about.
Recommended reading for July 15: Harry Potter and more
Top news industry stories this week: J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard series comes to a cinematic end, aggravated over content aggregation & NOTW scandal deepens.
Should writers use Google+?
Some initial impressions of how the new Google social network works, and how writers could use it.