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September 24, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

National Punctuation Day: grammar guides & other recommended reading for Sept. 24

In honor of National Punctuation Day, here’s a list of print and online grammar and punctuation resources that writers of all genres should know about.

Filed Under: Language, Writing Tagged With: good grammar, National Punctuation Day, online grammar resources, punctuation and grammar

September 23, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Stupid PR tricks

My picks for the top 5 most annoying things PR people do.

Filed Under: Media Business Tagged With: PR people behaving badly, stupid PR tricks

September 17, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Malcolm Gladwell and other recommended reading for writers for Sept. 17

Malcolm Gladwell, Demand Media’s IPO, interest in business news and other recommended reading for writers for Sept. 17, 2010.

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Demand Media IPO, interest in business news, Late Bloomers, Malcolm Gladwell, profitable online news ventures

September 15, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

What I’m writing about now: work and careers

These days when I’m not blogging here, I’m blogging for SecondAct.com, the online magazine for people over 40 launched by Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur, earlier this year. I get to blog about a lot of things at SecondAct. But mostly I write about work – finding it, doing better at it, getting more meaning […]

Filed Under: My stories Tagged With: Entrepreneur Media, Michelle V. Rafter stories, SecondAct.com

September 13, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Back to school: online journalism training for freelancers

Want to improve your writing skills? Here is a list of websites offering free or fee-based online journalism training for freelancers and other writers.

Filed Under: Careers Tagged With: how to improve your writing, KnowledgeWebb, Mediabistro, News University, online courses for writers, online journalism training sites

September 10, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Recommended reading for writers for Sept. 10

Jonathan Franzen and Jean Auel discuss their work, and other recommended reading for writers for the week of Sept. 10, 2010.

Filed Under: Language, Writing Tagged With: Jean Auel, Jonathan Franzen, recommended reading for writers, Twitter simile contest, what writers should read

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