My post about Twitter, or rather why I’m not using it due to social network overload, generated a lot of comments and even more page views. People who use it love it, and swear that it’s helping the promote their books, blogs, etc. Other people – myself included – find themselves distracted enough with everyday […]
Social network overload and why I don't do Twitter
I’m on LinkedIn. I joined Facebook a while back, and Del.icio.us and Technorati. I’m on my favorite message board for freelancers at least a dozen times a day. But I can’t do Twitter. At least not yet. There’s only so many hours one person can devote to online social networks, and only so many social […]
Story round up: cookies, encryption, organizing gadgets and more
Do you know how to look for the cookies that get left on your computer’s hard drive after you visit some Web sites? Do you worry about sending sensitive documents – like book manuscripts – to editors through an ordinary email attachment? Do you have trouble keeping track of all the electronic gear, chargers and […]
Give your freelance writing blog a static front page
If you’re a freelance writer, do you need a Website and a blog? A lot of freelancers I know have both. A Website can be a great showcase for a freelancer’s resume, writing samples and clips, photographs (if they take them), references, recommendations and other marketing materials an editor or book publisher might want to […]
Tina Brown to headline Online News Association's September annual conference
Tina Brown, former editor of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, and currently working on a start-up news aggregator Website, will headline the 2008 Online News Association conference Sept. 11-13 in Washington D.C. Brown is working on the project for media mogul Barry Diller’s Internet enterprise, InterActive Corp. According to this report in Radar Magazine, […]
Time out: why writers need to unplug on the weekends
If you use rechargeable batteries you know they don’t last forever. They work, they run low and then you recharge them. Writers are like that too. We can’t work non-stop without the juices running low. But if you’re like me and you spend your work life tied to a computer, email and the Internet, it’s […]