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Social Profile Advice
To join a social site first you fill out a Profile. Before you see how the site works, how personal information is displayed, entering it is mandatory. It's scary, especially without a reassurance that you can change it later or delete the account at the worst. (I have a few empty profiles...
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Published 13 hours ago

Freelance in Troubled Times
Economic Downturn. Recession. Mini-depression. Bonanza! How can the self-employed be overworked? I haven't time to figure that out. I'm too busy juggling projects and fielding queries from new clients. Apparently I'm not alone. According to a poll at FreelanceSwitch that asked, "How Has...
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Published a day ago

Where is my Vote?
#FreeIranBetter late than never!Copyright 2009 G.L. Hancock ... For weekly one-minute messages of Inspiration for writers, send email to editor AT writers DASH edge DOT info and put "S U B" in the subject line. ... Now offering editorial assistance via email and phone.
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Published 2 days ago

Citing Electronic Sources
"Cite Your Sites" first popped into mind. Cute. Dumb SEO. Clever wordplay. All of the above. This proposed title is a nice play on rhyming words and the cliché "set your sights," but it would confuse search engines and not help people looking for information on the title used.Paula Offutt's...
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Published 2 days ago

Serious Summer Reading
The vicious cycle of book reviewing brought serious summer reading this year. I'll spend the season dipping into the rich, dense Wendy Doniger compendium The Hindus: An Alternative History. A much smaller, more painful one to read is Andrew Levy's A Brain Wider Than the Sky: A Migraine Diary....
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Published 3 days ago

Then vs. Than
Do you confuse then and than? They look and sound alike, but for one letter. That suggests a lack of basic vocabulary knowledge of word meanings. Try to keep in mind that then involves a sequence in time, while than involves a comparison:Jane threw the ball farther than Dick did.Then Dick threw...
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Published 4 days ago

Writers Eat Absinthe Now
Absinthe MintsAbsinthe is a strong, herb-infused, alcoholic beverage that was extremely popular with artists and authors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Due to its green color and purported hallucinogenic qualities, it is often referred to as “The Green Fairy.”Available from the...
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Published 5 days ago

Anderson Plagiarism Apology
Sounds like a lackapologica! Chris Anderson accused after lifting passages for 'free' | theBookseller.com:'All those are my screw-ups after we decided not to run notes as planned, due to my inability to find a good citation format for web sources'.How pitifully lame.Copyright 2009 G.L. Hancock...
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Published 6 days ago

Writer Resource Roundup
If you're a freelancer in Canada or one who works for Canadian clients, you may be confused about what to charge or what pay to expect. The writers.ca • find a professional writer in canada site can help you out. It offers useful information for all freelancers, including sections on...
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Published 6 days ago

1900 Posts on Writing
1900 posts on writing in the Archives--this log in info greeted me today. Thanks to hypertext, they're mostly all searchable by good engines. A post doesn't need have the label of the search keyword, either. I try to keep up with advances in search technology suitable for use with and on a...
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Published a week ago

AWE Tweet Chats Coming?
I may miss the #editorchat on Twitter tonight. [Is that faint cheering in the background?] I'm running off to the fair. After days in deep "edit brain" mode, my body needs a little fun, junk food, seeing plants, touching animals, and time spent with a close friend.One reason why I joined the...
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Published a week ago

Monetize Your Blogs
Who wants to make money with a blog? Hands up all around. No matter if you blog just to prime the creative pump, to keep in touch or to market another product--most everyone would like for the blog to at least pay for itself. The simplest goal might be to obtain a return on the time spent...
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Published a week ago