Snodgrass will share some memories of our lost friend and the stories he left behind him. Finally, at PM, we will adjourn next door to Beastly Books for the booksigning. Cross your fingers. Come join us if you can. Current Mood: pleased. Beastly Books will be hosting a mixer and booksigning for him on Friday November 12 from to pm.
Current Mood: busy. It was nice to prove the talking heads wrong. Credit for the win really belongs to the defense. The Raiders outgained the Giants by a considerable margin, but time and time again the Gmen stiffened inside the red zone and forced Carr and company to settle for field goals in place of touchdowns. In the end, that made all the difference. Daniel Jones played an okay game, but most of the Giants offense came from the run.
That was especially encouraging since Saquon Barclay was still out, a positive test for covid coming in on top of his ankle woes. This season is pretty well gone already. But a hard-fought victory that comes down to the final seconds… that does put me in a considerably better mood.
From a script by Joe R. A little treat for all the Waldrop fans. I hope we finish it in time. I hope those of you attending the con will see it. I hope you will love it. Current Mood: bouncy. Raya and Douglas will both be on hand from to pm to meet you and sign your copies. And for those who cannot make it, signed copies will of course be available afterward from Da Beast, via mail order.
And bring the kids! Current Mood: cheerful. The same team that got spanked by the Falcons and humiliated by the Patriots? No way. I mean, they did things the Jets have not done all season.
Scored in the first quarter. Took the lead. Got first downs. Throttled one of the highest scoring offenses in the NFL. They ran, they passed, they scored. And that quarterback who came off the bench, four years in the NFL and never started a game before… or even played, till last week. Mike White? Labels: Downloads , Miscellany. Welcome to the third and final installment of The Crossword Graveyard, wherein I write a little about the crossword books I've solved over the years before relegating them to the recycling bin.
Also see Part 1 and Part 2. Labels: Miscellany. Years ago I digitized these puzzles for my personal use, and with Stan's permission, offer the files for everyone to enjoy. I recently, half-jokingly, suggested to Merl Reagle the idea of a "something different" puzzle, wherein any conjured phrase that is grammatically sensible and fairly-and-squarely clueable may appear, allowing for a puzzle that can be best described as "goofy.
The Crossword Graveyard, Continued. Here's another bunch of completed crossword books that I'm not keeping in my library, but want to send off with a photo shoot and blog post! Part 1, if you missed it. The Crossword Graveyard. My bookshelves are full of puzzle books. Some of them I'll never bother to finish because they're not great, some I'd like to start but won't ever have time, and some are finished but too much fun to get rid of.
Thank you so much! Great point you made Carol! I always had the intention to write quality blog posts on a weekly or bi-weekly basis on my blog. I never thought article writing would be more than blog posts, but I can see your rationale. Articles requires interviews and extensive research, much like a journalist. I will consider this angle when talking to prospective clients about their content needs.
I second everyone who suggests only posting about once a month or so on your blog. Hope everyone on this thread reads both! My word — I have been thinking the same very thing — and out pops your words. Thank you! Last year I joined a one month writing challenge started my main blog with the challenge post. I used to write word posts on two of my blogs, but saw others doing away with just a few sentences and call it a blog post. Some even pasting a short poem or and they were done.
And here, I was working hard daily to write a long and interesting post. I felt I was wasting my time and energy and getting nothing. I even let one of my blog domains expire and will be making the posts that were there, longer, and repost on my current blog. Also stopped posting on another blog I had. Will let the domain expire as well.
This post of yours brought relief. So thank you for this post. No, Carol, you scared the hell out of me. I just parted with my hard earned money which was actually nicked from my savings account to enroll in a course to learn the trade of blogging so I can make some sort of income. However, I thank you for posting this eye opener and will keep it for reference.
Actually my target or my dream is to write articles for magazines, but the information available on the internet is so overwhelming and some marketers are just darn persuasive. You know the guy whose course I enrolled to. I have an e-book about freelance blogging myself. In fact, I always thought it appealed more to a social discussion then to have a professional aspect to it. Instead of telling people that I am blogger I most often tell them that I am a article writer and content creator.
To me, these terms sound more professional and business sound then term blog or blogger. Hey, Carol! Everyone has already posted my sentiments about blogging.
I blog about once a month on my personal and pro blogs. Awesome, Willi! Wish I had been that smart at the start…really worked myself to the bone posting 3x a week for way too many years. I read this article last night and mulled over it a long time. Then I came back to it again this morning, a sure sign that what you wrote really hit home. Thank you for it and I look forward to your next article. I am so happy finally somebody put this out there.
I completely agree that personal blogs will do very little — if anything at all — for your writing career. I think your blog serves that purpose, too. In some niches, blogs are extremely necessary marketing tools. Maybe the difference is professional vs. Hi Angie, I am reading all these views from last year do you all have any up to date views? I want to make income from this I know read lots of stuff that you cant get rich, over night.
I just want a decent income and I want to do it from my home on my computer. I have to admit, your article scared me at first! Stop writing blogs? What was am I doing writing on the internet at all? Posting something unique, in-depth, and super-valuable to readers is increasingly what matters. Would really clear the decks to get some marketing done. Include quotes, reputable sources, etc. Real ones, like the kind you find in magazines.
And article writing is actually more fun than writing blog posts. I have all the freedom I want to write with the information and reader in mind, not the word count.
And, as a bonus, the work I did got me another new client. The trick is getting paid appropriately for these article-posts. I would never have mentioned it otherwise. I tried to find it before I wrote, to determine the publication date.
Thanks for being out there to steer writers in a positive direction. I definitely do! NO idea how I did that. Well, I quite like your take on this. However, I feel that even blog posts can match the revenue that you can generate as a freelance writer. Writing content for your own blog has a different level of satisfaction. All depends on the quality of your content. Have a good day! I also see the trend towards fully reported articles.. Those smaller glossy mags and alt papers can be a great place to get some interaction with editors and better clips.
While I do not disagree with you Carol, I think we are getting entangled with semantics. One talks about posts, the other about articles and the third about content marketing. What are the differences among these? They are all writing pieces that emphasize different expertise.
First they should review the way they write and publish. Do they sit down at the computer and start writing? Do they decide on a topic, conduct a thorough research and then start writing? Or they like to review other blogs and summarize their readings? And so on…. Next they should identify a niche expertise, like I am a medical writer, but I also write about food issues. My friend is a food writer, but she also writes about traveling.
Please forgive me, but my sites are down due to the revamping and starting anew for The domain name will remain the same: medicalwritingcoach. Excellent advice, especially the part about writing articles! I have been writing a personal blog for years and would like to transition into paid freelance writing — since I daylight as a marketing content writer, I think I have the chops. Thanks for this informative article.
I need to spend more time sending out queries and researching article ideas. Remember, you set the schedule! Now, set it to once a month, and spend the rest of your time on marketing. Wow, I was just beating myself up for getting side tracked from my blog at the end of last month because of some other writing assignments. Just put up good stuff that helps readers, when you can. If you need to take a break, do. Excellent article Carol. I agree with your point that digital writers should see themselves as publishers of online magazines.
I totally agree with this after spending way too many hours on a blog no one looked at. Only one of my clients is for an actual blog. Right on, Leslie! If it helped you get in the door and get a few clients, and now you have better gigs, moving on is smart. I have been spending the last year learning how not to blog and build a business. It felt great when my blog was online. I had a personal blog when I was first starting my writing business where I did what you described…wrote about my musings.
Mainly parenting and fitness which were the areas I was targeting for new work. I sent selected links to a couple of different clients who liked them, when It was appropriate for that voice, but it was mostly for me. Once I got more work I abandoned it. My friends ask about it from time to time but I am way too busy with paid writing to maintain it. But no, I can't tell you when it will be done, or when it will be published.
Best guess, based on our previous conversations, is that Bantam and presumably my British publisher as well can have the hardcover out within three months of delivery, if their schedules permit.
But when delivery will be, I can't say. I am not going to set another deadline for myself to trip over. The deadlines just stress me out. I am going back to my stance from last March, before all this.
It will be done when it's done. And it will be as good as I can possibly make it. Having said all that, I know what the next question will be, because hundreds of you have already asked it of me. Will the show 'spoil' the novels? Yes and no. Look, I never thought the series could possibly catch up with the books, but it has. The show moved faster than I anticipated and I moved more slowly.
There were other factors too, but that was the main one. For years my readers have been ahead of the viewers. This year, for some things, the reverse will be true. How you want to handle that In both cases, I loved the book and I loved the adaptation. It does not need to be one or the other. You might prefer one over the other, but you can still enjoy the hell out of both.
Of course, there's an aspect to our situation that did not apply to either the Weir or Clarke cases. Those novels were finished before they were optioned, adapted, and filmed. I can't think of any other instance where the movie or TV show came out as the source material was still being written. So when you ask me, "will the show spoil the books," all I can do is say, "yes and no," and mumble once again about the butterfly effect.
Those pretty little butterflies have grown into mighty dragons. Some of the 'spoilers' you may encounter in season six may not be spoilers at all Just consider. Some of them will die in the books as well, yes Balon Greyjoy, on the flip side, is dead in the books, alive on the show. His brothers Euron Crow's Eye and Victarion have not yet been introduced will they appear?
I ain't saying.
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