freelance writer with a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Francisco State University
Ghost Writing – It’s Illegal or Something? You may be thinking that ghost writing is something wrong that celebrities do, hiring a professional writer instead of working on their own books. Actually, no, it’s not illegal, immoral or fattening in any way – except for fattening your purse! It’s done under “work for hire” laws …
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In the writing community there is a special subset of writer, called ghost writers, who are willing to bypass the glare of the spotlight and pass it on to someone else in return for money. Many ghost writers work their entire careers with their real names unknown to the general public. And as America’s and …
I can’t speak for the magazine business, but as a former newspaperman, I can tell you how newspapers gather information. The first thing a new reporter does on a beat is introduce himself to all the principle people on that beat. For example a reporter covering a federal courthouse would introduce himself to the chief …
The words “Writer’s Block” can strike fear into the heart of writers young and old, form the virgin wordsmith to the veteran novelist. For many of us, suffering from writer’s block at certain points in our writing careers feels as inevitable as the fact that the sun rises each morning and sets again each night. …
Meet the Chontaduro or Palm Fruit “What’s that?” I asked staring at the plum-sized fruit the woman peeled in her hand. “These are chontaduros from the coast.” “How would you like yours?“ “How can I have them?” I queried back. “You can have them with salt or honey.“ “Then give me two of each.“ The …
The world of freelance writing is changing fast; Twitter, the micro-blogging platform, is a great way to keep up to date with the changes. But beware: if you’re using Twitter, tweet with a plan — otherwise Twitter can be a fun time-sink and much less useful for your career than it should be. Here are …
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When you need your writing to sound unprejudiced (such as for writing in science and engineering), then writing objectively should be your main goal, assuming you’ve got writing syntax and structure handled sufficiently by your primary grammar software. The more impartial you can style your communication, the more the reader can trust whatever ideas you’re …
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What Can I Say? Gender bender, radical right. Fortnight coming, out of sight! Tumultuous times, mornings anew. Filled with rapture, yet sensing doom! Where am I now? Where will I be? No recognition of truth, What do I see? Askance is my vision, narrowing now! To what is expected, why and how? Wandering out, reigning …
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If watching a great romantic movie together defines good times for the two of you, then this anniversary, catch up on some of the most romantic films ever made. Nothing like a mushy flick to raise the temperatures and let emotions do all the talking! Here are the 10 most romantic films to watch on …
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Feeling haunted by a story but you just can’t get it to take a corporeal shape? Have a technical or medical subject to explore and explain, but no time to do it? Have the spirit but not the skills to spell out a start-to-finish fictional story, memoir, biography, or case history? These are some of …
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