You've all gone a-WAY! It was just getting invigorating!
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'Serenity'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Connie Neil - Nov 14, 2002 5:00:17 pm PST #267 of 10001
brillig
John H - Nov 14, 2002 5:59:03 pm PST #268 of 10001
Ms Lizard's abbreviations -- I think I agree with the people who said they will be misinterpreted as attempted cuteness, despite your intentions otherwise.
John H - Nov 14, 2002 6:06:00 pm PST #269 of 10001
OK I know this is a high-minded and literary thread, but I want to ask a question about money.
Call me big-headed, but I think I can write.
I've been employed to write articles and (sort of) books before.
They were about subjects I know about, like web publishing.
Now, I'm thinking "where can someone who can write earn money?" and the "earn money" thing is key.
If I don't care what it is -- the first-five-minutes 'plots' in porn movies, speeches for right-wing politicians, Hallmark cards for people who've successfully passed a kidney stone -- are there places I can get money as a freelance writer?
Someone has to write the blurb in the catalogue of Palm Pilot accessories after all:
Lost the stylus for your PalmPilot? Need a spare for the car or boat? Never be without a stylus again with this pack of durable plastic thingies (contains three).
so, where do I start looking?
If you think this post should really be somewhere else, please say so, but I'd be interested in your answers.
Connie Neil - Nov 14, 2002 6:07:41 pm PST #270 of 10001
brillig
Go to the library and look for a big book called Writer's Market. It comes out every year, and the latest will be in the Reference section. You may have to promise your first born to the ref librarian, because I hear this book has a tendency to walk.
John H - Nov 14, 2002 6:10:32 pm PST #271 of 10001
Go to the library and look for a big book called Writer's Market.
Cool, thank you.
I forgot to say, it will be even better if I could somehow write for companies or organisations overseas, and avoid all that pesky "tax" nonsense...
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2002 8:25:26 pm PST #272 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
New poem, once again on the topic of Autumn.
Advice for a Fall Afternoon
Beware
the maple tree,
engulfed in leaves
of flame
consumed but
not truly afire
like the bush
in the desert
that called
to Moses,
changing his life
and mankind
in a few short
moments.
Most foliage never
speaks
(as Moses surely knew)
but if it
has a voice
within the flame,
don’t expect small
talk.
Dana - Nov 14, 2002 8:27:01 pm PST #273 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Oooh, Steph. I like that. Nothing real concrete to offer, but that's just nifty.
Susan W. - Nov 14, 2002 8:32:28 pm PST #274 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Me too, Steph. Beauty-ful.
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2002 8:36:16 pm PST #275 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Thanks! Poetry is very new for me. And since my prose is so rambly and verbose, my terse verse (heh) doesn't quite sound right. I have to get used to what my poetry sounds like.
Connie Neil - Nov 14, 2002 9:05:30 pm PST #276 of 10001
brillig
Teppy, that was cool. Loved that last line. "Don't expect small talk." Hee.