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Sydney Writer’s Festival : We Don’t Serve Your Kind

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:11:33 -0700

The Sydney Writer’s Festival is kicking off next week. Flush with my new writing mission I feel obliged to attend. In typical fashion for a multi-venue program of 333 events, all the best ones take place pretty much at the same time on the same day, dammit. Oh to be gestalt. While it’s impossible to give a completely accurate figure, the general consensus is that SF/fantasy accounts for somewhere between 5-10% of Australian book sales, and 10-15% of International book sales (feel free to c

Digital Tips For Your Baby Photos - Using The Sephia Setting

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:05:21 -0700

Digital Tips For Your Baby Photos - Using The Sephia Setting Filed under: baby tips — admin @ 7:04 am Film is so expensive now days! With digital cameras, you can take as many baby photos as you want and delete the ones you don’t. You can save all the ones you like but only print out the ones you need, therefore you don’t waste any cash. If you do not have a digital camera yet and are planning to get one, I suggest you buy a larger memory as well. When you buy one, it will come with

PEOPLE DON’T READ ANYMORE???

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:04:56 -0700

WARNING: This is a no-edit zone… This morning, I awakened to discover the following: “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year.” Steve Jobs–Amazon Troubling insight from a human being’s point of view and from a writer’s. Any writer who has been publishing books for a length of time can tell you that the industry has changed mightily i

Sleeping with the Enemy

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:03:20 -0700

“Looking back, I can’t believe that I—a housewife in Cedar Falls, Iowa–saw my poems and short stories appear in magazines, newspapers and books.” Nancy Price Sleeping with the Enemy How would you like to have something you’ve written be made into a movie, starring a major Hollywood actor, and see that film make over $100

“Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?” by Thomas Kohnstamm

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:10 -0700

Having never been to Brazil, Thomas Kohnstamm started doing his research. He was, after all, a travel writer, and a seasoned one at that. Kohnstamm is one of the select few that get to traipse the earth in search of cool, interesting and fun things and get paid about it. With a dream job like that, what gives? Do All Travel Writers Go to Hell? acts not as a guide book or a hip “where to” guide, but instead chronicles Kohnstamm’s experience preparing to write the book. All the parties. The fre

Zo’C: The Science of Web Art, Design and Development

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:44:01 -0700

Guilherme Zühlke O’Connor Zo’C: The Science of Web Art, Design and Development There I was at Facebook, when I received a message from Guilherme of Zo’C. “Cat” he says. “Whoooh, what a big blogroll” he says. And he was right. My blogroll was tipping over and into and all over the place. “Have I got a treat for you” he says. And he was right. He did. Guilherme’s ZoC powerblogroll plugin for Wordpress improved the new design for DWB immensely. His plugin enabled me to take my honke

Cory Doctorow and his Little Brother

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:20:22 -0700

Science Fiction author and Internet Celebrity, (We should come up with a word for that. How about “Internebrity?”) Cory Doctorow has a new young adult novel on the market, Little Brother. I haven’t read it myself, but it’s getting a lot of great buzz. I can tell you that another Science Fiction author and Internebrity, John Scalzi gives it a big recommend. Below is a video clip of the two authors interviewing each other. Doctorow is an interesting case study because he’s made it a commo

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:12:06 -0700

Hooray, the clouds evaporated and so I leapt on my bike and travelled partly on the North Cheshire route of the Cheshire Cycle way to reach Latchford in Warrington. After a cup of tea and peanut butter sandwich I pushed a mower around my in-laws’ lawn, swallowed another mug of tea and headed back before the school run. A round trip of 60 miles with only a few short hills such as Dunham, Frodsham and Preston Brook. The only worrying section is around Daresbury just south of Warrington. Workmen

Keystone Cop Commando

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:08:42 -0700

Jake needs to be rescued…AGAIN! And they send Aidan because he’s got a background in retrievals. Hey Aidan did you only have only one plan? This entire situation would have been better served if Aidan sneaks in undetected in cloak of night and that there’s a big shoot out (TPTB love their violence and guns) and the two men have a dramatic escape having to hid out for several days until they can get rescued. I have to give the writers credit for looking up old history. But then that credit

Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds: Notes on the Media-Speak Disparity Between the Two

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:38:57 -0700

Yesterday on ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning show it was reported that Mindy McCready mother said Roger Clemens did not use performance-enhancing drugs because her daughter perused the former pitcher’s suitcase and didn’t see any syringes or ampules ———- or pictures of swollen butt-cheeks… Just kidding about that last one. After the report Mike and Mike co-host Mike Golic flat out laughed at the report. He turned to the other Mike - Greenberg - said something very close to, “I can’t belie

Writers Cafe - Do You Need A Second Brain? Win A Free Mac Air

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:35:06 -0700

I think a second brain would be very handy so I was intrigued to discover that you can actually have one now - at least an internet second brain. What Is Second Brain? Second Brain is a new free social content aggregator. I’m fascinated by social media and information. I’m an ideas and information collector. The trouble is there’s too much of it and more is coming every day. What to do? Well, I’ve been exploring Second Brain. Second Brain allows you to gather, organize and share your online

Just Write Blog Carnival May 9, 2008 Edition

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:31 -0700

Welcome to the May 9, 2008 edition of Just Write. We have more than a few superb links this week. Please visit them all and leave comments. Book Reviews Deborah Dera presents The Rhythm of Write » Coming Soon: Paul Kilduff’s “Ruinair”! posted at The Rhythm of Write, saying, “Paul Kilduff recently transitioned from fiction to nonfiction writing in order to compile his latest travel memoir, Ruinair! Join us as he makes a stop on his virtual blog tour to answer questions about

Studying the ‘Busy’ Aspect of Business Writing

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:27:52 -0700

Studying the ‘Busy’ Aspect of Business Writing May 9th, 2008 by sanchitas No Comments Continuing to talk about the difference between various kinds of writing, I will emphasize now on Business Writing. Business writing for many people is like a challenge. This is really not surprising as such kind of writing requires taking decisions about a large number of factors, in a conscious or an unconscious manner. Taking the literal meaning, business writing is a synopsis of the subject matter which

my twin

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:18:54 -0700

yup, i have one. but i’ve never met him in person. seriously. we were born on the same exact date. november 24, 1975! when i learned about this, i decided to PM him via myspace about a year ago and up to now, we’d email each other regarding what’s up with us, our trips, work etc. his name is thomas kohnstamm, a lonely planet author who has had a lot of unique experiences and adventures while covering different countries (mostly in south america). he decided to come up with a book containing

poetry is dead - long live poetry - longest lives the book promotion business

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:54:10 -0700

Somebody said: “Promoting a book is hard. Promoting a book of poetry is the hardest thing to do.” Nowadays it seems like even famous, dead poets have to be successful in promoting their works. Indirectly, through publishers who want to make sales. Nowadays there is also a high number of outstanding new poets, who not just keep poetry alive, but also offer new approaches to it, nurture it, reinvent it. Some of them get noticed, few of them get published, least of them get the attention they

HOW TO FANTASIZE

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:49:31 -0700

READ MY ULTIMATE MAGAZINE POST - Something posted most days - keep visiting! What’s on today: A post inspired by a Writers’ Island prompt. Have you had a go yet? … PLUS … A poem for a Sunday Scribblings prompt. A response to Friday’s Feast. A poem for Friday 5. Click Eye On the World for my current affairs. YOU KNOW IT’S THE WRITE WAY HOW TO FANTASIZE Fantasy is an unusual word. It suggests the fictitious. After all, the most crazy stories are known as fantasy – and I’m not just speaking

The Case of the Nun’s Disease

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:12 -0700

The Case of the Nun’s Disease Dr Watson laid aside his diary and read out aloud what he had written to himself to confirm that everything was as he had remembered of the case. On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wea

Glow Earrings

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:24:09 -0700

Glow Earrings Posted by admin in ring An earring is an ornament that is worn in the ear. The earrings are usually worn in ear through a piercing in the earlobe or some other external part of the ear. The clip earring is clipped onto the ear lobe. The earrings are worn by both genders, although women more commonly wear them. A glow earring is one of the wearable glow products worn onto the ear lobe. The glow earrings are the ear ornaments that glow in darkness. The glow earrings are

Are SUVs Really That Bad On Gas

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:12:03 -0700

Are SUVs Really That Bad On Gas Posted on May 9th, 2008 in Truck Parts by admin More people in the United States are complaining about gas prices than ever before. There are people trading in their large vehicles for smaller options just so they can afford to drive to work and back. However, when you think about it, are SUVs and other large vehicles really that bad on gas? The answer lies largely with the individual owner. It really depends on how much you love your car. Those SUV ow

Real Poem: Shallow Pots

Fri, 09 May 2008 01:42:36 -0700

Shallow Pots by Maddee Schrader, RTF Staff Writer, 16 So bloom! She said, Where you are planted for If not you’ll wither quick. The novelty Of being new will only shade you for So long from sun of loneliness and sighs. The soil is too hard, I whined, the ground Unyielding still. The people do not see Me; I am like a potted tree that is Not flow’ring bright for bees to see and come. I’ve been here for a year and yet I do Not belong still. This place is not for me. She looked askanc