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when the first writer and first editor met

by Mary Ann on January 25, 2010

Here’s what happened.

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Grammar Nerd Corrective Label Pack

by Mary Ann on November 23, 2009

via   [Temple of Commerce]

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Book Marketing Plan

by Mary Ann on October 16, 2009

“If you already have a blog, make sure you spray-feed your URL in niblets open-face to the skein. We like Reddit bites (they’re better than Delicious), because they max out the wiki snarls of RSS feeds, which means less jamming at the Google scaffold.”  [via The New Yorker]

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creative writing online

by Mary Ann on August 4, 2009

Here’s another way people are exercising their creative writing skills and getting exposure online. Scroll down to the reviews.

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Rules for Writing Fiction

by Mary Ann on July 14, 2009

Steve Hely needed to know how to write very well in order to write as miserably as he does in “How I Became a Famous Novelist.” In a satirical novel that is a gag-packed assault on fictitious best-selling fiction, Mr. Hely, who has been a writer for David Letterman and “American Dad,” [...]

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delicious irony

by Mary Ann on June 24, 2009

Pushing the English-only agenda under a misspelled banner.

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Ghost Writer (1953)

by Mary Ann on June 20, 2009

From the Internet Archive: “What happens when an unknown writer faces the choice between a brilliant career and the loss of his wife?” And while the problem of how to make money by writing persists, when did writers who work at home stop wearing ties?

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More Lightbulb Jokes

by Mary Ann on May 20, 2009

Just a few days ago, I posted an ancient writer lightbulb joke, and today I came across a  cache of publishing lightbulb jokes. And heh, some of ‘em are even funny.

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Publishing, the Musical

by Mary Ann on May 10, 2009

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Ten. One to change it and nine to say, "I could have done that."

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