The Seven Ps

I was actually tagged a couple of days ago by Rolando over at RPlayground for this meme. Unfortunately my procrastinitis has been acting up and I’m just now getting around to it.
I like memes that make you think about yourself and who you really are. I don’t think people do enough introspection in life. We [...]

Article Marketing: Is It Worth the Effort?

Article marketing is the act of writing short, between 500 to a 1000 word, articles and distributing them to other website owners to republish on their site for free. This form of advertisement is not new. In the offline world, business owners would write articles regarding an aspect of their industry and submit them to [...]

Grindstone Monday 08/27/07

It’s Monday already? But the weekend has just started. Oh well, time for another round of writing jobs culled from the internet.
1. Classified Intelligence is looking for a writer/analyst to contribute to a bi-weekly report and for proprietary research. Telecommuting available for the right candidate. (View Job Listing)
2. Bloggingheads.tv is looking for a managing editor [...]

How To Write A Book Review

Book reviews have been around since the first caveman painted a picture of the big hunt on the cave walls. I guarantee that there was someone just a little further down painting a review describing how they thought the plot was too thin and the characters a little stale.
As an invaluable asset for the literary [...]

I’m Good

…because this meme says so.

How evil are you?
If you only knew (bwahahahahahaha)!
Ripped off fair and square from Billion Dollar Baloney

What The…

So I have this traffic counter called Statcounter that tracks how many visits I get to my blogs. Oh and I have two other blogs besides this one that I have not formally introduced. I have this terrible habit of abandoning projects before they have a chance to actually go anywhere and I really wanted [...]

Will This Prevent Drunk Driving?

In the interest of transparency, I want to say first off that I am experimenting with a pay for posting service called TheNewsRoom. TheNewsRoom is a website that pays bloggers to post news stories on their blogs. Supposedly each time a person views the video, news story or image, you (the blogger) gets a cut [...]

Writing Prompts: Settings

Where your story takes place is just an important component as the story’s plot or the characters themselves. The story’s setting is apart of its architecture. It frames the plot in meaning and frees some of your characters strengths, brings out some of their weaknesses and draws the reader further into your story world.
A setting [...]

Grindstone Monday 08/20/07

Here is this week’s list of jobs to help you stay healthy, wealthy and wise.
1. The International Association of Nanotechnology is looking for a newsletter writer to write short articles for their bimonthly newsletter and promotional material for the company. Pay dependant upon experience. (View Job Post)
2. PC Gamer Magazine is looking for an editor [...]

Writing Prompts: Mystical Powers

This week’ writing prompts delve once again into character traits. This time we are going to explore some otherworldly gifts you can bestow onto your characters to make their lives a little more interesting.
As before, I want you to take a character that you have not thought about in a long while or even a [...]