TEAL is the Word Ya Hurd
Posted on April 6, 2008 - Filed Under VA/DC/MD Happenings, Writing/Editing, Publishing, On the Road | 1 Comment
My good friend Jeff Deck was in need of a road trip full of awesome experiences to write about while waiting for entry to an MFA program, so he took off across the country hunting down typos and correcting them. Starting in Boston, Jeff swung through the DC area where my husband and I took […]
Read More..>>The Scuppie Manifesto
Posted on March 7, 2008 - Filed Under Mother Nature, Writing/Editing, Publishing | 1 Comment
So this isn’t my own coined term, but I’m all about manifestos and this one is pretty cool. The Scuppie (socially conscious upwardly mobile person) being referred to is a combination of yuppie and hippie culture, or basically hippies with money that still want to do good while looking good. Everywhere the word Scuppie is […]
Read More..>>Finding Free Public Domain Books
Posted on January 11, 2008 - Filed Under Publishing | Leave a Comment
I read a great post on Lifehacker today about many services that act as a liaison for managing lists of books and other published materials that are in the public domain. This is great news for those wanting certain materials that cost an arm and a leg. You can easily go to the sites listed […]
Read More..>>DC Reads at the 5th Place Level
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under VA/DC/MD Happenings, Publishing | Leave a Comment
One would hope that our nation’s capital has some of the most literate people even though passed policies often create another perception. But lucky us, DC comes in 5th as the United States’ most literate city.
LiveScience published their report today placing Minneapolis and Seattle at the top of the list with St. Louis coming in […]
Wall St. Journal Making Online Access Free
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under Finance, Publishing | Leave a Comment
This is huge news in the publishing arena! One of the last successful newspaper-based publications that has dodged the profitability decline, like many other online newspapers, is saying goodbye to their membership-only website model. The Associated Press reported today that Rupert Murdoch decided he would rather not limit the readership of the journal and rely […]
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