Writing and Publishing News

I’m still aflutter with activity and events this week. After a good Los Angeles Times Book Festival event over the weekend, I dove right into a consultation with an author and landed a new long-term client. Last night, I helped teach a writers’ workshop. I spoke on the art of and the necessity of research [...]

Today, I sent out the second lecture and assignment for my online article-writing course. It’s not too late to sign on and catch up. http://www.matilijapress.com/course_magarticles.htm I also teach online courses on demand (sign up when you’re ready to take the course) on writing a book proposal, book promotion and setting up your own publishing [...]

I’m back from the big Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. SPAWN had a large booth where some of our members displayed and sold their books to a crowd of around 150,000. (SPAWN is Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network) http://www.spawn.org
People came out to the festival, which was held at UCLA, despite the [...]

I’m back from the big Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. SPAWN had a large booth where some of our members displayed and sold their books to a crowd of around 150,000. (SPAWN is Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network) http://www.spawn.org
People came out to the festival, which was held at UCLA, despite the [...]

I’m a little late getting the blog up this morning because I’ve been on the air. Yes, I recorded a podcast for Philip Harris over at the author promotion site, Author’s On the Net http://www.authorsonthenet.com
I’ll let you know when it goes live. How does this work? I just chatted with Philip and answered some [...]

My Freelance Article Writing Course is in full swing. The first lecture and lesson was presented yesterday. It’s not too late to join in. http://www.matilijapress.com/course_magarticles.htm
One student asked about finding online writing work, so I did some research and came up with a few resources for online writing as well as print magazine writing. [...]

Peter Bowerman, of Well Fed Writer-fame, has a new blog and it’s getting a lot of attention. He allows comments and he gets a lot of them. Check it out at http://www.wellfedwriter.com/blog
I would like to allow comments here. I did for quite a while, but I was so busy deleting spam all the [...]

My online article-writing course starts today. I’m excited. I enjoy working with budding freelance writers who are seeking direction, guidance, discipline, tools and skills toward a career as a freelance article writer or to supplement their income or promote their books.
The 6-week course starts today (April 22, 2008). If you’re reading this even during [...]

Those Annoying Spam Filters
Don’t spam filters drive you batty? I think I dislike spam filters more than I dislike spam—and that’s a lot. No, I’m not a spammer. The reason why I hate the filter programs is because they interfere with the transmission of legitimate email. Because you don’t want to bother with deleting [...]

Well, I witnessed it with my own eyes—what appears, from every angle, to have been a successful book launch.
Virginia Lawrence, Executive Director of SPAWN, and I attended Diana Zimmerman’s book launch event at Storyopolis, yesterday. Storyopolis is a magnificent store filled with books and art projects for kids. If you live in Southern California and [...]