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Posted in Getting Published, alternative income on Jul 15th, 2010
Very exciting times around here as I am ecstatic to announce that I’ve been published in a magazine for the very first time. I always wanted to write something worthy of being in a magazine, I just always imagined it would be an exposé or some piece about baseball and how awesome it is. Instead, [...]
Posted in Blogging, Getting Published, Writing on Sep 4th, 2008
After running through last month’s stats, it got me thinking about how much money is in writing. As most people know, there isn’t much unless you hit the big time. And it’s especially little when you’re starting out. According to the Department of Labor, the median writer/author makes around $48,000, but that includes copywriters and [...]
Posted in Getting Published, Writing on Apr 29th, 2008
I’ve written before about how to get your work out of the slush pile and into the literary magazines that are out there, but the current Poets & Writers has a whole bunch of great tips that apply to writers of all stripes and so I figured I would pass on the knowledge. Let me [...]
Posted in Getting Published, Jobs, Writing on Dec 10th, 2007
Another aborted book. This time it’s The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek. The first few stories weren’t bad (there was one I remember from Best American Short Stories: “Chopin in Winter,” which is great) but after Chopin it just got very boring and very slow. Makes you wonder if there’s anything to this idea [...]
