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Category Archives: Editing
Faulty Plug-ins and Fiction Editing
A faulty plug-in crashed my site and left it a total wreck. It was awful, but all is fine now. In the intervening period, I’ve been editing a short story collection from a Canadian writer that’s set in the area … Continue reading
I Have a New Short-Short Fiction Piece on Wigleaf
I have a short fiction piece in the latest issue of Wigleaf. Wigleaf is one of the top journals of super-short fiction (fiction of the very sort that Guernica, by the way, does not usually run). I love Wigleaf—the stuff … Continue reading
Is SEO D.O.A.?
In a posting for PaidContent, Ben Elowitz writes that SEO is dead–killed by by “SMO,” or Social Media Optimization. He says readers are now going to content sites, not because of a search, but because of a link provided by … Continue reading
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Book Party for E.C. Osondu’s Voice of America in NYC
Where The Gallery Bar, 120 Orchard St, New York, NY When Tuesday, November 2, 7–9 p.m. E.C. Osondu I picked his story, “Waiting” out of the slush pile. It went on to win the 2009 Caine Prize, Africa’s leading literary … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Editing, Guernica, Guernica Magazine
Tagged editing, Fiction Editor, Guernica, Guernica Magazine
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Stupid Tricks Don’t Bring the Clicks
Using data from the most popular newspapers out there, a group called Perfect Market is saying that while stupid articles about trash personalities such as Lindsay Lohan generate traffic, they don’t bring in the money for the websites involved. Perhaps … Continue reading
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New Fiction on Guernica: Ethel Rohan
We’re going with two short-short pieces by Ethel Rohan. They’re sort-of, kind-of, about leaving and returning to Ireland. We don’t normally run micro-fiction, but I had to go with it, this time. Ethel was raised in Ireland and now lives … Continue reading
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New Fiction on Guernica
I’m not sure how many fiction pieces I’ve edited at Guernica–maybe about 100 (an exhausting thing to contemplate). This week, we have Leora Skolkin-Smith’s short story, “The Fragile Mistress,” which is an excerpt from the novel of the same name. … Continue reading
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Writing: Should You Outline First?
I just ran across this piece by Nancy Rawlinson (who is a contributing editor at Guernica ) on the outlining debate. She says that yes, you should. You should outline your fiction. I have to admit that I sometimes do, … Continue reading
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Procrastination is:
Procrastination hits us in so many ways. Writers probably get hit with it worse than others. Or maybe we just worry about it more. I’ve many deadlines today, so after watching this video, I’ll have to move on . . … Continue reading
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Tagged "The War of Art", Novel, Procastination, writing
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Advice: 10 Tips for Writers
Janet Fitch author of the novels White Oleander and Paint it Black has some advice for writers, whether they write fiction or nonfiction (although the advice is directed at fiction writers). Many of these tips were already given to me … Continue reading
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Tagged copywriter, Copywriting, Fiction, Ghostwriting, rewriting, writing, Writing Advice
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My Posted Clips
Just moved into my new site, meakinarmstrong.com. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Copywriting, Editing, Fiction, New Clips, Short Story by Meakin Armstrong, Writing, Writing Samples
Tagged By Meakin Armstrong, copywriter, Copywriting, Fiction, Ghostwriting, My clips, nonfiction, SEO, Website
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Will Bad Newsgathering Outlast Good Papers?
Newsonomics has a piece on its blog comparing Patch.com news report with one in the Contra Costa Times. Contra Costa has better reporting. But Patch had more interaction with its readers. It also had better SEO and was listed higher … Continue reading
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Still Working on This Site
It’s a slow process, but I’m putting PDFs of my clips onto this site. Click on “Editorial Clips” for my freelance writing/journalism and “Copywriter” for my ad-driven writing. Eventually, I’ll also have my all of my fiction up, and information … Continue reading
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Tagged By Meakin Armstrong, Copywriting, Fiction, Ghostwriting, Journalism, SEO, writing
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Sunday Salon: How It Went
That reading was one of my best. I read a short story I’ve been working on, “Burning From the Inside.” I’m glad it worked in front of a live audience. Supposedly the reading will be on YouTube at some point.
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Tagged By Meakin Armstrong, Fiction, Public Reading, reading, writing
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Reading: Sunday Salon, June 13th
This Sunday June 13th at 7 pm, I’ll be reading a a new draft of a short story I’ve been working on at Sunday Salon. Continue reading