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Tag Archives: writing
Coming Up: A Guest Editor Gig
I just finished a guest-edit of a magazine and it’s got some of my best nonfiction writing in it. And the people I got to also write? Wow. The magazine comes out in December. Hint: the magazine is concerned with art and … Continue reading
New York: I Still Love You Best
No one who was in New York on 9/11 will ever forget that day. I still well up when I think of the firefighters a few doors down from me and how they lost half of their crew. Even now, … Continue reading
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Blogging Again for The Atlantic
I’ve been working on a sponsored blog for The Atlantic, where I find links, write, edit, and so on. I’ve been finding out about such topics as cloud computing. The experience reminds me of my first job: I was an … 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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Tagged copywriter, Copywriting, SEO, writing
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Blogging for The Atlantic
As I’d noted earlier, I’ll be writing an occasional blog for The Atlantic on business trends. The link is here and it’ll be updated on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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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Tagged copywriter, Copywriting, Journalism, writing
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Ask Me Anything About Bourbon
I just rewrote the entire website for an ultra-premium bourbon company. I wrote thousands of words and did a lot of research on bourbon, its history, and the proper way to drink it. Now, I know a great deal more … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, copywriter, Copywriting, Freelance Writing, writing
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Writing on Deadline, Using Google Maps
Under deadline, there just isn’t time to be uninspired. I’m writing a dynamic, online piece that’s about some 25 restaurants in six different cities. Aimed at the business traveler, it uses Flash and it’s all linked to Google Maps. When … Continue reading
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Tagged Copywriting, Factiva, Google, Nexis, Travel Writing, writing
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Reading in Union Sq Today
Park-Lit has a simple concept: writers read from their work, outside, in a public park. Today at 6:30 on the 21st, Guernica (in association with Park-Lit and Open City magazine) will be having a reading in Union Square Park. (On … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiction, Guernica, nonfiction, Public Reading, writing
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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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Tagged copywriter, Copywriting, Fiction, Novel, SEO, writing
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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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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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Tagged copywriter, Copywriting, Ghostwriting, Journalism, SEO, writing
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Study: No Matter What, People Want an iPad
Jakob Nielsen just released a report concluding it’s faster to read on plain old paper, than an e-reader. And it’s faster to read on an iPad than a Kindle. However. . . people would rather read on an iPad, no … Continue reading
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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