Earlier this month, on the National Writers Union book forum, I wrote that that all blog tours seemed to be expensive scams. I was mistaken: Sue Katz author of Lillian’s Last Affair, available on Amazon, responded that she was participating in a writer-organized Writing Process Blog Tour that is no scam; nor does it involve […]
Several years ago, when I sat on the diversity committee of the National Writers Union, we asked anyone attending our caucus to introduce him or herself as either a “person of color,” an LGBT person, a person with a disability — or an ally of one or all of the above. I happily introduced myself […]
If you write for love, if you write for money, if you write for both, you need to be a member of the National Writers Union (ww.nwu.org) and our Boston Chapter (www.nwuboston.org). You can get advice on negotiating fair terms for your written work (free contract reviews). When a publisher or other employer doesn’t meet […]
Howard Zinn died Wednesday, January 26, 2010. When I think about why Zinn is so important to me, I think of how he often describes his own experience, his own complicity, his own gradual understanding of “what’s going on” (eg as WWII Air Force bomber, bombing people he couldn’t see, including the first napalm drops […]
You’ll probably get a go-ahead for an article by phone. Make sure you ask — is this an assignment, or will I be writing on speculation? If it’s an assignment, you’ll want to know, before you get off the phone,
