Jun
7
Keep your copyrights
June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Thanks to John Montgomery for forwarding this announcement from the American Society of Media Photographers, which also happens to be a great organization for other media professionals (writers):
“The Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts at Columbia University has launched a website, www.keepyourcopyrights.org, designed to aid artists in understanding contracts and how to interpret them. It’s pretty cool. The Center has some sample contracts, but it would like to show more. You are invited to send your favorite (or most-hated) examples. The Center will post them on the website, alongside explanations of the legal terminology. Of course, all sensitive information such as names, addresses, and dollar amounts will be removed first.
Jun
7
Pology Launches New Online Travel Community
June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
“Dear Friends, I am really excited to announce that Pology has launched a new travel-centric social network that allows users to share their travel photos, blog about their experiences, trade tips in discussion forums, and connect with other people living (and traveling) in their areas.
“Go to http://pology.ning.com or just go to pology.com and click on the ‘community’ tab on the main menu. Our social network is brand new, so it might take a little time before we have enough users for the social aspects to reach critical mass, but you can help to get everything started by signing up (it’s free), poking around the site,creating a profile, sharing your travel stories/pictures, starting discussion topics, and telling your friends!
Jun
7
Writing contests
June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Thanks to Gail Flynn for passing along this information about a Yahoo! Group listing all kinds of writing contests.
Jun
7
Looking for women travel writers
June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Thanks to Gayle Keck for passing along this info from Duffie Books:
We are a new small publishing company that publishes e-books and pod books. We are looking for writers or authors who are women who have experience traveling on their own, and would like to write their experiences. Whether it be a guide, how to, do it yourself, personal story, travel journal etc.
Our focus is empowering women to feel safe, able and encouraged to travel on their own. We want to give them the information they need to be prepared and have fun along the way.
Jun
7
Free 411 from Google
June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Thanks to Jim Mannix for this info: Click here to watch a quick video showing how you can find and connect with local businesses for free from your phone by calling 1-800-GOOG-411. You do have to know where you are (city and state, or zip code) for it to work. Very cool.
Jan
13
Book Expo America
January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
| May 29, 2008 | to | June 1, 2008 |
BEA 2008 will be at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 29 – June 1. New for 2008:
- New Title Bookstore — With over 1500 titles and 1000 authors and publishers — be sure not to miss it!
- Expanded and comprehensive podcast program including industry events and streaming video. An interactive component to BEA to enhance and expand dissemination beyond the show dates — a BEA without walls!
- and more….
Dec
11
Writers’ Workshop in Puglia, Italy
December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
| June 15, 2008 12:00 am | to | June 24, 2008 12:00 am |
Ten-day intensive writers’ workshop in the heel of the boot, June 15-24, 2008. Writers will stay in Alberobello in authentic trullis – the architecturally unique traditional cone-roofed houses of the central region of Puglia. We will take day trips to the white cities of Martina Franca, Ostuni, Locorotondo and the baroque city of Lecce; grotto dwellings of Matera; medieval forts of Castello di Monti and Svevo; prehistoric cave paintings of Grotte di Cervi; thermal baths of Santa Cesarea; Greco-Roman archeological sites; and a boat trip to view mussel farms near Taranto.
Writing emphasis will be on non-fiction, creative non-fiction and personal essays.
The workshops will include: