Worried about scams?

I was just reading Jenna Glatzer's blog: Hot Diggity, found here . She's received and passed on the Courageous Blogging Award to Ann Crispin and Victoria Strauss, who are experts at hunting down scams and protecting authors.

Be sure to check out their Writers Beware blog here. We can never be too careful with our written word. After all, a lot of sweat, blood, and heart goes into pouring our thoughts and our very soul onto paper.

Stay safe writing the cyber highway!

Finished....

I just finished reading Jenna Glatzer's book, Make a REAL LIVING as a Freelance Writer, and I must say that it was money well spent--very well spent. I enjoyed her style and voice and she's very encouraging and is a great teacher. That said. Get the book!!!

As I was reading the last few pages, though, it "dawned on me" that I am literally sitting on a fabulous story for a magazine. I can't imagine why on earth I hadn't thought to query a magazine about this topic. It's just insane that I've been letting this hot story burn up right beneath my nose!

Sometimes I don't think we realize what type of stories are breathing all around us, just sitting and waiting to be grabbed up and written about. Maybe it just doesn't sink in or something. I'm glad I finally realized it though. I'm off to write a query!

Keep writing the cyber highway!

The Street-Smart Writer

Woo hoo! Today, I got the last of the new books I've ordered recently: The Street-Smart Writer Self-Defense Against Sharks and Scams in the Writing World, by Jenna Glatzer and Daniel Steven.

I'm really excited about studying this book! I have lots of reading to do, though, so it will take me a while. I think this is a great book for anyone wanting to write and get published.

Keep writing the cyber highway!

Assignments

I'm really enjoying Jenna Glatzer's approach to freelance writing in her book, Make a REAL LIVING as a Freelance Writer.

Already, my mind is racing like crazy with all kinds of ideas for new stories. Be sure to check out her website as well: http://jennaglatzer.com/ and her blog: http://jennaglatzer.blogspot.com/.

Anyways, I'm thinking, "Why haven't I considered writing about that before?!" Things from our childhood or past, things we've forgotten ever even happened.... Jenna makes you think with these exercises and I'm sure I'll write on a bigger variety of topics because of it.

Get this book!