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mag7wrimoAs Dail said yesterday - Mag 7 Daybook's Bingo had it's first bingo yesterday - but that doesn't mean the bingoing is over! If you want to play, come on over and get a card. Our theoretical deadline for posting is the end of the year, but we all know that no good writing goes unappreciated!
On another note, a friend of mine sent me this link to an article about a professional writer who is giving it all up to go into a different full-time profession, teaching chemistry (huh?). Here's an excerpt that I found particularly interesting:
"But – cautionary tale alert! – the writer's life isn't what it could be. For starters, packing in the day job can be a mistake. Swainston says: "Writers have to have something as well as writing, something which feeds back into their work and makes it meaningful." She references the 19th-century Scottish writer and reformer Samuel Smiles. "He said that if you are going to be an artist, you should have a job as well, so that you're not relying on your art to pay your bills. If we don't have external influences ..." she pauses, "well, look at Stephen King. All his characters seem to be writers.""
And - one last little thing for those of you who may not yet have seen it: Strunk and White do slash. *g* When you finish reading the dialogue, hold your cursor over the image and read the 'note'. *G*
On another note, a friend of mine sent me this link to an article about a professional writer who is giving it all up to go into a different full-time profession, teaching chemistry (huh?). Here's an excerpt that I found particularly interesting:
"But – cautionary tale alert! – the writer's life isn't what it could be. For starters, packing in the day job can be a mistake. Swainston says: "Writers have to have something as well as writing, something which feeds back into their work and makes it meaningful." She references the 19th-century Scottish writer and reformer Samuel Smiles. "He said that if you are going to be an artist, you should have a job as well, so that you're not relying on your art to pay your bills. If we don't have external influences ..." she pauses, "well, look at Stephen King. All his characters seem to be writers.""
And - one last little thing for those of you who may not yet have seen it: Strunk and White do slash. *g* When you finish reading the dialogue, hold your cursor over the image and read the 'note'. *G*