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May 28, 2009
Morning Coffee: cereals and magazines
[image error]OwlKids (who publish Chickadee, Owl and Chirp magazines for young people) has partnered with General Mills for a special promo which enables buyers to get a free magazine.
The cereal company has also partnered with Transcontinental Media, so fans of Cheerios and Oatmeal Crisp can select a free issue from 12 Transcontinental media titles. Offer lasts until the end of August and is available across Canada.
Intriguing idea. I’ll have to look for one of those cereal boxes…
Note: I comb publishing news
May 26, 2009
Writers’ Cartoon Caption Contest
This week’s caption contest:
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Productive Procrastination
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Jo Knowles has a great post up about it’s sometimes okay to procrastinate.
CARTOON EMBED CODE:
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May 25, 2009
Morning Coffee
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Artisan Books is suing restaurant Tavern On The Green for allegedly reneging on a deal to buy 10,000 copies of their own book.
Speculation is heating up about a tablet coming from Apple. I hopeHOPE these rumors are true…
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CARTOON EMBED CODE:(Before embedding, see my cartoon licensing info.)
Note: I comb publishing news sites every morning for my Writersmarket.com column. Morning Coffee links to stories that don’t really fit into
May 22, 2009
Morning Coffee
As I comb my online sources for useful publishing industry news to post in my Writersmarket.com Market Watch column each morning, I often come across tidbits that don’t really qualify for my column but might be of interest to Inkygirl readers. I’ll going to start posting some from time to time.
When I first began Inkspot many years ago, I had a newsy feature called “Morning Coffee,” so I figured hey, it’s only appropriate that I use it again. Today’s Morning Coffee:
May 21, 2009
Organizing Tip: Griffin Clarifi case for the iPhone
The iPhone built-in camera isn’t the greatest at taking close-up shots, so I decided to order the Griffin Clarifi case because it has a built-in lens for taking clearer detailed close-ups.
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There’s a little sliding cover so you have the option of using the normal iPhone lens if you want. The main reason I wanted the Clarifi was for making text more readable.
Which meant that I could -search- for the text in my iPhone photos using Evernote. I am SO in love with Evernote right now, and am leaning hea
Getting your work critiqued at Review Fuse
For those who haven’t yet found the right critique group or want more critiquing, you may want to check out Review Fuse. You can specify whether you want your submissions public or private. The basic membership is free. A Premium membership is $49.95/year, with extras included topic-focused groups, unlimited uploads, smaller number of review commitments, and other features.
Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs
Harmless Fraud
I’m doing some much-needed catch-up and purging of my public e-mail box this morning, and have culled 1496 e-mails down to 400 so far. I’ve been researching various ways that people have of keeping their e-mail to manageable levels, and would love to hear about any of YOUR successful strategies.
Anyway, just came across a post from Cormac Barry about his new (well, it was new when he sent the e-mail) blog, Harmless Fraud. I’m adding this to my Google Reader blog list. Not only is it entertainin
May 14, 2009
In search of an original plot…
For you fiction writers out there, I’ve posted in the MiG Writers’ website: Are there any original plots left?
