EBSCOhost: The Silver Pen: Starting a Profitable Writing Business from a Lifetime of E...
Based on the idea that older adults have built up a wealth of knowledge during their lifetimes, this guide discusses how to build a profitable business from such knowledge through feature writing, ghost writing, public relations writing, and grant writing. The guide is aimed at the person who has a lifetime of experience in a business, trade, profession, hobby, or volunteer activity and wants an interesting, dignified, and low-risk method of converting knowledge into income. It shows how to set up a writing business in a field of interest--the perfect service business for the "post-employed" person. In simple language, the guide presents background information, such as how to set up an office and buy a computer; finding the right niche; getting customers; running a mini-writing business; and making money
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
THE BRITS HAVE A WORD FOR IT
THE BRITS HAVE A WORD FOR IT
When in Britain with 1-year old Chloe, she lived on Bangers and Mash...
Ireland, the buggy didn't make it into the boot, ended up buying one more buggy in Ireland and one in London - check out "3 Strollers and a Baby" on the travels/lifelong learning blog... Biscuits are cookies, scones are more like baking powder biscuits...
Car hire, roundabout, scones, and more in Ireland - "Treasures of the Bog."
When in Britain with 1-year old Chloe, she lived on Bangers and Mash...
Ireland, the buggy didn't make it into the boot, ended up buying one more buggy in Ireland and one in London - check out "3 Strollers and a Baby" on the travels/lifelong learning blog... Biscuits are cookies, scones are more like baking powder biscuits...
Car hire, roundabout, scones, and more in Ireland - "Treasures of the Bog."
Guide to Literary Agents - WordCount
Guide to Literary Agents - WordCount
60,000 Youth Books
YOUNG ADULT
Perhaps more than any other, YA is the one category where word count is very flexible.
For starters, 55,000 - 69,999 is a great range.
The word round the agent blogosphere is that these books tend to trending longer, saying that you can top in the 80Ks. However, this progression is still in motion and, personally, I'm not sure about this. I would say you're playing with fire the higher you go. When it gets into the 70s, you may be all right—but you have to have a reason for going that high. Again, higher word counts usually mean that the writer does not know how to edit themselves.
A good reason to have a longer YA novel that tops out at the high end of the scale is if it's science fiction or fantasy. Once again, these categories are expected to be a little longer because of the world-building.
Concerning the low end, below 55K could be all right but I wouldn't drop much below about 47K.
30,000 - Riddle of the Great Seal
30,000 - Treasures of the Bog
60,000 Youth Books
YOUNG ADULT
Perhaps more than any other, YA is the one category where word count is very flexible.
For starters, 55,000 - 69,999 is a great range.
The word round the agent blogosphere is that these books tend to trending longer, saying that you can top in the 80Ks. However, this progression is still in motion and, personally, I'm not sure about this. I would say you're playing with fire the higher you go. When it gets into the 70s, you may be all right—but you have to have a reason for going that high. Again, higher word counts usually mean that the writer does not know how to edit themselves.
A good reason to have a longer YA novel that tops out at the high end of the scale is if it's science fiction or fantasy. Once again, these categories are expected to be a little longer because of the world-building.
Concerning the low end, below 55K could be all right but I wouldn't drop much below about 47K.
30,000 - Riddle of the Great Seal
30,000 - Treasures of the Bog
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
A history of Ireland in 100 objects/ 4000 year old necklace
A history of Ireland in 100 objects
A 4,000 year old gold necklace is found in a dumpster in Dublin....
I wrote a fiction story for 10 - 12-year olds to young teens called "Treasures of the Bog" about the necklace / gold collar or lunula - small moon....
A 4,000 year old gold necklace is found in a dumpster in Dublin....
I wrote a fiction story for 10 - 12-year olds to young teens called "Treasures of the Bog" about the necklace / gold collar or lunula - small moon....
Thursday, April 14, 2011
PhilaPlace - Washington Avenue Steamship Landing and Immigration station
PhilaPlace - Washington Avenue Steamship Landing and Immigration station
Lazaretto, Immigration station in Philadelphia - 1799 - 1893
Opened after yellow fever epidemics occured in Philadelphia...
Between the 1870s and 1915, tens of thousands of primarily eastern and southern European immigrants disembarked at Washington Avenue piers from steamships departing from ports in Britain, France, Germany, Holland, and Italy. Those who stayed settled in the nearby waterfront neighborhoods like Southwark, Moyamensing, Northern Liberties, Port Richmond, and Kensington that offered available jobs and affordable housing. But thousands of other boarded Pennsylvania Railroad trains to Pittsburgh, Chicago, and beyond.
Started docking in 1873, but docked first at Lazaretto; Penn Railway Station receives the increasing number of immigrants. 1870 -1915 thousands take the railroad for Pittsburg, Chicago and further....
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