Justice Department, Megaupload and Anonymous… what happened and why?

So, by now most people know that on Thursday the leaders of Megaupload were arrested by New Zealand authorities acting on request of the United States Justice Department, and that persons swayed the decentralized group that identifies itself as Anonymous to launch multiple retributions against a variety of targets that included the Justice Department website, [...]

Is it true that even bad press is good?

If you are a business owner, then the last thing you want to see is a negative review of your business. It feels terrible. Trust me, I know, I am a writer.

It seems to me that writers take criticism better than many others. Perhaps we just have thicker skins? Or maybe we have been [...]

Rebuilding

I’ve had a long series of ups and downs, as anyone that has watched my websites has likely noticed. It has been a nasty battle with depression that has, for far too long, caused me to experience failure after failure in trying to get my work back up to the level that it was in [...]

The importance of proofreading everything

Proofread, proofread, proofread.

It might seem like a tired old bit of advice, particularly in this age of computers with spell checkers built into everything including the Internet browser programs, but nothing beats good old fashioned spell checking by hand to make sure that you have everything looking right. And, if you are not a [...]

Can’t we all just get along? Freelancing Friends

I was reviewing article titles on my Google Reader a few minutes ago when my attention was caught by a Forbes post from Susannah Breslin: Dear Pink Slipped: Can Freelancers Be Friends?

I can see the perspective of the questioner, identified as “Freelance Friend Finder”, in their ability to locate work being somewhat limited. There is [...]