Comments on: Being A Writer

By: Blesson babu

Blesson babu — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 06:07:19 +0000

In reply to Pri. Yeah i'm totally agree with that point.

By: GISELA HAUSMANN

GISELA HAUSMANN — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:39:21 +0000

Dear Derek,
sadly, that’s just how the world is these days and writers aren’t the only ones who got hit. I have a friend who used to be the supervisor of the cosmetics department at a big department store chain. By her own account she made “seriously good money”” to train new employees making female customers feel like queens when they purchased cosmetics products for hundreds of dollars. Needless to say Amazon and other ecommerce store are taking a huge chunk out of that business.
Jobs like cosmetics department supervisor were done away with and “the girls” were replaced by independent contractors. My friend is lucky to make $10.00 per hour as an “associate.”
Throughout all industries corporate structure are trying to automatize processes and turning all of us into “independent contractors.”

By: Germaine

Germaine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:35:56 +0000

If you intend to develop prose fiction writing skills, then read the King James Bible, cover to cover, and look up all the words that you cannot understand. This is not to recommend reading any Bible, but very specifically the King James Version. You will acquire an ear for the basic phrases and structures of the English language as they developed at the time when Modern English came into being.

By: Mark Sanderson

Mark Sanderson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:02:21 +0000

Great article. It’s a brave new world, but I’m not sure if I like it. I see Hemingway there drinking with the best of them. Writers are a strange breed and we’d have it no other way! Cheers!