by Kelly | Sep 1, 2009 | Living in California, Writing Life
And you thought you were having a bad day? FedEx dropped off a lovely square, heavy package for me yesterday. The package screamed “BOOK”, and sure enough it was a review copy of something called A Separate Country, by Robert Hicks. Mr. Hicks, I have...
by Kelly | Aug 31, 2009 | Living in California, Writing Life
I just received a scary yellow envelope in the mail, with big black words emblazoned across the top: PLEASE USE STAMPS INSIDE AND OPEN AT ONCE! Fear not – it’s just from New York Magazine. When I joined MediaBistro four years ago, every year I’d get...
by Kelly | Aug 30, 2009 | Writing Life
… or so say Ellora’s Cave. At least I think that’s what they say. I applied for a copy editing position for Ellora’s Cave – a site that publishes romance fiction and various forms of erotic fiction. As part of my application I was asked...
by Kelly | Aug 30, 2009 | Fear & Frazzle, Writing Life
Ah, the Interweb. The bane of my existence. Love it or loathe it, few of us can live without it, and I pretty much make my living on it. Writing, editing, researching, it’s all done on my MacBook, and thanks to brilliant techie geeks who somehow know how to get...
by Kelly | Aug 28, 2009 | Living in California, Writing Life
My article on an amazing LA non-profit that provides free legal assistance to all who are needy (and these days we all are), is now up on The Jerusalem Post. Bet Tzedek is an extraordinary institution that has helped thousands of people over the years. Give it up for...
by Kelly | Aug 28, 2009 | Writing Life
Thanks to my dear friend Yael Unterman, I have been introduced to CRWROPPS-B – aka – Creative Writers Opportunities List – a Yahoo Group that “posts calls for submissions and contest information for writers of poetry, fiction, and creative...
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