There was an article in the New York Times this week about how The Daily Beast (of Emerson is the most dangerous school in America fame) is planning to launch their own imprint with Perseus in December, called, appropriately enough, Beast Books.
The Times explains:
On a typical publishing schedule, a writer may take a year or [...]
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On Beasts
September 30th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Andrew · books · freelancing · getting published · publishing industry · This Week in Publishing
Paid Content: It’s all about the Washingtons
August 3rd, 2009 1 Comment
During my first year out of college I worked at a tutoring center, and I became well-versed in the language of academic advice for teenagers trying to get into college. One night I saw an ad online requesting articles about preparing for college. I subsequently wrote an article and received 50 dollars. “I could do [...]
Tags: blogs · Chris · Content · freelancing · Money · publishing industry
Sneaking a Peek
August 5th, 2008 4 Comments
You know you do it–whether you’re sitting shoulder to shoulder with a complete stranger on the T, or you’re hanging on to a pole for dear life, looking down on a lucky soul placidly enjoying their 12 inches of ass space. We do it because we’re human, and curiosity is in our DNA–whatever you’re [...]
Tags: freelancing · Jill · reading
Tit for Talk
July 16th, 2008 No Comments
Thanks to all for the advice about interviewing. My latest went quite well, thank you, despite scheduling it for the last possible moment.
One piece of advice I received after bemoaning my sorry interviewing skills suggested I use the element of surprise to my advantage in situations (and I’m paraphrasing here) where I knew the interviewee [...]
Tags: freelancing · Llalan · writing
This Week in Publishing and Writing: So Much News, So Little Time
July 10th, 2008 No Comments
Due to the summer vacations of many of us (or at least the ones we take in our heads), it looks like Vernacular’s Weekly Updates may scale back to bi-weekly… but never fear, dear readers, because Emersonians are ALL OVER the literary scene this month! Starting with the Southeast Review, Emerson Nonfiction MFA Alums [...]
Tags: author readings · emerson MA · emerson MFA · emerson professors · freelancing · getting published · jobs · This Week in Publishing
Smile and Nod, Smile and Nod…
July 7th, 2008 2 Comments
I like to think I’m a reasonably intelligent and articulate person. (Enough so to give you a good verbal-lashing should you choose to openly disagree with me on this point–so don’t.) However, when it comes interviewing–or hell, even setting up an interview with someone–I lose all capacity for forming complete sentences and adequately explaining who [...]
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A Friend Needing a Read is a Friend Indeed
June 27th, 2008 2 Comments
Having recently completed a book-length manuscript, I now find myself in that awkward position where so many writers have been before: how do I get someone to read it and give me feedback? I know it needs copyediting and revision. In an ideal world, those services would be provided by my agent, my editor and [...]
Tags: editing · freelancing · Joe · writing
This Week in Boston Publishing and Writing: Published!
June 23rd, 2008 No Comments
This week, several Emerson graduate students and alums have found homes for their writing in some great journals! I’m always hearing questions from fellow grad students and discussion about where and how to submit one’s writing to literary magazines, so with our news, I’ll also include submission guidelines.
Annie Cardi, current Emerson MFA student in fiction, [...]
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What could be more Boston Publishing than this?
May 28th, 2008 No Comments
So we’ve got a little inferiority complex that we’re still finding ways to manage here in Boston. We’re a city of a mere 600,000 people with the heart and ambitions of a much larger urban center. It’s a phenomenon I’ve noticed in locales the world over. If you ask a native Australian if he’s from [...]
Tags: betsy · Boston · freelancing · jobs · publishing and writing
This Week in Boston Publishing and Writing…
May 12th, 2008 No Comments
It’s been an exciting week for the graduate WLP department at Emerson! The end of the semester, end of the year party– everyone holding finals as per the Registrar’s demands– so many drinks to buy, so little time.
Speaking of drinks, here’s a freelance writing opportunity from a former Publishing and Writing student Abby Bielagus, [...]
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