Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers

As digital cameras become more affordable, writers are starting to supplement their written pieces with photographs. Those of you out there who take your own photos as well as those who use other people’s photos or images may want to read this Washington Post article.
And here’s a related thought-provoking article:
Copyright, fair use and the struggle [...]

From Inkygirl archives:

Durant Imboden’s Writing.org is packed with useful advice and articles for writers, especially those new to the field. Durant promises no ads or promotional pitches. “The goal is to help you break into the writing business and avoid being victimized by scam artists.”

From the Inkygirl archives:

O’Reilly Radar’s Tim O’Reilly has a great post about the tradeoffs in making content freely available online. “We find that making a book freely available can help visibility and sales of a book on a little-known topic, but for a well-known topic or author, who benefits little from the additional exposure (like [...]

Back in June, I was invited to answer a survey about what blogging means to me, and was told that my answer would be posted in someone else’s blog. Curious, I checked out the person’s blog and read the following disclaimer which is posted at the bottom of each page in the blog (I’ve replaced [...]

After posting Part 1 on this topic, I’ve been doing more research about the “Is it right to ’steal’ content via RSS feed” debate. At one end of the spectrum, some feel that since the purpose of RSS feeds is to share content, then it’s perfect fine to republish someone’s content in its entirety on [...]

I’m writing this post in response to the recent controversy over on Deborah Ng’s Freelance Writing Job blog (an excellent resource for writers, by the way).