I just finished surfing the net — G-d only knows if there is a new expression for that now. That statement reflects how I feel at this moment. I read an article in the Times today about branding. Yuck. And, I was looking through the help wanted section of my local paper. There was an [...]
Archive for March, 2009
The business of writing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged branding, business, feelings, IT, knowledge, life's challenges, work, writing, writing for a living on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Writing to inform
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been working on a piece about hormone replacement therapy. How distressing to learn that once again the FDA has abandoned its obligation to protect the consumer and not the manufacturers. In this case, the pharmaceutical companies. Presently, there is a strident campaign against bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. The basis for this campaign is [...]
Bidding on work
Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I went to a few freelance writing sites to see what was happening there. I experienced two things. First, one must pay to join most of them and second, bidding includes people from all over the world. I believe I stumbled upon a scam. I applied for a job and received an e-mail telling [...]