UPDATE: Jan. 18, 2022, 3:00 p.m. EST The Apple Watch Series 7 is back to its lowest price ever. Check it out, along with more deals from across the Apple universe. BEST MAC DEAL: The MacBook Pro (M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) is one of the best all-around Macs — $1,199.99 $1,299.99 (save $100) BEST REFURBISHED […]
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You’ve been trying to crack the code for getting a literary agent’s attention, whether in a query or a face-to-face meeting, right? You’ve been searching high and low for the secret to making an agent sit up and say “Wow!” Well, since I’m in a good mood, I’m going to risk ostracism from my colleagues […]
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Time- and sanity-saving tips to edit and format like a proPhoto by Markus Winkler on Unsplash There’s folklore about the author who names a character Will and then decides in the final draft to rename him, using find/replace, only to end up with sentences like ‘I Harold get to that tomorrow.’ Or, worse, ‘I lost all my […]
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“There’s no such thing as a coincidence,” they say, yet many little moments we encounter every day just seem more like happy (or unhappy) accidents rather than anything else. Especially if you have an eye for these things like Edas Wong. Nothing escapes the lens of this photographer when he goes out on the streets. […]
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Would you consider yourself a pantser or a planner? No matter what you write, there are those who approach their projects with a plan, and those who prefer flying the seat of their pants. Most writers are somewhere in between. They like knowing where they’re heading, and would rather not have another staredown with the […]
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In March of 1962 five Florida teens went on a 7ft Air Force raft to skindive and explore the semi-submerged shipwreck the USS Massachusetts, which sits on a sandbar about 2 miles from shore in the Gulf of Mexico. Only one boy returned. The survivor, Brian McCleary, was 16 at the time and his account […]
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This column is excerpted from Create Your Writer Platform, from Writer’s Digest Books. Article writing can be great for your career as a writer: nothing bad can come from writers trying to sell content to magazines, newspapers and websites. Think about it. Selling articles ups your credentials and credibility; it gives you something awesome to […]
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Writing courses are great, but one-on-one feedback can propel your writing forward fasterPhoto by John Schnobrich on Unsplash An excellent writing course is packed full of resources that will help develop your craft. And just like a battered copy of Stephen Kings On Writing, a great writing course takes you through the writing process from start to finish. […]
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Or, getting curious about a year instead of trying to mold it against its willPhoto by Alin Rusu on Unsplash I don’t know about you, but the last two years have taken the (false) feeling I had of being on solid ground and replaced it with, well, balancing a hundred feet in the air on the ledge […]
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TL;DR: The Instoried AI Content Checker: Lifetime Subscription is just $39 at the Mashable Shop as of Jan. 1. Anyone can write content for their business. But not everyone can write good content that actually converts. Injecting a little soul and feeling into your writing can go a long way in persuading folks to click […]
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