Lessons You Can Only Learn After Writing An Album: Brigade Share Their Newfound Wisdom On The Process
Creating the first album is a massive milestone in any artist or group’s career. But once the feat is accomplished, many doors are opened for their career. Tours, bookings, sync placements, and more are all possible once you have released the comprehensive body of work that an album entails. Releasing an album seems like the […]
Writers, Editors, Interns Needed
Our dedicated small staff has initiated a number of new news beats these last few months, and we are now seeking community oriented people that would like to consider joining our team. Some of our positions require newspaper and magazine experience, and others only require a keen interest in the beat being covered. CITY EDITOR/REPORTER: […]
Writer Kiese Laymon receives a MacArthur Fellowship
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with writer Kiese Laymon about what receiving a MacArthur Fellowship means to him and who shapes his writing. Click here to view original web page at Writer Kiese Laymon receives a MacArthur Fellowship
Dear Craig Finn: here are some women writers you should read.
Craig Finn is the lead singer of a band called The Hold Steady and I have always loved his songwriting. Finn is something like a poet laureate of Midwestern malaise, extracting tragicomic pathos from a particular kind of exurban fuckery that speaks to my southern Ontario upbringing. So many of Finn’s songs are like perfectly […]
Get 20% off screen protector that makes writing on iPad feel like paper
Write or draw like it’s real paper with this iPad screen protector. Photo: SwitchEasy If you’re like me, you love your iPad for its many uses and its portability. And an Apple Pencil is fun to use for both writing and drawing on the tablet. But wouldn’t it be more rewarding if it felt more […]
Edward Zuckerman On Writing the Funny Episodes of “Law & Order”
Oddly, I was known in-house as writing the funny episodes of “Law & Order.” That show (the original “Law & Order”) was well-regarded and festooned with awards and praise, but it was definitely not considered a laugh riot. But I couldn’t help myself. I became a TV writer after a career as a journalist and, […]
This Ghostwriter Made $200,000 Last Year Writing Tweets for Venture Capitalists
The internet, despite any attempts of being “transparent,” will always incorporate a level of anonymity. Social media only showcases a final product from one screen to another, with the drafts and real-life humans always on the other end, unseeable. AndreyPopov | Getty Images Twitter , for example, makes anonymity easy, as we only see an […]
Nadiya Hussain on writing a poem a day and cooking with her family
nadiya hussain speaking at the good housekeeping live event in celebration of their 100th anniversary in london on friday 14th october 2022 Nadiya Hussain discussed her love of poetry and cooking with her family during a talk at Good Housekeeping Live , in partnership with Dyson . Nadiya told the audience about her love for […]
The Friday Reporter: Writing and editing about the modern workplace with Kathleen Davis
It’s not by accident that Lisa invited Kate Davis from Fast Company to join the podcast today. The work that Kate and her team and generating are speaking to those of us in the workplace — as if they’re reading our minds. Kate is the deputy editor for Fast Company, along with hosting their weekly […]
Really bad writing
Many moons ago, my late friend John Van Doorn strolled ‘round the newsroom flashing a $5 bill, promising it to whoever wrote the worst lede sentence in the next 30 minutes. Need I tell you I won? Let’s do some proactive forward-thinking pre-planning and unpack it and build some synergy toward a working consensus and […]