L. S. Russell :: January

BBC - h2g2 - Life as a Wannabe Writer - A531820

January 21, 2005

BBC - h2g2 - Life as a Wannabe Writer - A531820

When, in years to come, the all-time most desirable jobs in the universe are recorded, the bottom of the list will look something like this:

9996 - Land mine tester
9997 - Chernobyl PR Executive
9998 - Bruce Willis’s Dry Cleaner
9999 - Student Teacher

Just below that, you will find, written in blood, the words ‘Unpublished Novelist’. This tragic affliction is particularly common, and is caused by the belief that at the top of the aforementioned list, are the words ‘Published Novelist’.

((O)) Pet’s Mobility

((O)) Pet’s Mobility
PetsMobility™ Network, Inc. (PetsMobility™) is a wireless communications company that will be providing innovative wireless communication products and services to the rapidly growing multi-billion dollar pet market segment. Current estimates predict pet and pet related expenditures in 2004 to exceed $34.3 Billion in the US alone. From our office located in Scottsdale, Arizona, PetsMobility™ will introduce the PetsCell™ Cellular telephone as well as other related communication products to the worldwide market.

Recursive Journalism: The Spiral Method for Writing Zeroth Drafts

Dale H. Emery - Conversations with Dale - The Spiral Method for Writing Zeroth Drafts
I was excited about this idea, because though I am quite good at inventing nuggets — the central claims that make me want to write articles in the first place — I struggle with the rest of the writing process, the process of growing a nugget into an article worth writing. I keep forgetting the simple principles that every other author surely knows: Say why this claim is worth reading, and justify the claim. Writing those two simple principles gave me a way to remember, and a way to build articles from nuggets.

Ananova - Ukrainian hasn’t slept in 20 years

Ananova - Ukrainian hasn’t slept in 20 years
Local doctor Fyodor Koshel who has examined Nesterchuk extensively and has been unable to make him fall asleep, said he has no idea of the cause of the insomnia and added medically there is nothing wrong with him.