Writers Never Have Enough Time

Get organized!

Tips from an article in the Washington POST ...

By Kathleen Hom
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 1, 2009; H05

Getting organized for the new year is a cliched resolution that so many of us abandon by mid-January. It's tough to tackle (much less successfully emerge from) a heaping mess with vigor. But if you fear an avalanche of teetering files or can't remember where the car keys are for the 10th time, organization should rightfully top your to-do list.

Read: "Resolved to Get Organized? These Web-Based Tools Can Help."

Excellent Freelance Resource

If you're not subscribing to one of C. Hope Clark's newsletters -- or reading her blog -- you are missing a chance to get up-to-date news-about-writing.

People Who Like Words ...

That more or less describes members of The Internet Writing Workshop. IWW members write.

Writers who read often congregate at Goodreads.

And there's something new at Goodreads, according to a recent newsletter.

Goodreads gets a face-lift this month, making it easier on the eyes, but more importantly, easier to use! In addition to some aesthetic tweaks, the redesign is wider (960 pixels), and new header navigation gives you faster access to all sections of the site. Looking for your next great read? Check out the new and improved explore page!

Another upgrade is our new comment notification system. Now you can select instant, daily, or weekly digests for any discussion you are following, including group topics, review comments, and book topics anywhere on the site. Don't let the next hot topic pass you by!

Check it out. You may find other IWW members there. It's good place to keep up with what's hot in reading.

List of Independent Presses

While exchanging emails with a writer with four -- count 'em, 4 -- manuscripts in hand after regular participation in Nanowrimo, we discussed NEWPAGES.COM's list online list of independent presses.

• Find it here.

Why You're Here

• I am a former member from several years back. I learned of this opportunity with a Google search at that time.
• I found you through writers digest 101 best writing websites for 2008!
• I found this group through Google. After looking at various writing groups (in person and online), I really liked the tone and feel of this one and thought it would be a good fit.
• Actually, a was a participating member of this group years ago but had to quit due to personal obligation. I always loved it and wish to join up again.
• I found out about IWW through Internet searching.
• Introduction to your site came via a list given by one of my writing forums - re: Writer's Digest list of 101 Best Sites.
• I found your website by means of google.
• My sister, Lucille Falcone, recommended this workshop to me.
• I learned about the workshops through another mom I met at the park.
• I found your website by doing a search for critique groups.
• I found this site by doing my own research.
• Many thanks to member Jessica LaGrone for passing the word along.
• Found you through GoodSearch (for my son's elementary school)--searching "poetry critique".
• I learned about your workshop while browsing the Internet looking for writing classes - I am very glad that I found you.
• I found you through an email I received from a writer's site/newsletter.
• I found your website through the 101 best of list and I am enjoying it to the extent that I would like to join the non fiction list.
• I found this list by searching Writing Groups in Google. I looked at other online groups, but found this one to be the most professional and what I wanted from a group.
• I found you by searching google for "poetry workshop."
• I learned about the Internet Writing Workshop from Jayne Pupek’s blog about how she wrote her first novel.
• I heard about you through the Writers' Digest top 100 list.
• I found this site via google.
• I found you through writing-world.com
• I read about this list in a story by Dawn Goldsmith that was published in FundsforWriters.
• I found the I.W.W. through a simple search on Google for "writing workshops."
• I found your site through a link on author Meg Waite Clayton's website.
• I found out about Internet Writing Workshop through the Writer’s Digest 101 Best Sites for Writers.
• I found this group from Larry Buttram.

Writers Workshop

IWW member Dawn Goldsmith notes "My friend, Linda Swink, of the Hamilton Writers Guild mentioned a workshop they're holding Nov. 1. Maybe someone in the area will be interested.

Lists of Literary Magazines

• From NewPages.com
• Every Writer's Resource.com: The Big List
• Wikipedia's List of Literary Magazines
• Clockwatch Review's The Top 50 Literary Magazines
• Luna Park: The Carnival World of Little and Literary Magazines

Funds for Writers Blogging

Long-time IWW member Dawn Goldsmith reminds new, and experienced, writers that Hope Clark, the editor of the newsletters Funds for Writers, also maintains a blog on IWW where she "lists, and discusses a little, a variety of markets."

• FUNDS FOR WRITERS Writer's Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers 2001-2008
• C. Hope Clark's Blog

That's Cool! No, It's Cuil!

From PC World ...

"A former Google employee and her husband launched a new search engine Monday called Cuil (pronounced "cool"), aiming to topple Google by indexing more Web pages than the search giant.

"Cuil isn't the first Google rival to launch this year. Wikia Search, a highly anticipated search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, made its official debut in January. Wikia Search hopes to provide better search results by allowing a community of users to index pages by using their Web page rankings and other suggestions, as well as its own indexing of the Web."

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• The Cuil link ...
• Story from CNET ...
• Story from BusinessWeek ...