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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

August 18th, 2008

A Writer’s Purpose? Whew!

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I was looking for a quote about writing books I could use. At Wisdom Quotes / Writing/Writers Quotes I found this:
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
It’s by Albert Camus - and a google search on the quote reveals something like 88,000 entries… it’s quoted a lot it seems.
So […]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

February 18th, 2008

A President’s Day Celebration

You just never know what an editor will do! Kelly Erb is what’s known around b5media as a Channel Editor. Editor is a bit of a misnomer because she doesn’t actually edit - all the mistakes are mine. I think of her as the head honcho of the Business Channel. By any title, and she […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

April 23rd, 2007

Quotes and Attributions

For years I’ve been attributing this quote to page 570 of Alcoholic’s Anonymous’ Big Book where it attributes the quote to Herbert Spencer.
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to […]

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April 3rd, 2007

A Great Quote For Writers

In theory I blog at least twice a day… that doesn’t always happen, particularly on the weekends.
Today my head is full of cotton, hay, and rags (Tin Man of Oz?) so instead of writing or talking with clients or even doing the dishes, I’ve been prowling around some blogs.
Walter Burek, copywriter who blogs at Inklings […]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments