If You Have a WordPress Blog, READ THIS

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According to Technosailor.com, there’s a serious problem with version 2.1.1. Read this post for more details, and download 2.1.2 immediately.

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More Creatively Self-Employed Promo (and some pimping of yours truly)

Check out Kristen Fischer’s awesome interview with Careers in the Arts at Creativity-Portal.com, in which she totally pimps me as “my book editor, Kristen King.” Thanks, kf!
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Oh. My. God.

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Color me stunned.

I just got off the phone with the author of a seriously impressive how-to book for writers. (We’ll call him/her “Pat” until I get the go-ahead to give specifics, which probably won’t be for a while.)

The introduction went something like this:

Pat: Hi, Kristen. You don’t know me, but my name is Pat and I’m the author of Seriously Impressive How-To Book for Writers.

Me: [caught very much off guard] Did you say Pat? I have your book on my shelf. I’m looking at it right now.

Pat: You do? Great!

At any rate, Pat called me today because his/her book is about to go into a new edition, and s/he wants to profile me in the book! And guess how s/he found me? This little old blog right here. How ’bout that. Who says blogging is a waste of time? Not this girl!

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Inkthinker Hits a New High!

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This past week, Thursday through Wednesday, marked Inkthinker’s highest traffic EVER! Way to make me feel like I’m doing something right, guys. Now, go tell all your friends to get over here so we can do it again next week. ;]

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2007 Query Challenge Success Story #18 (from Sheila Scarborough)

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A great follow up to Tammy’s success from Sheila:

I have 4 pitches into one magazine that likes my queries a lot and told me to send a bunch in, but their editorial process takes awhile. If they take all 4 I guess I won’t be sleeping much. I also have two paid blogging gigs, so don’t let anyone say you can’t get paid to blog. [link added by kk]

Two major items of good news:

One, I may do a NASCAR-related feature later this year for an automotive travel magazine that involves driving a new car around, interviewing NASCAR drivers, attending a race and doing travel stuff about the area around the track. Writing about disparate topics like both travel and motorsports has paid off for me.

Second, I was contacted by email (completely out of the blue) to blog about a travel topic (for good pay) for a major family-oriented corporation (can’t tell you more till their new site is live, mid-March.) My little unpaid labor of love blog at BootsnAll is a great writer’s platform.

I can see that if I’m not careful I will totally overload. I used to read about writers who were swamped and I couldn’t imagine having that much work myself. Yeah, verily, now I are one!

We’ve got one writer already turning down work because she doesn’t have time for projects that don’t pay well, and another getting into to the same boat! Don’t every believe it when people say there’s not enough work to go around. Sheila and Tammy are proof that it’s a LIE.

Do you have a 2007 Inkthinker Query Challenge Success Story? Great! E-mail me!

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