This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Developing story ideas and pitches takes up a lot of a freelance writer’s time. We research publications and editors to get a feel for the material they like, and we keep our eyes and ears open for what’s happening in the the world — and…
I’ve been spending most of my blog time in recent weeks feeding content to the Oregon News Incubator, and have been remiss in posting new material here. But I had to take a moment this morning to offer my gratitude to the many people who have posted their comments here in the past 24 hours…
This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Last night, I was celebrating breaking into Salon.com with my essay about becoming a reluctant handgun owner (“I was anti-gun, until I got stalked”). And then I got distracted by the online comments. There are authors, politicians, and artists of every stripe who will advise…
This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Writers have a reputation for eccentricity — just think of Tom Wolfe and his white suits as a modern-day example. But while many writers may not have adopted such obvious idiosyncrasies, lots of us do have our quirks. For about the past two years, I’ve…
This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Since Thursdays are when ONI hosts our more literary-focused work party at Caffe Autogrill, and since I’m currently mired in a manuscript re-write, I thought I’d post today about one of a fiction writer’s best friends: National Novel Writing Month You’ve been thinking about writing…
If you’ve not been keeping tabs on the Oregon News Incubator in Portland, you’re missing out! A few months back, ONI started hosting work parties in different locations around town, giving freelance journalists and other independent content producers the opportunity to work in parallel (rather than being isolated in home offices) in public spaces where…
This post originally appeared on the Oregon News Incubator blog. Social media can be tricky for writers when it comes to ferreting out story leads and interview sources. We have to be careful not to reveal too much of what we’re working on (or what we’re thinking about working on), out of fear of being…
