Christa Terry is the writer and editor of the bridal blog Manolo For The Brides. Her book iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net is out in bookstores now.
- From blogger to book author
- Finding a niche and pitching the concept
- Who owns the information in Christa’s head?
- Winning over skeptical editors with statistic
- Writing a book under a tight deadline: tears and Tofurkey for Thanksgiving
- The publishing world can be a warm and nurturing place
- Christa’s next project: writing books and building a brand
- Advice #1: Value what you do and make people pay you for it.
- Advice #2: Bloggers - building a following online is all about interacting with your readers.
- Advice #3: Journalists - don’t expect to make big bucks doing glamorous work. Expand your repertoire by taking other gigs.
- Advice #4: You don’t have to be a freelance magazine writer to be a “real writer”. That world is very stressful and takes a very specific kind of person to do it.
- Christa’s book “iDo” did indeed come out on June 10th, but this episode was unfortunately delayed. Go buy it, wedding planners!
Christa’s book:
iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net
Christa’s blogs:
http://www.manolobrides.com
http://www.manolohome.com
Christa recommends:
The Everything Guide To Writing A Book Proposal
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June 14th, 2008
Part three of our conversation with Christa Terry, aka Never Teh Bride. Christa talks about her new book “iDo: Planning Your Wedding With Nothing But ‘Net”
Show notes at www.writingforpay.org
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June 14th, 2008
Christa Terry is the writer and editor of the bridal blog Manolo For The Brides. Her book iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net is coming out on June 10.
- Job-hunting in Boston.
- Envy and spite: valuable career tools.
- Enter the Manolo.
- Editorial policy in the Manolo blog empire.
- Blogging for pay: how does it work?
- Blogger ethics and conflicts of interest.
- Never Teh Bride does not shill, even for freebies.
- Blogging gives a writer a tremendous intimacy with readers.
- Anonymity or infamy? Blogging with a persona.
- Does your bridal blog change once you become a bride?
Christa’s book:
iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net
Christa’s blogs:
http://www.manolobrides.com
http://www.manolohome.com
Christa recommends:
The Everything Guide To Writing A Book Proposal
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June 1st, 2008
We continue our conversation with Christa Terry, learning how she made the jump from journalist to professional blogger at Manolo For The Brides.
Show notes at www.writingforpay.org
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June 1st, 2008
Christa Terry is the writer and editor of the bridal blog Manolo For The Brides. Her book iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net is coming out on June 10.
- Our first long-distance show using Skype!
- Do gender stereotypes hold true — are men afraid of wedding talk?
- What happens when a bridal blogger plans her own wedding.
- Eating mints before eight o’clock can doom a marriage.
- Don’t be too quick to flee that internship for a paying job.
- Auditioning for a job in the newspaper business, and the perils of getting the job you want.
- Journalist by day, New Age freelancer by night.
- Using Craigslist to find freelance work.
- Good or bad, put it all on your resume!
Christa’s book:
iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net
Christa’s blogs:
http://www.manolobrides.com
http://www.manolohome.com
Christa recommends:
The Everything Guide To Writing A Book Proposal
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May 25th, 2008
It’s spring, and Writing For Pay’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Wade interviews Christa Terry, writer and editor of Manolo For The Brides and author of the upcoming book “iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net”.
Show notes at www.writingforpay.org
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May 25th, 2008
The CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos likes to throw out quickie contests via his Twitter account. There’s a new one going on that’s right up our alley - but you gotta be fast! Deadline is 11:59 PM on May 5th. (That’s today.)
We think our order confirmation emails lack pizzazz. They just aren’t fun, weird and “Zappos-ish” enough. So who better to help us make them better than you (since you’re the ones who read them!)?
Below is our standard email confirmation. Send your revised versions to [email address]. The winner will recieve FREE SHOES! (and they’ll become a part of Zappos Zeta history)!
The winning entry will be the most entertaining entry that we feel best exhibits the Zappos core values and personality.
Tony will pick a winner and notify them via email. All entries must be received by 11:59 PM PST on May 5th, 2008.
Details here. Good luck!
May 5th, 2008
WFP guest Eric Franklin quietly but proudly points out that if you look at the very bottom of Page 19 of the rules booklet for Senji, you’ll find him listed as a translator. Hooray for Eric!
See, once you get on the show I’ll pretty much pimp your stuff forever.
April 18th, 2008
Issue #4 of WFP guest Wolfgang Baur’s magazine Kobold Quarterly got this stellar review on WIRED’s Geekdad blog:
The sole remaining professional roleplaying game magazine, Kobold Quarterly became number one by beheading all of its competitors in spectacular urban swordfights.
NICE.
Here’s the episode where Wolfgang and I talked about the magazine, right before its launch.
(Via Open Design)
April 4th, 2008
Jim Geluso covers the city beat at the Bakersfield Californian.
- Wade has a new job.
- We return to the next thrilling installment of our interview with Jim Geluso, newspaper reporter.
- The rewards of a career in journalism.
- The challenges that the newspaper industry faces today.
- How is it adapting? Not very well.
- Newspapers: less litigious, self-righteous about their content than some industries we could name.
- Still want to be a journalist? Really? Advice on breaking into the field.
Jim’s City Beat blog at the Californian: http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/citybeat
Poynter Online - Romenesko blog:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45
Music by Morgansorange
March 22nd, 2008
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