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
Add comment 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!
Add comment 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.
1 comment 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)
Add comment April 4th, 2008
Jim Geluso covers the city beat at the Bakersfield Californian.
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
Add comment March 22nd, 2008
Wade plays hardball with Jim Geluso, pressing him with tough questions about the life of a journalist. In Part Two of the interview, Jim talks about the excitement of local news reporting, the challenges facing the newspaper industry, and how Yahoo! News and the Associated Press are killing journalism.
Show notes at www.writingforpay.org
Add comment March 22nd, 2008
I’m in Austin, Texas right this very second for the South by Southwest Interactive festival. If you’re coming too, keep an eye out for this clown:
Here’s a photo I took in downtown Austin with my new BlackJack mobile phone:
I believe this is where the Ghostbusters will have their final showdown with Zuul.
Add comment March 6th, 2008
The New York Times plans to cut 100 newsroom jobs. Yikes.
If you are interested in a journalism career, you’ll definitely want to listen to Part Two of my interview with Jim, and hear his thoughts on why and why not to go into that field right now.
In fact, this is such a huge issue that he and I are thinking of recording another show over the phone. Or Skype. Or Talkshoe. Some sort of newfangled long-distance talky-machine.
Add comment February 15th, 2008
Jim Geluso covers the city beat at the Bakersfield Californian.
Jim’s City Beat blog at the Californian: http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/citybeat
Music by Morgansorange
Add comment February 13th, 2008
Wade interviews Jim Geluso, two-fisted news reporter for the Bakersfield Californian. In Part One, Jim discusses the difference between writing hard news and features, how the public’s reading habits are shaped by editorial decisions, his first paid writing job, and the day to day challenges that a reporter faces.
Show notes at www.writingforpay.org
Add comment February 13th, 2008
