GoodEReader.com spoke with Sarah Mackey, Community Liaison for the Office of Letters and Light, the parent organization of NaNoWriMo, literally hours before the official start of this year's National Novel Writing Month about how technology and digital publishing have affected the «thirty days and nights of literary abandon» and may have influenced
record numbers of writers to take on the challenge.
Not exact matches
Many factors come into play on the day your book promo arrives in people's email inboxes: Does your book have an easily summarized hook to draw people in very quickly OR a track
record for quality (sometimes evidenced by citing
numbers of 5 - star reviews or quotes from reputable
writers)?
And once reduced to pure
numbers, those track
records determine the fate
of proven
writers looking for cash advances to begin their next books.
As the
number of Americans who freelance
writer reaches a
record - shattering 53 million people, it is safe to say that this industry is booming like never before.
A panel
of high profile art world figures, including
writer and critic Ben Luke, artist Angela de la Cruz, collector Nicoletta Fiorucci, gallerist Jake Miller and Whitechapel Gallery curators Daniel Herrmann, Eisler Curator and Head
of Curatorial Studies and Poppy Bowers, Assistant Curator selected the artists from a
record number of 2,133 applicants.
From a
record number of 2,133 applicants, 48 artists have been selected from open submission by a panel
of high profile art world figures, including artist Angela de la Cruz, collector Nicoletta Fiorucci,
writer and critic Ben Luke, gallerist Jake Miller and Whitechapel Gallery curators Daniel F. Herrmann, Eisler Curator and Head
of Curatorial Studies, and Poppy Bowers, Assistant Curator.
From a
record number of 2,133 applicants, 48 artists have been selected from open submission by a panel
of high profile art world figures, including artist Angela de la Cruz, collector Nicoletta Fiorucci,
writer and critic Ben Luke, gallerist Jake Millerand Whitechapel Gallery curators Daniel F. Herrmann, Eisler Curator and Head
of Curatorial Studies, and -LSB-...]
He's done work for many composers; designers; book
writers, including J.K. Rowling; film directors; singers; artists; individual software developers; movie producers; film companies ranging from small ones to Dreamworks; software companies from one - man startups to Apple, Microsoft and Sun;
recording companies; electronics manufacturers, including Sony and Motorola; car companies, including Porsche and Ford; apparel companies, including Columbia Sportswear; perfumery and skincare companies, including Amway, L'Oreal and Mary Kay; and a countless
number of other clients, big and small.
Bell, a
writer who specializes in the start
of the American Revolution, finds a
number of discrepancies between the miniseries version
of the trial and the historical
record.
It features a wide range
of Canadian voices — artists like Gordon Duggan
of Appropriation Art;
writers like award winning science fiction author Karl Schroeder; musicians like Wide Mouth Mason's Safwan Javed; business people like Nettwerk
Record's Terry McBride, Lulu.com's Bob Young, and Skylink Technologies» Philip Tsui; government appointees like Privacy Commissioner
of Canada Jennifer Stoddart and Ian E. Wilson, the Chief Librarian
of Canada and a
number of canadian academics.
● Special talent for producing error free, grammatically correct content on any given topic ● Substantial knowledge
of modern search engine optimization techniques and requirements ● Familiar with hyperlinking and web publishing protocols ● Adept at editing and proofreading content developed by junior
writers ● Skilled in developing appealing, persuasive content for marketing purposes ● Exceptional leadership skills with demonstrated ability to lead a team
of content
writers effectively ● Track
record of producing a high
number of high quality articles under strict time constraints