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Archive for October, 2010

Sunday Snippet: Stephen King on Terror

October 31st, 2010

“The 3 types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it’s when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it’s when the lights go [...]

More Quick Wii Reviews: Rabbids TV, Price is Right, Animal Crossing, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

October 29th, 2010

The public library is a pretty amazing place, especially since they even lend out video games these days. You might remember a few months ago when I reviewed four Nintendo Wii games that I borrowed from the library. They were Rabbids Go Home, Samba De Amigo, Punch-Out!! and Grand Slam Tennis. Some were better than [...]

Freelance Conundrum: Short-Sightedness

October 28th, 2010

There are only so many hours in the day and you likely don’t want to be spending all of them sitting at your desk, bashing away at that keyboard until the right words come out. Some people will say that it’s a good problem to have when you are faced with a large workload. It [...]

What’s Up Wednesdays: A Professional Slant

October 27th, 2010

As you may have noticed, I gather together five different blog posts every Wednesday and share these with the Beyond the Rhetoric audience. The blogosphere is not a place where individuals should exist in isolation and that’s why it is in everyone’s best interest if we explore other sites, sharing thoughts and engaging in meaningful [...]

Smart Advice for New Freelance Writers

October 26th, 2010

Now that I’ve been a professional freelance writer for a number of years, I find that I get asked certain questions from time to time. One of these questions sound simple enough: if you could give a single piece of advice to people new to freelance writing, what would it be? Just like any number [...]