3 posts from day 23/03/2012

Jonah Lehrer: How Creativity Works – Wired, New Yorker, How We Decide Author

The How We Decide Writer Platformed by the New York Times, Wired and the New Yorker Whenever a book on creativity is released by a New York Times best-selling author (the guy behind How We Decide), who also happens to be a writer for the New Yorker and Wired, I have a strict policy. Buy the book. (So far this has happened to me once.) Jonah Lehrer's new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works, starts with a niche story about a bored-out-of-his-mind Bob Dylan, whose life became a bit of ...

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I Want To Write (Weekly Finds for the Writer In the Making)

The smartest bus driver ever keeps the kids quiet with books. Bookmobile, anyone? Blogger Lizzie Garrett Mettler has written a book long tribute to girls with tomboy flair. Finally. My junior high self's people have been heard. I just got back from L.A., but not before finding out about their Festival of Books. Festival? Books? You have my attention. Thumbs down to all the parody writers who spin off cheesy titles to capitalize on every best-selling book. I would like someone to ...

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Write For Money No. 5

Several weeks ago, I added a new blog series to support new and aspiring authors seeking to make money via their writing. This week, we'll look at how creating web content can put a little money in a writer's empty pockets. Write For Travel: Use Your Next Family Vacation as Inspiration You've probably heard of Travel Magazine. But did you know there are more than 50 travel magazines who have to find fresh travel-related content for their magazines and websites? Most of us recognize ...

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