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Sunoasis 2004 V8 Issue 9
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David Eide
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Sep 29, 2004 21:34 PDT
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___________________________S U N O A S I S 2 0 0 4
Volume 8 Issue 9
September 2004
"The incurable itch of writing possesses many."
-- Juvenal, from the Satires
_____________________T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
1) [Editor Notes- Those Publishing Blues]
2) [The Writing Life- The "Fall of Reading"]
3) [Resources]
4) [Markets and Leads]
5) [Community]
6) [Acknowledgments]
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_________________________E D I T O R N O T E S
We embark again on our monthly journey from here to anywhere.
Sunoasis alerts me each month to what is going on in writing,
publishing, and the world generally. There are too many
decapitations and not enough poetry. Well, the world is a sad
place. I've known that since around 1977 or so.
One of the more fascinating stories is the unfolding scandal
at CBS which could prove as damaging as the Blair scandal
at the New York Times. And the focus of the story is not
simply Dan Rather and the fake memo's. The focus is on
the effective use of the blogs to get this story burning.
More on that later.
http://www.newsforge.com/trends/04/03/18/2240229.shtml
Another on-going story involves the practice of outsourcing
writing jobs to India and the Philippines. I'm not sure this
will have an impact but I have to admit I've gotten more
than one query from writers in India and Pakistan about how
they can freelance to American and English markets. It does
say something about the remarkable world we live in now.
In fact, I've run stories and articles by writers living
in India. The only criteria is the quality of the writing
or its usefulness. If the writing comes into my email box
and contains a lot of errors I reject it. That is the
one large problem foreign writers will encounter in American
markets.
A former copy editor for this publication used to work out
of Indiana, thousands of miles from where I am situated.
What difference if it's a few more thousand miles? The
difference is as old as Adam: Money. And publishers are
very conscious of money. If they can figure out how to get
some basic writing from people who will charge one-tenth of
what an American writer will charge, they will do it. Even
though a lot of editors are pooh-poohing this development
it will have an impact at certain levels of journalism and
publishing.
http://www.madison.com/tct/books/index.php?ntid=9531&ntpid=1
Speaking of proofreaders, they are needed on the Net.
Well, as my pal's French-born mother used to say to get us
moving, "chop chop boys."
* * * * * * * * *
This business of publishing often gives me a headache. I
agree with the old Dylan line, "the waters around me have
grown." There is simply no easy way. The new technologies
put much more material into the database, so to say,
confusing an already chaotic state. As I mentioned a few
years ago, the situation is getting so absurd you will
have exactly one reader for each writer one of these days.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M1D721669
And now the added insult: It's not enough simply to publish.
You must be your own publicist and marketer. I admire the
entrepreneur spirit of the guy in this story but most of us
don't have the resources he has. I think when confronted by
some of these facts the one remedy is to have a definitive
goal. Build a career on the goal and hold on for the ride.
Freelance writing for magazines is the path to begin a
professional writing career but it's a very rocky path. Again,
assign a few goals to the path to make it easier. Since I
was primarily a literary writer my path was to find any
medium that would catch my precious words and secure them
for the time being.
Thank you internet.
I did not believe I could turn literary writing into a
profession. And belief is everything. But, I felt I could
turn it into a path of expression and meaning.
Sunoasis has turned me back into the profession of writing.
I have no regrets about it and am more attuned to rights,
markets, habits, and so on. I hope others have enjoyed
the ride.
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We always run into sites that humble us.
http://www.readerville.com/
A forum for discussions about books and writing.
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/
All about the publishing industry.
http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep04/OnTheNet.shtml
On the nature of research on the internet.
http://www.governing.com/source.htm
Speaking of which, if you want to do any sort of research
on your state or local government try this site.
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http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,1594,1430_A_1335098_1_A,00.html
Journalists have been shot and kidnapped at a remarkable
clip the past few years. As the terrorists have proven,
journalists are a significant player in a war. And
journalists are coming out of Iraq with incredible tales of
bravery and terror.
The ugliest feature on a journalist is a brown-nose.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=13132
According to a new Gallup poll, just 44% of Americans express
confidence in the media's ability to report news stories
accurately.
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/
Anyone interested in the state of journalism and its future
should look at this site by Jay Rosen, professor at NYU.
His theme is, "We need to keep the press from being absorbed
into The Media."
http://www.reason.com/links/links091504.shtml
Here's an interesting contrast between old and new media when
CBS came under attack by the blogosphere for the Bush papers.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I1F622669
A reflection on the creation of network news by Edward Murrow
and it's possible destruction with the Rather disaster.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/19918/
Are you interested in knowing why journalism exists and how
to practice it? Read this speech by Bill Moyers.
Moyers points out that bloggers are like the zany newspapers
put out in the early development of the country when the
barrier to producing a newspaper was very low. They did
serve ideological or idiosyncratic views and needed,
over-time, to get more professional in their approach. The
bloggers are necessary because, as Moyers points out,
journalists are not asking the pointed questions from power.
No one wants to step out of line and become "an enemy of
the state." But power and the people need to understand that
no real "enemy of the state" will produce facts. And all
journalism can hope for is to produce the actual facts of
the matter and let the public decide the fate of those facts.
What we have is classic intimidation by the extreme wings
of the political spectrum who are both very untrustworthy
and, with exception, not very insightful to what is going
on. And if you give fools credibility you end up in the
kingdom of the damned. Or, the fearful people watching the
emperor strutting naked in the streets, commenting on what
a wonderful array of clothes he's wearing.
Vox Populi. It does no good to berate the people for their
lack of intelligence or imagination or need for souped-up
emotionalism. They control what happens. Power sizes it up
and exploits it. What can one do?
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I11753669
Should a journalist be ashamed of being a journalist?
http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleID.18255/article_detail.asp
This article tries to sort through the lies and asks the
tricky question, "what is truth?" It quotes the old editor
of the Washington Post, Ben Bradlee, "Journalism has moved
away from a descriptive style to an analytic model....the
story line gets assembled first, and facts are collected
second, if at all. That kind of journalism is a swamp in a
way that the older style wasn't."
* * * * * * * * *
If Sunoasis had an Asinine Statement of the Month Award it
would certainly go to Mr. Michael Powell, chairman of
the FCC.
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=39544
Howard Stern is not being "persecuted" for indecency,
insists the chairman. However, Stern does not have "the
right to say [on the air] whatever he chooses without
consequences."
Shouldn't the marketplace decide this? Thankfully, there is
a medium that isn't quite as regulated; especially by idiots.
This is the statement that gets the award. The chairman is
addressing the Janet Jackson flap and the half-million
dollar fine of CBS.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I11753669
"The U.S. Constitution is generous in its protection of free
expression, but it is not a license to thrill."
What an absurd statement. If Janet Jackson doesn't thrill me
but a good play in a baseball game does, is it subject to
censorship? I didn't realize "thrill" was an actionable
offense in the eyes of the government. We may as well state it
now: Free people must thrill each other until Mr. Powell can't
stand it. "Take back the thrill!"
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W23726669
Better yet, read the top ten banned books from Book Sense.
Now I understand the fear I had a few years ago that the
internet would go the way of radio and bandwidth assigned
by license, governed by the likes of Chairman Powell.
_________________________T H E W R I T I N G L I F E
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0436/essay.php
Another essay on the "fall of reading." The author asks,
"has it really ever been any different?"
http://www.reason.com/0408/fe.bd.john.shtml
As John Perry Barlow points out in this interview,
print and the internet are exploding with new ideas,
new forms, and new points of view. He's frustrated that
so many people get all their news and information from
one source: TV. I agree with him on this point but
disagree in his zeal to get rid of copyright. His intention
may be ok but the result would be disastrous for writers.
He opposes "corporatism," but the destruction of copyright
would give the corporations the ability to swoop down on
any property and snatch it up for their own use without
compensating the writer. I don't know how you could
devise a system where this wasn't the case.
It's interesting to note that copyright came into being
as a result of the new printing system that took off in
the sixteenth century. It will no doubt change in the
twenty-first century but writers should be very cautious
about it. There have been a few snags with digital
rights and that may be the beginning of a long struggle.
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http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~corax/pompeiian.ca60ce.jpg
I've always been fascinated by the fresco at Pompeii of the
Woman Writer, holding a pen to her lips.
Her eyes tell me, "I write because my mind needs nourishment.
Mere reality is not enough. I must aspire. I must love." So,
we connect with the woman and all people who have written in
the past several thousand years.
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It's amazing what one or two resources will do. We always
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An organization, for instance, that has a group of dedicated
people willing to help the sincere quest for more knowledge
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____________________________________________C R A F T
http://www.storyispromise.com/
Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing
http://www.poewar.com/articles/15_exercises.htm
Fifteen Craft Exercises for Writers
http://www.shorewalker.com/section1/web_writing.html
The unexploited craft of Web writing.
http://lnf.uoregon.edu/notable/
Notable writers talk about their craft.
http://www.writergazette.com/articles/article52.shtml
The Craft of Writing.
______________W R I T I N G O R G A N I Z A T I O N S
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Children's Book Council
http://www.cpj.org/
Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.snd.org/
Society for News Design
http://www.pentouch.com/resources.html
African American Online Writing Guild
http://www.sistersincrime.org/
Sisters in Crime
http://www.writers-editors.com/
Writer-Editors Network
______________________________E - P U B L I S H I N G
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=71954
A review of Sony's new e-book device.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5270
A high school in Arizona is going to dump textbooks for
laptops. (Registration required.)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y37722669
Computerworld looks at E-paper; technical with a discussion
of e-books thrown in.
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__________________________M A R K E T S A N D L E A D S
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Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers
http://r144.com/article043.htm
How to find foreign writing markets.
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