Good morning, FWJ friends! The sun’s shining. The coffee’s brewing. I’m ready to seize this day! I hope you’re all feeling just as great. Good luck with the jobs today! Freelance Writing Jobs Content Writing Freelance Writer – Restaurant Chain…

When All American Blogger Duane Lester discovered that a Missouri newspaper had allegedly plagiarized one of his blog posts, he drafted a letter and visited the newspaper with a video camera. You can watch his entire confrontation in the video…

Can you identify and translate the following - I have mentioned Geocaching a couple of times recently and some of my favorite Geocaches are puzzles (including the above). If you know what the script is or want to guess, please…

In an interview with Bryan Eisenberg, leading conversion specialist, he noted businesses spend up to $92 to get someone to their site… and less than one dollar to convert them. Another shocking statistic: 76% of companies do *not* have…

Goodreads has created a massive infographic analyzing the Fifty Shades of Grey effect around the country. Vintage has already sold ten million copies of E. L. James‘ erotica trilogy, and the literary social network discovered some fascinating trends. They…

I love, love, love signing books. I’m used to people saying, “I wish I could draw,” but there have been a surprising number of folks on this tour who remark on my handwriting. Sometimes people just like it, and sometimes…

A news story’s making the rounds this week that the members of the U.S. Congress have stopped talking at an 11th-grade level and have started talking at a 10th-grade level. This fits very neatly into the overall feeling that America…

A news story’s making the rounds this week that the members of the U.S. Congress have stopped talking at an 11th-grade level and have started talking at a 10th-grade level. This fits very neatly into the overall feeling that America…

Illustrator Laura Baran and photographer Patricia Geremia hope to raise $8,000 to fund the production of their book, Arts & Dreams. Above, we’ve embedded a video about the Kickstarter project–what do you think? Baran and Geremia run creativity workshops to…

J.K. Rowling will publish a hardcover Hogwarts Library Box Set with Bloomsbury later this year. The publisher mentioned the boxed set in its financial results for the year, an extra bonus for Harry Potter fans.  The publisher shared these photos…

William Bertram MacFarland – Bertie Mac -never sought – or even imagined – a role as a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Even less did he imagine continuing in the role of Special Assistant to the President in…

William Bertram MacFarland – Bertie Mac -never sought – or even imagined – a role as a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Even less did he imagine continuing in the role of Special Assistant to the President in…

William Bertram MacFarland – Bertie Mac -never sought – or even imagined – a role as a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Even less did he imagine continuing in the role of Special Assistant to the President in…

Marvel Comics will host a gay wedding this summer. Superhero Northstar will marry his boyfriend Kyle Jinadu in Astonishing X-Men #51. The issue will be released on June 20th. Northstar came out of the closet in the 1992 comic, Alpha…

Just in time for the 2012 election season, a sequel to 2010′s Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids has been released. Entitled The Tea Party II: Why America Loves You! The Social-Activist Coloring Book For Kids, the 48-page coloring book…

Digital publisher Electric Literature has launched a new digital literary magazine that will publish one story a week. Recommended Reading is a free online publication, available in ePub, Kindle and through email and Tumblr. The first issue, which is sponsored…

Instead of sending out a boiler-plate press release about his new book, author Rob Salkowitz tapped a great comic book artist to create the first illustrated press release this GalleyCat editor has ever received (complete with a comic blurb from…

Good morning, everyone! I hope you’re all having a good week. Here are your freelance writing jobs for today. Good luck! Freelance Writing Jobs Content Writing Legal Content Writer (USA) Agriculture Freelance Writers (Remote) Freelance Web Writer (Henderson, NV/Remote) Web…

The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann‘s highly anticipated adaptation of The Great Gatsby has arrived. We’ve embedded the trailer above–what do you think? The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan. There will be a…

Over at Tor.com, comic artist John Bonner published a simple and elegant strip explaining why one science fiction classic should never be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster. Follow this link to read the whole comic book review. Check it out:…

By Cali Gilbert You’ll read below how I came to meet Cali at a local publisher’s meeting, but what’s way more impressive to me is the way Cali has persevered to publish the books of her dreams, and how that…

If you have ever had a job working in an office, then you have probably heard plenty about productivity. Many bosses take great care about finding out how productive potential employees will be when looking to hire new staff, and…

The contents of this post are an alphabetical arrangement of two lists that have been circulating among writers and editors for many years. In case you have missed out all this time, I’m sharing here the wit and wisdom of…

“On the title page it is stated that, “The book is meant to be a warning of what very well may happen if policies, laws, and business directions are not changed quickly.” I think that this book would be a…

High-tech becomes high-risk in Denise Robbins’ novels. The New Hampshire based author uses two decades of experience in computers to explore the killer possibilities in technology. Denise integrates her knowledge of computers and technology along with secrets, intrigue, suspense, and…

This week, Random House is hiring a new editor, while HarperCollins is looking for a rights coordinator. Rodale is seeking a publicist, and Hachette Book Group is hiring a publicist, too. Get the scoop on these openings and more below,…

What book are you most excited about this year? Over at Library Journal, Barbara Hoffert has published her annual “BEA Galley & Signing Guide.” The handy resource will help you make sure you can find all the galley copies and…

What book are you most excited about this year? Over at Library Journal, Barbara Hoffert has published her annual “BEA Galley & Signing Guide.” The handy resource will help you make sure you can find all the galley copies and…

Want to finish your book this summer? From July 16 through August 1, 2012, Mediabistro will host its first Literary Festival & Workshops. Among our long list of guests, Rebecca Skloot (pictured) will share some Unconventional Publicity tips and Constance …

Vintage has sold a combined total of ten million trade paperback, eBook and audiobook copies of E.L. James‘ Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy in the last six weeks. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group president Anthony Chirico had this statement: “This…

John Oakes, the co-founder of OR Books, has written an opinion piece for Publisher’s Weekly, encouraging publishers to free themselves from the traditional print book supply chain (as well as from the shackles of Amazon) by selling eBooks directly…