For Writers

Some Asheville citizens are taking the law into their hands by writing citations for people who violate handicapped-parking laws.  

About a year ago, Ken Hull was struggling to write a book, leading him to ask the advice of the Nittany Valley Writers Network.  

Returning from its summer hiatus, Sierra Writers gets right off the mark with an evening devoted to writing techniques developed by best-seller Natalie Goldberg.  

Fewer high school sophomores in South Metro-area schools met or exceeded Oregon's standards in writing last year, bucking a statewide trend. Ten out of 13 South Metro high schools lost ground in writing, according to scores released by the state this week.  

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 (Bernama) -- Rockwills Corporation Sdn Bhd, which provides professional will-writing and will custody services, is aiming to write 15,000 wills by the end of this year.  

The California Writers Club of Long Beach is hosting a presentation called "Humor: The Long and Short of It," on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Los Altos Branch library, 5614 Britton Drive. Published and aspiring writers of all genres are welcome.  

The Rehoboth Beach Writers’ Guild is offering a variety of writing workshops this autumn. This includes, for the first time, a course offered through the mail.  

Story created Aug 26, 2008 - 12:00:13 CDT. Many times it's hard for a writer to express the inter-workings of their craft. The ideas, the thoughts, the purpose, the psychology, the actual craft itself are difficult to put into words and explain to others in a rational way.  

Three fiction writers, a poet and two essayists have been named recipients of the 14th annual Rona Jaffe Foundation's awards, grants of $25,000 each for "women writers of talent and promise in the early stages of their writing careers."  

GARY -- Two local writers recently have had their works published for the first time.  

I am writing in response to Mr. Paul Puebla’s letter that was posted in the Torrington Telegram on Aug. 20, 2008. In my opinion, if you are going to write a letter to the editor, would it not be better to at least have your facts in order?  

Far too many writers have no one to share their writing with. They have no idea whether their writing has any merit. Is it good? Will the reader get it? How does it compare to other works? Is it publishable?  

One of the most-beloved software apps among programmers, writers and Mac geeks, the "Bare Bones" text editor BBEdit receives a substantial upgrade. New features include a management utility for keeping track of multifile projects, an auto-completion engine for writing code and integration with...  

Aaron Sorkin is writing a movie about the online social networking site Facebook, Variety reported.  

Today the Louisiana Writers Foundation announced plans to create a museum honoring writers who have lived in New Orleans that will also provide services to support those presently living and writing in the city. (PRWeb Aug 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases...