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Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!
Posted on March 12, 2010 at 7:48am 20 Comments 0 Likes
Have you heard? Creative types don’t mess with business plans and finance. Women writers are supported by their husbands. Real writers don’t waste time on numbers. Oh, and real artists are poor.
I don’t buy any of it. And that’s why penning the Writer-Entrepreneur column is going to be so much fun.
Throughout history, women have been excluded from money matters. It’s only been a few generations that more than a few of us have been doing it differently. And writers, well,… Continue
I don’t buy any of it. And that’s why penning the Writer-Entrepreneur column is going to be so much fun.
Throughout history, women have been excluded from money matters. It’s only been a few generations that more than a few of us have been doing it differently. And writers, well,… Continue
Women's Efforts Are Rarely Noted As They Should Be
Posted on November 11, 2009 at 7:35pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
Best Books of the Year lists, Inventions, Politics: you name it, and though it's hard to admit, our efforts as women, our creativity and labor and gumption are rarely acknowledged publicly they way they should be. This year's Nobel Prizes, which included a nearly unimaginable number of awards to women, are the recent exception that makes us notice how blatantly bad the status quo is. I can't help but count numbers--when I read the Op-Ed pages, when I glance at the Table of Contents in The New… Continue
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- Who I am:
- www.miriampeskowitz.com
www.daringbookforgirls.com
www.daringkids.com (website for my PBS' show "Daring Kids with Miriam Peskowitz")
www.daringgameforgirls (website produced by Majesco, for the Daring Game for Girls (for Wii and DS)
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- The Daring Book for Girls. Fourteen weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List, and an inspiration to girls everywhere.
The Double-Daring Book for Girls. The follow-up.
Two cute little pocket versions of the Daring Book for Girls: Things to Do, and Wisdom and Wonders.
Lots of foreign translations of The Daring Book for Girls, and special English language editions for Australia, and for the United Kingdom.
The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars. A non-fiction, journalistic account of how the Mommy Wars debates were created, and the implications for our everyday lives as mothers. Seal Press, 2005.
Spinning Fantasies: Rabbis, Gender and History. An academic exploration of the gendered origins of a classic religion. Not easy reading, but much-loved by students of religion, ancient history and gender, and amazingly, published by the University of California Press in 1998 and still in print.
Judaism Since Gender. Sometimes you just have to take on a classic religious tradition, and imagine what would be different if women's lives and insights were taken seriously, and if it wasn't filled with constricting roles for both women and men. Published by Routledge back in the late 90's glory days of cultural studies and co-written with the awesome Laura Levitt.
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction
- Services I offer to other writers:
- Friendship, brainstorms when needed, and an endless supply of support admiration and respect.
Working up my business plan for Writer's Vision, a service that will provide consulting on editorial strategy and platform-building as well as offer plain old-fashioned editing, for writers, academics, entrepreneurs, politicians and other interesting people and thought leaders.
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- Wordspace (in Philadelphia)
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Miriam Peskowitz commented on the blog post 'The Writer-Entrepreneur: Amy Tiemann’s Mojo for Independent Publishing'
Hey, maybe I should clarify, the e-book was done as a publicity raising launch. That's over now, and readers can purchase the book, e and not.
I do know what you mean, though, about the fear that giving things away will mean that there will no…
Miriam Peskowitz commented on the blog post 'The Writer-Entrepeneur: Hunting Down a DIY Creative Business Education'
I agree. I think many of us find ourselves in that time-versus-money conundrum (Do I do it myself? Do I pay someone else). One way out of the bind is to know more about how to do different tasks and how to do them smartly. There are lots of…
Miriam Peskowitz commented on the blog post 'The Writer-Entrepeneur: Meredith Broussard’s Superhero Writer Financial Plan'
Hi Milagros, your purse-out-the-window description reminds me of the 30 Rock episode where Kenneth tosses his wallet out the window, to prove that the world is a good and just place and that of course, it will be returned to him!
I think in coming…
Miriam Peskowitz commented on the blog post 'The Salonniere: Are You A "Self-Promoter"? Take My Quiz and Find Out!'
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Thought of you last weekend (guess where I was? great story from there...) and wanted to check in. Love seeing what you are up to! Sounds wonderful, and let me know if and how I can support you in your new venture! Hugs...
Stacey Donovan commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Anyone catch Tina Brown on Charlie Rose the other night? Meaning journalists, she said that writers can barely make a living right now because they can't get paid (due to changing marketplaces such as online media) and that the same is true of…
Miriam Peskowitz commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Thanks everyone, for your enthusiasm, and insights. Kamy, I'd love to meet Adam, and maybe interview him for this column.
And Barbara--I'll email you, and perhaps you'd consent to an interview, too. I think the biggest question…
Barbara Field commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Kamy,
I'd like to hear more about Adam Penenberg, author of the Viral Loop and the NYU professor who started their Entrepreneurial Journalism course. I met and did a mini interview with the head of Stanford's Journalism School about how…
Barbara Field commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Hi, Miriam. Sounds like once you started your small biz, you understood more about this writer/entrepreneur thing. Hey, I'm teaching a two workshop course for UC San Diego extension on how to make money as a writer as I've done it for 30…
Geraldine Nesbitt commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
And don't they say that mathematics, understanding Latin, and the creative process go extremely well together. I am a writer, but I have always had an aptitude for numbers too, and have spent the last eight years doing a good job in the…
Renee Belinda Cooper commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Hi Miriam,
I love that you got that connection. Money is like the right to vote, it gives us freedom and a voice that matters.
I too am trying to find and use my voice. I would love for you to check out my blog. I am starting to interviews and work…
Elizabeth Hilts commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
One part of my MFA research project concerns this very topic. Thanks so much.
Kamy Wicoff commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Miriam -- I am SO happy that you are on the team, and can't wait to read this column as it progresses. Debbie and I are having lunch next week with Adam Penenberg, author of the Viral Loop and the NYU professor who started their Entrepreneurial…
Debby Carroll commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Stacey, you are so right about the clients who complain about the price. They don't understand "you get what you pay for." I know that newspaper syndicate authors who once commanded $600/article are now being offered $10. It's…
Christina Brandon commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
This sounds fabulous! Looking forward to reading more!
Elatia Harris commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
What a great mission for writing a column! Thanks for being here.
Jan Vallone commented on the blog post 'Introducing The Writer-Entrepreneur Column!'
Hi Debby--What's your new book about? Writing with your daughters must be a wonderful experience.
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Warm regards,
Julie Jeffs
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering and Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Peace & Light,
Bernice L. McFadden
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I joined SheWrites and started Disability Writers because I find that any writing that touches on the topic of Epilepsy is a difficult sell. So I am currently rallying the Epilepsy community around my work. (Docs, foundations, etc.)
Again any ideas are welcome!
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The Light Daughter
I haven't quite sussed out how to separate my blog writing from my print writing. So currently it's all going into a notebook. Not super productive I know.
My conundrum:I don't want to post my current projects and then not be able to publish them. And I don't want to yammer about how I took my medicine today because honestly no one cares.
So I'm scouring other blogs. Any hints would be helpful!
I hope all is going well with you and the Daring Book etc.!
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