Despite the “virtual” moniker, you’ll get an address that you can use as your real physical street address and to which you can send all your mail. In many cases, there is even a physical person there who can sign for packages. When you receive mail, the virtual mailbox service wil...
From there she went on to New York City, where she still is, and has worked in magazines and now, a digital marcom agency. I have never forgotten how well we got along, how funny she was, and how grateful she has always been for the experience we had together. Her email was ...
Well, you might be known to be interested in buying yachts or homes, and they may have a few they want to sell you. Or you might be someone who writes reviews in yachting magazines. But chances are Very Few people, if any, will authorize that high an e-postage fee, so you will ...
Jacobson was also deep into his own get-rich-quick scheme. He boasted to colleagues that he was waiting to collect his “riches” from a mysterious “investment.” All he needed was to find 10 more people to sign up and invest. “A psychic had told him to invest money and he would b...
“But Anne,” those of you brand-new to the writing world will protest, “how do I get started? I’m more than willing to learn, but I’m frightened that Millicent won’t treat my early attempts with scorn. Why isn’t there a less high-stakes way I can try out my new...
Since there were not very many magazines that accepted SF or fantasy back then, they had to keep impeccable records, to avoid sending a rejected story back to a magazine that had already refused it. But Philip kept typing away, and kept as many stories in circulation at once as possible....
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They had mailed several letters to the renowned researcher at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, but hadn’t yet received a reply. As I wrote in the book, “While I was attending a professional meeting in nearby San Diego, I decided to attempt a different strategy. Although I ...
Newspapers make up the foundation of the fourth estate that is essential to the functioning of our society. As somebody who has first hand experience with societies that lack a well functioning free press, I can tell you it isn’t a pretty picture. ...
Part 2 – from about one weeks ago, after hitting the big lists (good for learning how I’ve built traffic) 4HWW created enough noise online that it was then picked up by offline mediaranging from Wired and Outside magazines to Martha Stewart radio andThe Today Sh...