Writers

Both Campaigns Use Ghost Writers, But Only One Uses Them to Manipulate Readers

Chuck Lasker | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

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Chuck Lasker

Obama's Ghost Writer Guild helps his supporters put their own thoughts into words, while McCain's ghost writers help McCain supporters lie to the media.

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Writers Are Assholes

Dennis Perrin | Posted 08.20.2008 | Entertainment

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Dennis Perrin

There are few hells more tormenting than hanging with other writers. We are an insecure, egocentric, petty, envious breed who enjoy spreading pain, hoping to maximize it for ourselves.

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Iran: Reading Tehran With Lolita (Time to Publish Iranian Writers)

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Biggers

While Azar Nafisi's bestselling Reading Lolita in Tehran, chronicled her efforts to teach forbidden Western literature, most Americans would be hard pressed to recall a single novel from Nafisi's native country.

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The Third Screen: Larry Gelbart on the Future of Media

Vickie Karp | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

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Vickie Karp

In the American media landscape, human viewers may be the only constant, but it remains hard to tell if media is about them and for them, or only, well, about money. Does it matter?

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HuffPoster John Ridley Among Those Called Out By Writer's Guild

Reny Monk | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

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Reny Monk

The WGA has sent out a castigating letter to its members that lists names of writers who crossed the picket lines during the tense hundred-day strike that ended in February.

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Writers and Publishers Fight Amazon Takeover

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media

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Alison Rose Levy

Amazon is now making moves on monopolizing the kind of books that people can read or write.

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Shelf Life

Carol Hoenig | Posted 02.22.2008 | Media

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Carol Hoenig

The reality is that most books have an ephemeral shelf life.

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The Only Business Advice You Really Need

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 12.06.2007 | Living

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Pamela Redmond Satran

Making it in your own business from home undoubtedly also takes drive and discipline, too. But start with not doing the laundry, and the rest can fall into place.

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