I just took a really fun quiz at a friend’s web site to discover what kind of flower I’d be, if I were indeed a flower.

This means that I am a “health conscious person, both your health and the health of others. You know all about the health benefits and dangers of the world around you.”

If you click on the floral photo, you’ll be taken to the site where you can take the quiz. Have fun!

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation on “Nonfiction: Banquet of Opportunities.” You were a great group of people and I appreciated all of your excellent questions and your passion for writing.

As I told you at the end of my presentation, feel free to contact me with your writing questions, any time.

Thanks again!

I will be facilitating two new classes for the Writers Online Workshops by Writer’s Digest, starting tomorrow. One is called Marketing Your Magazine Articles and the other is called Accelerated Fundamentals of Nonfiction Writing. It’s still not too late to sign up!

Today, I received my two-volume contributor copy of Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age: From the End of World War I to the Great Crash, published by Sharpe Reference, Inc. I wrote the entries on the Black Sox Scandal; George Herman “Babe” Ruth; and Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball’s first commissioner.

The cover is beautiful and I look forward to reading other entries in this set!

I love spring — and, even better, summer! — and March is where we’ll turn the corner . . .

As I’d mentioned earlier this month, I’ll be speaking at the 17th Annual Western Reserve Spring Writers Conference; my topic is “Nonfiction: A Banquet of Opportunity.”

My goal is to provide information about a wide variety of nonfiction opportunities, ranging from writing a book to contributing to one; writing for magazines and newspapers; creating entries for encyclopedias; copywriting for advertisements and on the Internet; and so on and so forth.

When you attend writer’s conferences, what makes a presentation a helpful, positive experience? Do handouts, for example, make a significant difference? Extended time for Q & A? Also let me know what you perceive as a negative when attending a presentation at a writer’s conference.

Thanks!

I recommend that you add this site to your list of places to check for freelance work. I always check out the “telecommute” option of JournalismJobs.com.

The website lists the following as companies and/or organizations that have used JournalismJobs.com to find their writers: ESPN, Time Inc., MSNBC, USA Today, Dallas Morning News, C-Span, PBS, Fox News Channel, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, National Geographic Magazine, G+J USA Publishing, Boston Globe, New York Times, Reuters, Financial Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Los Angeles Times, Dow Jones, NPR, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Business Week, Red Herring, Business 2.0, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, America Online, Men’s Health, Wired, Mother Jones, Cosmopolitan, U.S. News & World Report, Reader’s Digest, ABCNews.com, TheStreet.com, Discovery Channel, Boston Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, PR agencies, trade associations, journalism schools, and newsletter groups.

If you find work from JournalismJobs.com, I’d love to hear about it. What other freelance job sites do you use?

Happy Valentine’s Day! 

I know that it’s been a while (make that a LONG while) since I last posted content; there have been lots of changes in my life over the past couple of years, but I’m now ready to focus on my web site again.

Here’s a quick catch-up . . .

My book, American Popular Culture Through History: The 1970s (Greenwood Publishing), debuted in March 2007. Think mood rings and pet rocks, Watergate, oil crises and Vietnam, All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever – plus the break-up of the Beatles, the death of Elvis Presley, and so much more. Those were busy, crazy years.

I’m currently facilitating three online writing classes for Writers Online Workshops by Writer’s Digest, and a new class, Accelerated Fundamentals of Nonfiction Writing, begins on March 20th, 2008.

On Saturday, March 29th, I’m speaking at the 17th Annual Western Reserve Spring Writers Conference; my topic is “Nonfiction: A Banquet of Opportunity.” Contact Deanna Adams if you’re interested in attending.

I hope to see some of you there!

Many thanks to all of you who attended my presentations at the Columbus Writers Conference in August 2006 and in Canton in September 2006. Much appreciated!

Watch for my new book in December 2006 . . . Pop Culture of the 70s (Greenwood Publishing) and for Turning Points in History: Colonial America from Settlement to the Revolution (ABC-Clio) some time this fall.

Right now, I’m facilitating five different classes for WritersOnlineWorkshops.com. Check everything out and see if something is right for you.

I’m still publishing material for encyclopedias and I co-authored a biography of controversial White Sox player Swede Risberg for a SABR publication.