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February 28, 2010
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February 28, 2010
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February 25, 2010
We first put our site on the Internet in December 2008 – since then we have had over 110,000 viewers visit our site. We extend an invitation to all writers to become contributors. If you are interested please reply to SpeakWithoutInterruption@gmail.com and let us know the type of writings you [...]
February 11, 2010
Complete this sentence – If I did not have the freedom to write I would…………
We welcome your thoughts and comments.
February 4, 2010
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Books, Creative Writing, Current Events, Fiction, Freelance Author, Journalism, Literature, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Publishing, Short Stories, The Writer's Corner
What is a Writer? Is is someone who has been trained as one or someone who believes they are one? Is is someone who uses big words and knows proper grammar or is it someone who writes the way they feel with spelling and grammatical errors? Is it someone who has published books, articles, and [...]
February 2, 2010
I have had both a personal, and business, relationship with China – and its people – since 2003. I have written articles – posted to our site – regarding China and have made it no secret regarding my extreme interest in having contributors, from China, post their articles to our site. I am excited that [...]
February 1, 2010
Below are the results – from Google Analytics – for our SWI site showing the Top 200 pages visited over the past 12 months:
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128,896
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100.00%
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90,609
% of Site Total: 100.00%
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January 29, 2010
SWI is pleased to announce ‘Night Reading’ – a publishing opportunity for not only our own SWI contributors but to all writers who are interested in getting their works published. Below is this initial announcement from our contributors Tim Roux and Bruce Essar:
Bruce Essar and I invite you to join our new Ning site – [...]
January 6, 2010
The mass of instant information that is the Internet and Mass Media could free each and everyone of us to become more informed and knowledgeable. Then we could all come together as a new smarter, kinder society and deal with all of our problems in wise and wonderful ways.
But that’s not exactly what’s happening is [...]
December 18, 2009
Posted by Bob Grant - Editor in: Books, Creative Writing, Freelance Author, Journalism, Literature, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, The Media, The Pundit's Corner, The Writer's Corner, Writing Essentials
Our Online Magazine was started in December 2008. Since then we have had visitors to our site that represent 165 countries. Although we have a few contributing writers – outside the U.S. – we “very much” want more. Many, many, many more! If you come to our site from outside the USA – and would like to become a contributor [...]
December 11, 2009
Journalism isn’t Dead, but Newspapers are
By Alan Caruba
As frequent readers of my commentaries know, I began my working life as a journalist. This, of course, ruined me for honest work!
As a result, I migrated into public relations, a craft or trade that likes to think of itself as a profession, but other than medicine, why [...]
November 8, 2009
Posted by Tim Roux in: African-American, China, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, History, Homeland Security, Islam, Journalism, Latino & Hispanic, Military, Morality, Politics, Religion, Republican, Sociology, Terrorism, Women's Rights
In Britain it is now a criminal offence to make any statement which might incite racial hatred. So, if you go around saying that all Irishmen are stupid or all Welshmen are thieves, then you may well find yourself helping the police with their enquiries and facing a sharp fine or even a term of [...]
October 3, 2009
Posted by cmusico in: Advice, Attitude, Biography & Memoir, Economic Crisis, Economics, Faith, Family, Finance, Habit Change, Health & Fitness, Humor, Inspiration & Motivation, Journalism, Life Experiences, Motivation, Nutrition, Personal Experiences, Recovery, Relationships, Weight loss
This month marks a rather large milestone in my life — it’s the official one-year anniversary of my real-world independence. This time last year, I moved into my apartment in Jersey City. Sure, I stayed in the dorms at Seton Hall University, but I always went home for the summer. This was different, though. This [...]
September 18, 2009
As stated in SWI Roots http://www.speakwithoutinterruption.com/site/swi-roots/ I have no credentials or experience to have started our Speak Without Interruption Online Magazine. I just had an idea – and with the tremendous help of my Son-in-law plus the writers who took a chance on an unknown site – we are experiencing an ever increasing audience and [...]
September 17, 2009
Wednesday’s are generally good days. You’re halfway through the week, “hump day” if you will. (I know, I know. Today’s Thursday. This is a postmortem.) We’re almost to the weekend. Furthermore, when I used to live at home, it was the day of the “Good Breakfast” — a sausage and egg sandwich on a bagel, [...]
September 17, 2009
Characteristics of professional writers
All generalizations are false, a paradox. Any SWI reader who aspires to writing as a career should know what it will be like and what personal characteristics and behavior work. This applies in every career and profession—education, focus [...]
September 16, 2009
HANDY TOOLS FOR EVERY WRITER
These core activities and attitudes—think of them as tools—are essential to writers with basic writing skills who want to succeed in a trade with few, if any, shortcuts:
September 15, 2009
“No man but a blockhead wrote except for money.” Samuel Johnson was referring to all of us, regardless of gender. Beyond penning Post-it® Notes, shopping lists, family correspondence and ‘duty’ writing, humans with basic writing skills should theoretically be able to write professionally and be paid to do it. In [...]
September 13, 2009
We take our contributors posts, from SWI, and post them to our Twitter site http://twitter.com/SpeakWithout Sometimes we have to change the titles, slightly, to stay within the 140 character limit on Twitter. We post a title – and the link address to the site – and all has to be 140 characters or less. We do receive referral visits, to [...]
September 10, 2009
A Linguistic Lesson— by Stephen Sangirardi Bard715@aol.com
Before the advent of plumbing, men and women were not pleased defecating on the bowl. They had to use an inconvenient out-house—an interesting kenning, by the way—usually a good walk from the house so that reeking smells did not waft into the window and other, ahem, cracks. I [...]
September 7, 2009
Posted by Muhammad Cohen in: China, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations, Geopolitical Events, Islam, Journalism, Minorities, Opinion, Politics, Television, Terrorism, The Media, The Pundit's Corner
China allows international reporting on Uighur unrest because it suits China’s interests. [...]
September 3, 2009
Posted by Author 101 in: Advice, Book Marketing Online, Books, Creative Writing, Fiction, Freelance Author, Journalism, Literature, Marketing, Poetry, Publishing, Short Stories, The Writer's Corner, Writing Essentials
When you are ready to publish your book, how many copies should you order? The numbers may surprise [...]
August 28, 2009
Journalism’s Delusions
By Alan Caruba
“Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalists promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.”
The Society of Professional Journalists is holding its centennial [...]
August 18, 2009
Book signings. Absolutely love them. Not the tepid white wine of some vintage in the plastic glass with the runny cheese on a paper plate. Nope. It’s when I get to meet the real reason I [...]
August 17, 2009
Watch for the Signs
By Alan Caruba
There are some lessons one learns from a life spent first as a journalist and then for many decades as a public relations professional. You cannot succeed in PR if you cannot spot the early signs that the media herd is heading in one direction or the other.
It was obvious [...]
August 17, 2009
Although not a widely traveled person – in my 63 years I have been to countries in Europe, Asia, North American and the Caribbean. I have been a school teacher, in the Army, in the corporate world, and an independent businessman. No matter where I travel, or with whom I meet, I have found that People [...]
August 2, 2009
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse in: African-American, Attitude, Communications, Current Events, Democracy, Freedom, Journalism, Morality, Motivation, Opinion, Politics, Republican
Last Friday, I drove to the airport and on that drive, I listened to a discussion on this topic. After I heard all the “facts” in detail, clearly, this issue is racial and driven by a political agenda from the idealistic, far right that cannot stand anybody that does not [...]
July 30, 2009
Where’s Obama’s Birth Certificate
By Alan Caruba
It’s the question and/or controversy that will not go away. Where was President Barack Hussein Obama born and why won’t he produce a birth certificate?
Sometime ago I received an affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, by Philip J. Berg, an attorney who briefly gained media [...]
July 12, 2009
Some of the world’s greatest writers started out self-published, such as Twain, Whitman and Poe. In reality, they were talented and gifted writers, but it took self-publishing to get their work between the noses of publishers and their bottom line.
Copyrighted: [...]
July 5, 2009
Posted by Author 101 in: Advice, Biography & Memoir, Book Marketing Online, Book Review, Books, Creative Writing, Education, Entertainment, Family, Fiction, Freelance Author, General Topics, Inspiration & Motivation, Interview, Journalism, Literature, Motivation, Non-Fiction, Philosophical Genres, Self-Help, Short Stories, The Media, Writing Essentials
Nearly 81 percent of people say they have a book inside them. It’s in their hearts, minds, and soul; but unfortunately, it never seems to develop in pen. Most of these people feel their life story or an event in their life is worthy of becoming a book—and they may [...]
July 2, 2009
Challenging Writing — Challenge Your Initial Assumptions, Then Write!
–by Robert W. Walker
We hear all sorts of advice about a writer should do this and should do that with regard to point of view. Have you heard that you should keep to a point of view that is “close” to precisely who you are? That [...]
July 1, 2009
Writing Tips Gleaned from Betty Webb
By Marilyn Meredith
Recently I was in charge of programming for the Public Safety Writers Conference and Betty Webb was one of our guest speakers.
She gave a dynamite keynote speech about the creation of both of her series, the darker Lena Jones series and her new, lighter Gunn Zoo mysteries.
She gave [...]
June 26, 2009
Posted by Antonio de la Vega in: Attitude, Communications, Democracy, Governance, Habit Change, Internet Advice, Journalism, Latino & Hispanic, Marketing, Mexico, Opinion, Politics, Social Aspects, Social Issues, Sociology, The Media
En estos días muy próximos a las elecciones intermedias en México, los temas de discusión central han sido el voto nulo y el voto blanco. Al buscar en Google la combinación exacta “voto nulo” obtenemos 495 mil referencias. Con la combinación “voto blanco”, 363 mil [...]
May 15, 2009
A Silicon Valley company I would like to name but should not (libel laws, like gravity, operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week) has gained a global reputation for clever innovation. Their success baffles me.
Some years back I was asked to write a cover story for their external house organ. The project involved [...]
May 13, 2009
It is 100 degrees, humidity to match. We’ve been working on this Louisiana drilling rig, in oil- and gas-rich Lake Washington southwest of New Orleans, for 20 hours straight, with occasional scratch meals but no rest. Situation normal. SOP. Whatever. The rig is located critically close to the intersection of four leases in the map [...]
May 11, 2009
Posted by AngelaPoseyArnold in: Attitude, Biography & Memoir, Current Events, Family, General Topics, Homeland Security, Inspiration & Motivation, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Short Stories, Social Issues
“11:00 hours: Twenty-four minutes of steady applause. My hands hurt,
and I laugh to myself at how stupid that sounds in my own head. My hands
hurt. Please! Shut up and clap. For twenty-four minutes, soldier after
soldier has come down this hallway – 20, 25, 30. Fifty-three legs come with them,
and perhaps only 52 hands or arms, but down this hall came 30 solid [...]
May 11, 2009
Posted by Author 101 in: Advice, Biography & Memoir, Book Marketing Online, Book Review, Business, Business Management, Communications, Computers, Creative Writing, Education, Fiction, Freelance Author, General Topics, Inspiration & Motivation, Journalism, Literature, Motivation, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Publishing, Self-Help, Short Stories, The Media, The Writer's Corner, Uncategorized, Website Instructions, Women's Perspective, Working Women, Writing Essentials
When new authors write non-fiction, they will often base their subject matter on personal experiences. One mistake commonly made, is the over use of the word “I” in the beginning of sentences. “I know this because I’ve been there, done that.” Or, “I did it this, or that way.” Over [...]
May 11, 2009
Newspapers: The Credibility Question
By Alan Caruba
Of all the jobs I ever held, the ones I enjoyed the most were as a reporter for weekly and daily newspapers. Every day was different. You got to interview interesting people. You attended events. And then you got to write about all manner of things about which, as often [...]
May 4, 2009
It Was A Dark and Stormy Night
by John Armor
Actually, it was a dark and stormy weekend.
On Friday, right after the computer office closed, our tower-broadcast Internet access failed. It remained out until Monday morning. Meanwhile, Michelle and I had two articles each that were on deadline. But that was the easy part.
We [...]
May 4, 2009
We consumers in the U.S. are being defrauded by the news media for which we pay, by our donations or through the advertising we see and hear, or—if we are advertising agencies—buy. Harsh? Yes. Appropriate? Indeed.
Broadcasting should deliver high-quality written and spoken linguistic skills, through which we and our children learn about life, and how [...]
April 30, 2009
The eternal war is not the struggle between nations, between men and women, between parents and children. It is between editors and writers.
Writers are there, on the ground, bleeding, sometimes dying. Their eyes see the people, the places, the events. Only they can describe the ‘who-what-when-why-where’ realities. They know that editors want results, not excuses. [...]
April 27, 2009
Above: an achingly bright Southern-Hemisphere starscape, dominated by the Southern Cross. The inselberg was just becoming visible through the gloom, ten miles to the west across the scrub-covered desert floor.
Its bulk assaulted the mind, though its full extent was unfathomable. In the gray pre-dawn darkness it, too, was gray but in subtle contrast to the [...]
April 24, 2009
Homeland Security’s Unsecure Secretary
by John Armor
Today comes news that the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, is replacing Roger Mackin with Phillip Mudd. Who? What? So?
Roger Mackin was the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis. He was responsible for the memo issued just before the 750+ Tea Parties attended by 1 million+ Americans. You [...]
April 24, 2009
Posted by John Joss in: Attitude, Creative Writing, Entertainment, Fiction, Freelance Author, Journalism, Lifestyle, Literature, Short Stories, The Writer's Corner, Writing Essentials
Jeanne LaMarque sat at the Louis XIV dressing table, in her bedroom in the grand apartment in the First, and surveyed the ruin. She had to face the facts sooner or later. Truth trumped illusion and drove out self-delusion.
Years earlier she had commissioned a full theatrical mirror, as from the dressing room: the ring of [...]
April 21, 2009
WRITING LESSONS LEARNED UNDER FIRE -
by Robert W. Walker
After 30 some ODD years in teaching, I have to cringe when I hear the old nonsense that writing can’t be taught. If that’s the case, I have been a lunatic for a long, long time. But rather than rant at a ranter, let me give out [...]
April 20, 2009
From May 18-20, a Stanford University conference will focus on journalism in crisis, as electronic media—the Internet, radio and TV—crush print and destroy many journalists’ careers. The ‘Innovation Journalism Conference’ is about reporting on innovations and about new publishing business models for the digital age.
A Swedish scientist turned journalist heads the program: Dr. David Nordfors. [...]
April 18, 2009
Posted by Congressman Billybob in: Creative Writing, Economic Crisis, Freelance Author, Governance, Journalism, Politics, Social Issues, The Economy, The Media, The Pundit's Corner, The Writer's Corner
Tea Bags and A Grey Wig in Tennessee
by John Armor
As regular readers know, I very seldom rely on other people’s reporting. Most reporters are lazy, or biased, or both, so you cannot trust what you read or watch from them. There are shining exceptions, and one of those is Michelle Malkin. At the end [...]
April 17, 2009
Posted by John Joss in: Accountability, Biography & Memoir, Creative Writing, Current Events, Freelance Author, Journalism, Literature, Non-Fiction, Publishing, The Writer's Corner, Writing Essentials
Every trade worldwide has its language, terminology, argot and expletives (undeleted). Some professions (medicine, botany) hide behind Latin to exclude outsiders. To be credible, to get and keep respect, you must know the secret language of insiders from acronyms to slang, from technical terms to the cultural environment. You can’t fake it.
It’s a nuanced, age-old [...]
April 16, 2009
For what it is, this is a good book and reasonably well written.
‘For what it is?’ Yes. As far as it goes it’s a reasonable primer on how King writes and a candid summary of his life, including horrific booze and drug problems. But writers wanting help with career choices, who would logically be the [...]
April 15, 2009
Short story: “Kat”
NAS Miramar, California
A ‘nugget,’ or new squadron inductee, fresh from the flying the T-45 ‘Goshawk,’ in the training squadron in Beeville, Texas, Kat joined the F-14 Tomcat training RAG, the VF-124 “Gunfighters” at Miramar Naval Air Station, near San Diego. The place was better known as “Fightertown, U.S.A.,” the original TOP GUN home [...]
April 13, 2009
Most of us know what it is like to write for nothing. If you are a novelist then you probably wrote for years before getting paid. Writers of fiction write for something else than the almighty dollar. We write for passion, art, expression, life itself. Now it seems the newspaper business is talking about the [...]
April 13, 2009
I ease on full throttle with the right hand, wrist rotating back s-m-o-o-t-h-l-y to the maximum as I accelerate out of Laguna Seca’s difficult, 100° Turn 11. The 165-HP rush from the 1,000-cc, four-cylinder engine and its accompanying shriek catapults me on a trajectory towards the concrete wall waiting patiently on the outside of the [...]
April 8, 2009
John Joss is one of our most dedicated contributors. He was asked, by another one of our contributors, how he writes? We felt our viewers might be interested in his response:
Writing novels
Everyone researches, writes and edits differently. As a working journalist I approach subjects as a reporter who must tell a story correctly. Everything in [...]
April 8, 2009
Posted by John Joss in: Accountability, Communications, Creative Writing, Current Events, Freelance Author, Inspiration & Motivation, Journalism, Lifestyle, Non-Fiction, Opinion, Social Issues, The Writer's Corner, Writing Essentials
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Old saying. Important meaning to politicians, to advertisers and to their agencies, to copywriters, to website creators . . . indeed to anyone who attempts to communicate for a living, as I do.
Ask someone who scans a newspaper or magazine or blog how they [...]
April 6, 2009
Let’s pretend? These days simulators can reproduce almost anything, synthetically. The results can be useful for training, for entertainment and for many other purposes.
Used in aviation, simulators help pilots become proficient at much lower cost than flying, and with much less risk. Simulators have been created to help operators understand the correct way to operate [...]
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Expert Testimony
Lies, Damned Lies, and Expert Testimony
by John Armor
Before we get rolling, a pet peeve. Entirely too many reporters are too lazy to check their quotes. Time and again, they will say in their lede that “some wag referred to lies, damned lies, and statistics.” No, no, no. That was not “some wag;” that was the [...]