This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Advertise in this news brief. Text Version    RSS    Subscribe    Unsubscribe    Archive    Media Kit November 21, 2014 Home   About ASJA   How to Join   Our Members   Find a Writer   For Writers           ASJA Annual Writer's Conference 2015: Connect for Success ASJA ASJA's Annual Writer's Conference, to be held April 30 – May 2, 2015 in midtown Manhattan, New York, is the premier event for professional and aspiring freelance writers. With three days of educational content about the art and the business of independent nonfiction writing, this is THE writers conference to attend every year. Find out more.    Share this article:   READ MORE   Businesses Are Hiring Writers Who Specialize By James Carberry Recently I asked a technology executive if businesses value writers as much as lawyers or accountants. "More so," he said. As his comment suggests, writers are in demand today. A writer can make the difference in whether a company's content stands out in a content-saturated market, a start-up's business plan wins over skeptical investors or a CEO's speech inspires and motivates employees. Often, businesses want writers who are specialists. Share this article:   READ MORE The Power of Journaling Writer's Digest Overcoming a painful past usually involves sharing one's story and the associated feelings. Developing insight into past hurts, and connecting the dots between then and now enables one to make better choices moving forward. Journal writing is a powerful tool that opens the path to greater insight and self-knowledge. Share this article:   READ MORE PRODUCT SHOWCASE   Judge a Book by its... Creating books for nearly 40 years, we love to share what we have learned with first-time and self-publishing customers. A book is judged by its cover. The hardest part of creating your book (after the writing, of course) is in knowing where to start. Give us a call at (734) 429-8735!   What Kids Are Reading: A Renaissance Learning Report Publishers Weekly In its latest report about reading, for the 2013-14 school year, Renaissance Learning gathered data from its Accelerated Reader-hosted database, utilized in more than 31,600 primary and secondary schools last year. The database includes book-reading records for more than 9.8 million students, who read more than 330 million books. Share this article:   READ MORE Push for Parity: Our Paths as Journalists Are No Longer Simple Ones Poynter.org Author Ina Fried writes: "In one way, my road to becoming the female journalist I am today has been unusual. But in many aspects, it is typical of many of the women I know who have successfully navigated today's journalism landscape." Share this article:   READ MORE Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: How to Choose? Miami Herald By the time John Kennedy Toole won the Pulitzer Prize for his great American novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, he had been dead for 12 years. Toole reportedly killed himself in part due to years of frustration over unsuccessful attempts to get his outrageously funny book about New Orleans published. It was only after his mother browbeat author Walker Percy into taking up the cause that Louisiana State University Press published the book in 1980. Share this article:   READ MORE Computers Are Ranking the World's Important Authors Engadget Trying to rate the world's literary giants is tricky at best. Do you go by the number of books sold? The long-term cultural impact? If you're Dartmouth College researcher Allen Riddell, you make computers decide. As part of an effort to determine which books would be most valuable in the public domain, Riddell has developed an author ranking algorithm that determines the most important authors who died in a given year. The system ranks writers based on the age, length and popularity of their Wikipedia articles, along with the number of titles they have in the public domain. Share this article:   READ MORE Do Men Read Books Written By Females? GalleyCat Do men read books written by female authors? To answer this question, the Goodreads team examined the reading habits of 40,000 active members (20,000 men and 20,000 women). From there, the collected data was used to create an infographic called "Sex and Reading: A Look at Who's Reading Whom." Share this article:   READ MORE TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most.     5 Reasons Why You Should Not Give Your Words Away Free (The WRITER) Sportswriting, Anyone? 8 Tips from National Sports Editors (Kristine Meldrum Denholm, ASJA) 10 Words Every Writer Needs to Know (The Huffington Post) Don't be left behind. 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