Writer Unboxed

The girls have been asking me to write a post about HTML, so instead of talking about writing prose this week, I’m going to see if I can come up with some HTML basics for those of you who don’t already know them.
A bit of background
HTML means hypertext markup language. A HTML document is a […]

Your manuscript is hungry for information, and it’s time to go fishing for historic details, a better description of a particular item, a list of Mexican tourist attractions (whatever). Armed with your favorite search engine and some idea of what you’re looking for, you sink your net deep into the Internet ocean. When it comes […]

I went to a Yankees’ game yesterday. Ungodly hour of waking, couple hours on the bus sitting behind children who wouldn’t leave the shades alone, $12 bucket of popcorn, the whole nine yards. Unfortunately I found it more compelling to watch pigeons target fans with guano bombs than focus on what wasn’t happening on the […]

Originally, I was going to post a very cool pic of a two-tone lobster for this post…and then Floyd Landis won the Tour de France yesterday. If you’ve been following the tour, then you know all about the drama–the dope charges that kicked so many out of the race at the start, Floyd’s own battles […]

There’s Kath–riding her pony back from her beachly travels. She’ll be back tomorrow, and I can honestly say I have a brand new appreciation for having a partner on this site. Buddies/ partners/ helpers are great, and so this week’s Click Here is all about helper sites on the ‘net. Enjoy!
First of all, a MEME […]

Kathleen goes to the beach, Therese goes to a soggy Washington, D.C. Where’s the justice? I guess I’m in the wrong city for that…sorry, couldn’t resist! (Our hotel is very cool though, with the glass-backed framed pics of Barbie and Ken on the wall, the plasma TV, the funky green mosquito netting around the bed, […]

After eight billion-and-a-half years of working toward my master’s degree in psychology, today I am turning in my thesis paper. Since my paper is on memory for certain kinds of imagery (interactive imagery in advertising, if you’re burning of curiosity - snort), I thought it fitting that today’s Click Here be all about good stuff […]

This Friday, we’ll post the first part of an empowering interview with Writer Beware’s Victoria Strauss. Given that Victoria is dedicated to helping us remain cookies of the smartest order in the sometimes crumbly world of publishing, I thought this week’s Click Here links should help us to write smart with good research! Here we […]

Kath and I recently updated WU with some new Box Cutters. What are Box Cutters? Sites we think can help you unbox your best writer self by promoting unique thinking in any of the many aspects of writing and marketing your work, or by illuminating common writerly traps. Here are some of our new finds:
Agent […]

How can a person feel like going back to sleep after having seven dreamy hours of slumbericious rest? Sigh. It’s been a long weekend…
After a stressful span of days, Absolute Write is back up and running. Go on and give ‘em some love. Where did Absolute Write go? Why is there a refuge camp for […]

It’s Memorial Day, so I know most people won’t be around today. Tomorrow, however, you may be dragging from too much time spent at the ribs-and-Sam-Adams table, and you’ll be looking for something–anything–to help motivate you back into work. Which is why I’ve decided to post a few downloadable programs to make your writing life […]

Ah, Mondays. They can be as draining as a pocketful of kryptonite to our super-creative powers. But easy as a flinging on a cape, you can transform this most evil weekday into a productive workday.
What follows here is not for the squeamish
…or so promises James Patrick Kelly in his most clickable article Murder your Darlings. […]