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Hey Writers: Help Me by Helping Me Help You Help Yourself!
Long story short, I’m living off what I earn through my writing right now. This isn’t so bad, except writing income tends to arrive over the course of months, and is less than helpful when you need money right away. So to meet some expenses in the meantime, I’m hiring myself out as a manuscript editor and self-publishing a guidebook for writers who ( Read more... ) -
The Family: A Story for a Cause
As an example of the fun stuff you're missing by not following my blogspot site, I've now posted a revised version of my short story "The Family," which I originally shared as part of Crossed Genres Stories for Haiti project. The idea was that writers would post a free short story, and readers could show their appreciation by donating what in ( Read more... ) -
The Dawn of a New Era
Hello! My blog has now moved to Story Addict: Therese Arkenberg's Home on the Web. There I'll continue to talk about my writing, publications, and causes ( Read more... ) -
This journal is terminally ill.
I am currently doing a massive update/revamp/housecleaning of my social networking accounts. This will also, of necessity given my limited time and resources, involve some culling. I fear this journal is one of the culled. But do not fear too much! As I clean up other accounts, I will be sure to do a final post here linking to them so those who ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in Bookmarks
My promotional efforts for Aqua Vitae have included producing a set of gorgeous bookmarks with information about the novel. I've been aided with the design expertise of a friend, and it's been an interesting learning experience.
Following the advice of this article, we uploaded our design onto Vistaprint, actually making postcards rather than ( Read more... ) -
The Long-Awaited Day has Come
That is, Aqua Vitae is at last available on Amazon.com.
It also has garnered a rather nice four-star review.
This winter break is going by in a blur of promotional activities and short story writing, editing, and submitting. It's a whirlwind, but I don't mind. 2011 was not a particularly kind year to me (was it to anybody?), and I'd as soon bury it ( Read more... ) -
In light of my past few posts...
Kiva's new promotion is extremely well-timed. If you follow the link below, you'll be able to make your first $25 loan through Kiva for free! if you've been considering joining, I hope this will make the decision easier for you.
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The Problem of World Poverty
This is the first section of the rough draft of my paper, part of a philosophical research project undertaken this summer to determine the extent of our obligations towards the poor worldwide. In light of these facts, what do you think our obligations to end poverty are? (That's not a rhetorical question; I'd love to discuss any or all of these ( Read more... )