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For 25 years I wrote copy. I'd tell you I've become a consultant, but I do that and still write more than ever.

The Writer Underground is a reflection of my interesting in writers, writing, freelance writing, copywriting, writer's tools, ebooks, linux, text editors, creativity - and everything else that bubbles up.

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  • The Man Who Took on Amazon and Saved a Bookstore - Forbes http://t.co/9P5vy8Aw 12 mins ago
  • When words lose their power (or, let's never use the word "Awesome" again, eh?): http://t.co/ZAVNClhB 26 mins ago
  • The New Yorker launching its first ever science fiction Issue (these are a few of my favorite things): http://t.co/OSv3Ohih 16 hrs ago
  • English: "The world's most awesome mess" and "insult to human intelligence." Feel better about being a writer now? http://t.co/pI3KCgpw 16 hrs ago
  • Good interview with brilliant new sci-fi writer Paolo Bacigalupi: http://t.co/jzYm6k12 1 day ago
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My Interviews With Successful Writers

Working Writers (interviews focusing on tools and workflow)

Leveraging the Value-Added Copywriter: An Underground Manifesto

The Real Secret To A Long, Healthy, Successful Copywriting Career

Writing Video Scripts For No Good Reason (And Some Very Cool Free Software To Help You Do It)

How To Write a Billboard (or, Copywriting at 70 MPH)

How Serious is Your New Prospective Client? Four Easy Questions Help You Figure It Out.

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  • NDAs, Non-Competes and Work For Hire Agreements: A Copywriter’s Short Course
  • It’s a World Gone Mad: Underground Wins Place In “101 Best Websites For Writers”
  • Retrobrilliance: Rumpus Fires Up “Letters In The Mail” Subscription Service
  • Working Writers: Paul Lagasse
  • The Pitch “Reality” TV Show About Advertising Pulls… A 0.0 Rating…
  • Weekly Tweetfest
  • When It Comes To Facebook, Marketers Should “Like” Reality
  • Ken Burns On Great Stories (or, +1=3)
  • Zuckerberg, The Musical
  • Have Heroes: Copywriter Tom McElligott

linux is for writers

Ubuntu: Linux for the rest of us.

I’m reading these on GoodReads.com

About a Boy
Hardwired
The Gods of Mars
The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
A Princess of Mars
Ready Player One
Prayers on the Wind
In the Beginning...was the Command Line
Frankensteins and Foreign Devils
Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues
Fever Pitch
High Fidelity
Reamde
Where the Hell Am I? Trips I Have Survived
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Juliet, Naked
Your Idea Machine
Days of Atonement
Hush Money


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