Every first novel started as an unpublished writer’s wild idea. Here’s how to make yours a reality.
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Every first novel started as an unpublished writer’s wild idea. Here’s how to make yours a reality.
Full article at Fast Company : How I Wrote a Book in 15 Minutes a Day
Last month, I turned in the copy edits for my fourth novel. The next week, when I opened up the rough outline for my fifth, I was confronted with this question: does Covid-19 exist in the new book I’m writing?
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Last month, I turned in the copy edits for my fourth novel. The next week, when I opened up the rough outline for my fifth, I was confronted with this question: does Covid-19 exist in the new book I’m writing?
Full article at Business Insider : Are Novelists Already Writing About Covid? An Author Investigates
…”The New York Post taught me to read people quickly and to be brave in pursuit of a story. Asking intimate questions of strangers and powerful people is always going to be frightening. But you can’t be a journalist if you can’t handle the fear. You can’t even pretend you’re trying to get to the
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…”The New York Post taught me to read people quickly and to be brave in pursuit of a story. Asking intimate questions of strangers and powerful people is always going to be frightening. But you can’t be a journalist if you can’t handle the fear. You can’t even pretend you’re trying to get to the
Full article at Columbia Journalism Review : What I learned about journalism at the New York Post
One prosecutor told Crimesider that “if you’re just being careless with a gun and it goes off, that’s not a crime” – not not everyone agrees.
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One prosecutor told Crimesider that “if you’re just being careless with a gun and it goes off, that’s not a crime” – not not everyone agrees.
Full article at CBSNews.com : When is an “accidental shooting” really a crime?
How the New York City tabloid media misjudged the Central Park Jogger case.
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How the New York City tabloid media misjudged the Central Park Jogger case.
Full article at Poynter Online : “We Were The Wolf Pack”
Every year police kill nearly 400 civilians, some of whom use officers as instruments of their own deaths. A growing movement is training police not to kill citizens — even when they seem to be asking for it.
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Every year police kill nearly 400 civilians, some of whom use officers as instruments of their own deaths. A growing movement is training police not to kill citizens — even when they seem to be asking for it.
Full article at Pacific Standard : How To Stop Suicide By Cop
Being a cop is a dangerous job — and not just for the obvious reasons. Suicide kills more officers every year than homicides or accidents at work. But what does society owe the families of those for whom this high-stress job is too much to take? One widow answers: respect.
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Being a cop is a dangerous job — and not just for the obvious reasons. Suicide kills more officers every year than homicides or accidents at work. But what does society owe the families of those for whom this high-stress job is too much to take? One widow answers: respect.
Full article at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine : The Police Suicide Problem
Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq.
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Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq.
Full article at Salon : The Killing of Jamie Dean