Category Archives: Writing

Six word memoir

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Timberati

Six word memoirs and summations are popular, I tried my hand at my career. Forester: cuts trees, plants and leaves.

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Draft #2-Timberati on the Graveyard Shift

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Timberati

Lee Lofland over at the Graveyard Shift has asked if I’d like to do a guest column. Lee’s a retired detective who’s “solved cases in areas including narcotics, homicide, rape, murder-for-hire, robbery, and ritualistic and occult crimes. He worked as … Continue reading →

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Timberati on the Graveyard Shift Draft #1

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Timberati

Lee Lofland over at the Graveyard Shift has asked if I’d like to do a guest column. Lee’s a retired detective who’s “solved cases in areas including narcotics, homicide, rape, murder-for-hire, robbery, and ritualistic and occult crimes. He worked as … Continue reading →

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Writing an E-Mail Query Letter

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Timberati

Many magazine, literary agents, publishers, etc., are accepting e-mail query letters. E-queries use a different format than the standard query letter sent through the postal mail. And, if you’re like me (unpublished but taken steps to rectify that deficiency) you … Continue reading →

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The Week’s “What Next?” Contest

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Timberati

THE WEEK (motto: All You Need to Know About Everything That Matters) is a great weekly news magazine. We love it. It’s full of great writing from all over the world. Well, last week on the last page they added … Continue reading →

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