I am the luckiest girl in the world to be able to have a column in The Writer magazine. I’ve been contributing there with book reviews, features and now the column for over a decade now.
I am pleased to announce that my column, Let Me Put Words in Your Mouth, will be continuing every other month. The next on will be the July issue, out in June.
The magazine has been around since the 18oo’s, so they know whereof they speak, and I am always so pleased to find out how many people use it as a reference guide and resource. After all, I came to write for them because I was a fan and voracious user of all of their tools.
Dr. Richard L. Mabry is apparently a reader as well. In his blog, Random Jottings, he quotes from my column in the March 2010 issue – Technology: Get With the Program:
It’s All In The Tools
“The latest issue of The Writer magazine has an interesting juxtaposition of articles. On page 11, we read about the Charles Dickens museum, which is getting ready to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Dickens’ birth in 2012. In a box at the bottom of the page, we’re told that none of Dickens’ novels has ever gone out of print. That’s a tough record to match. And he hand-wrote every page with a quill pen.
Across the page, on page 10, freelance writer Stephanie Dickison talks about the effect of technology on writers. Here’s her opening statement: ‘To be a writer in 2010 means five things. You have a cell phone. You have high-speed Internet. You have a Web site. You know how to research online and make the most of Google. You’re promoting your work/self on some sort of social media such as Facebook or Twitter.’
As Bob Dylan sang (or whined, if you’re not a Dylan fan), “The times they are a-changin’.” I guess I’m a writer, because I can say “yes” to the five things Ms. Dickison lists. But what will be the necessary tools for a writer next year, or the year after that?”
