Ed Addeo tells us, “My new book is now available! It’s “The Midnight Special,” a novel about the violent and tragic life of legendary folksinger Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter. This book was actually first published years ago, sold out its first printing, got rave reviews, and I was on the “Today” show to plug it. But [...]
Members' Books
Rose Valenta has new book
Rose A. Valenta writes, “My new book is out! A new way to describe Murphy’s Law, political scandals, our screwed up economy, and life in general – ‘Sitting on Cold Porcelain.’” Some of the satirical essays within the pages of Sitting on Cold Porcelain include “Giuliani’s Gaffe Could Qualify for Political Darwin Award,” “Rush Limbaugh: [...]
Nat'l Columnists' Day
National Columnists’ Day – April 18
By Sheila Moss Web Editor Tom Curley, president and CEO of the Associated Press, recently said that journalists need reasonable access to battlefields to provide the public a realistic view of what is happening in Afghanistan and other war zones. Curley’s speech kicked off a conference on war and journalism at the University of Kentucky. [...]
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Bill Tammeus Writing New Column
Kansas City columnist Bill Tammeus reports he is writing a new biweekly column for the online edition of The National Catholic Reporter, an independent publication based in Kansas City. The first column went online March 10. To read it, click on this URL or paste it into your browser: http://tinyurl.com/ycwwf38 Tammeus says you [...]
Newsroom
HuffPost 10th Place in Online News Sites
The Huffington Post came out in the 10th place spot for online News Sites bringing current events and global news, according to recently released Neilsen ratings. Its closest competitor was Google News at number nine. Google had 13.3 million unique hits, while Huffington had 13 million. A number of NSNC columnists are frequent contributors to [...]
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New Syndicated Columnist Channel for Online Publishers
According to a business report in TransWorldNews online, a Florida based technology company called TinBu is developing a new online Syndicated Columnist channel available to web publishers by July 1st. It will feature “national expert writers” in such areas as politics, Hollywood, business, travel and other topics. Initial coverage will include weekly columns and daily [...]
Announcements
About our Website
Wait, don’t leave! You are in the right place! The NSNC board decided that it was time for a newer website, something more in keeping with the times, something trendy and dynamic, to attract the attention of young potential members and to meet the changing needs of current members. We wanted to do things that [...]
Members' Books
Zezima announces his new book
Just when you thought publishing standards couldn’t get any lower, I have finally come out with my first book. “Leave It to Boomer: A Look at Life, Love and Parenthood by the Very Model of the Modern Middle-Age Man” has just been published by iUniverse. The book is a collection of my Stamford Advocate humor [...]
Nat'l Columnists' Day
Could Ernie Pyle’s work fly on the internet?
You, the columnist By Dave Lieber davelieber.org A little disgusted is how I feel when I read these words from Time magazine book reviewer Lev Grossman about how writers are going to have to write differently for people who read their work on cell phones or who can’t focus too long on one subject: [...]
Announcements
Election 2010 – NSNC Officers
Each year half of the officers on the NSNC Board of Directors are elected at the annual general membership meeting. It will be held at the close of the 2010 Conference in Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday, July 11. This year the offices to be filled are: President, Vice President, Newsletter Editor, Web Editor, and [...]
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Kathleen Parker takes Pulitzer Prize in Commentary
Pulitzer Prizes were announced today with conservative Washington Post columnist, Kathleen Parker winning first place in commentary. The Pulitzer Prize is considered the most prestigious award in U.S. journalism and commentary is the category most associated with columnists. The Pulitzer for commentary was “Awarded to Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post for her perceptive, often witty [...]
Newsroom
Jumping onto the Apple cart?
Early users of the new Apple iPad report that it is a bit like a large version of the iPhone – without a phone or camera. It is four times larger than an iPhone, has beautiful graphics, and is fast. It is great for games, movies, web surfing, music downloads, and for reading e-books, if [...]
Member News
Perel contributes to Chicken Soup
Saralee Perel is currently represented by NYC agent Bob Mecoy for her first non-fiction book, The Dog Who Walked Me, which is about her dog who became her caregiver after Saralee suffered a major spinal cord injury, the devastating effects on her marriage, and her cat who kept her sane throughout. Saralee is a nationally [...]
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Supreme Court rules on Freelance Copyright Case
On March 2, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision involving payment to freelance writers for online use of their work. This ruling means that freelancers have the right to make infringement claims on works whether a copyright is registered or not. The judgement followed a landmark Supreme Court ruling for writers in 2001 [...]
Members' Books
Sex Advice by Columnist Isadora Alman
UPDATE: “Bluebirds of Impossibles Paradises…” is now available in paperback as well as eBook. Longtime NSNC member Isadora Alman has written a new novel with an arousing title: “Bluebirds of Impossible Paradises, A Sexual Odyssey of the 70′s” – published by Amazon.com as an eBook. “It has a few very good reviews but I would [...]
Member News
Karen Rinehart at National Convention
Humor columnist and author Karen Rinehart will be among the featured speakers at Alpha Chi Omega’s 56th biennial convention in Washington, D.C.July 9-12, 2010. Rinehart, Beta Eta, Florida State University, will talk on the topic of “Maternal Revenge Phenomena: Resistance is Futile.” Rinehart has been writing her award winning syndicated newspaper column, “True To Life, [...]
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Columnists on Column Writing
How do you as a columnist approach the craft of writing? Do you try to get people to think, maybe from a different point of view? Are you the antagonist who writes to let people disagree? Do you try to present useful information in a humorous way? Do you try to tell about something uplifting [...]