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Over at Cultured Vultures …
… I talk Networking.
Specifically, I offer my top five tips for navigating the minefield that is networking as a writer.
“Networking” isn’t a dirty word. Unfortunately, sometimes it feels dirty. Some writers will tell you that the entire idea of networking
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An Essential Rule of Networking
If you are asking for a favour, introducing yourself to someone higher up the writerly foodchain, or trying to build a ‘mutually helpful relationship’ with a fellow writer, here’s a tip: don’t irritate the crap out of that person.
If they don’t wish to accept your friend request (on the grounds that they use FB for their genuine friends and are
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Networking 2.0
As y’all know, writerly networking is one of my (many) soapboxes … the VanderMeer takes it to Networking 2.0 over at Ecstatic Days:
As the year comes to an end, I’ve been thinking about leverage, which I talk about in Booklife. But in Booklife, while I have a separate section on paying it forward and contributing to community, I’m not sure
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Networking – not a dirty word (it just feels that way sometimes)
I once had to present a faux writers festival presentation as part of an assessment piece. As someone who doesn’t like speaking in public, interacting with strangers, or even being seen, I was quite happy pitching the idea that writers should be read and not seen. That the golden days were when we didn’t have to be performing monkeys.
I was
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