We aren’t exactly offering Santa’s mailbag, but the December 2013 edition of The Columnist has plenty of reading for columnists and bloggers:
- Donahue, Scottoline Headline Bombeck Workshop — That’s Phil and Lisa, respectively, along with dozens of top experts who will speak on humor, writing and humor writing — and marketing and publishing, as well.
- Career Longevity Needs a Sense of Purpose — NSNC ex-President Suzette Standring finds commonality between op-ed (opposite editorial) opinion writers and lighter columnists, as a preview to her book.
- Mailing in Columns Risky This Time of Year — NSNC President Eric Heyl examines our temptation to coast through holiday columns.
- ColumnNews — The “World’s Longest Column on Columnists” shows members have been up to good, not naughty.
- Dinting Not Daunting — Ben Pollock’s monthly Daily Diary for December finds fresh ways to keep word counts high.
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