CRAIG SILVERMAN

It’s really obnoxious when somebody slacks off with their blog, only to reappear with a post that’s about how they’re a finalist for an award.
Totally rude, totally annoying, totally what I’m doing right now.
But wait!
I have some big news that I’ll be sharing here later this week. News that’s only a little bit about me. It’s really about online news …

I recently added a Delicious feed in a sidebar to the right that features links to some of my latest writing. I would have simply added this story to that list, but the Globe And Mail chose not to put the story online. (Shocking!) So, here’s my recent Saturday feature about “unlimited vacation” policies in the workplace. Enjoy.
All the vacation …

I’ve been boxing for close to three years now. I’ve had three exhibition fights at my gym, the Blue Cat Boxing Club, and next Friday, November 20, I will have my first competitive match. It’s against a fighter from another club in the Montreal area. All I know is he weighs 190 pounds (I’m walking around at about 185 right …

I didn’t plan it this way, but I have work in the recent issues of both Writer’s Digest and Reader’s Digest (Canada). So October is all about the Digests, yo. The only hitch is that neither piece is online as of now. So you need to get the print editions. (Or buy the digital edition of WD!)

For Writer’s Digest, I …

It’s been a little more than two months since I joined PBS MediaShift as an associate editor, and that means I’ve produced two features for the site (in addition to my editing and site management duties). Below are excerpts from the articles. Enjoy.

Cats Sleeping with Dogs? Rival News Orgs Share Content, Revenues

by Craig Silverman, October 21, 2009

Next month, newspapers all …

This has been a long time coming in Canada, if you ask me. Large publishers have been rolling out contracts that are nothing more than unconscionable rights grabs, and now one company has simply gone too far. Today, for what I think is the first time in history, Canadian writers groups have combined with big literary agencies to call on …

Below is some information about a great upcoming event for freelance writers here in Montreal. It’s a joint effort by some of the best writers organizations in the country (including my personal favorite, the Professional Writers Association of Canada), and it combines workshops with a client mixer and other networking. Get your tickets and I’ll see you there.
Mediaville Montreal
Where freelancers …

I’m pleased to announce that I will be joining PBS MediaShift as an associate editor. I’m very excited to work with Mark Glaser, his team, and the site’s many contributors. In addition to working with contributors on their articles, I’ll be writing a monthly feature for MediaShift. I’ll also be involved with MediaShift’s sister site, Idea Lab.
This news won’t have …

I’m still recovering from last week’s festivities and surprises.
This recovery process included sleeping for 12 hours last night, which is almost unheard of for me, and spending most of yesterday afternoon and evening lying on a couch and trying to avoid anything resembling work. Last week was the MagNet/PWAC conference, the National Magazine Awards, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. I …

The most recent edition of the CBC Radio show Definitely Not The Opera focused on mistakes. They rang me up and asked me to come into a studio and talk about how I handled mistakes in my book Regret the Error. They recorded me and then cut my thoughts together into a little monlogue. I think it turned out pretty …

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