Living Underground
Blog URL http://blogmichaelbell.blogspot.com
Located Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
Tags blog, regina, saskatchewan, personal, freelance, writing, tips, links, experiences
A blog about my experiences as a freelance journalist.
Latest Blog Posts
- Freelance Days: Orato Article on Social Bookmarking on Oct 14, 2009
I wrote a how-to article about something I'm VERY passionate about: browser bookmarks! It shocks me - SHOCKS ME - how many people leave their browser bookmarks on their computers. I know! It shocks me too.So what I want you to do right now is read th...
- Freelance Days: Sage on Oct 8, 2009
I'm probably discovering what most journalists have discovered a thousand times before me...Every once in a while, you do an interview that moves you somehow. I just had one. A 72 year-old First Nation man and Anglican priest. I just felt fortunate t...
- Freelance Days: Overheard in the Newsroom on Oct 8, 2009
Have you heard of this? I don't know if non-journalists think it's as funny as I do, but Overheard in the Newsroom often makes me LOL. This one was so good:Overheard in the Newsroom #1924Reporter: “I’m going to go as a journalist for Halloween.
- Freelance Days: Cafes on Oct 6, 2009
I've been taking my special lady friend's lappy out to cafes to work. I'm at a downtown cafe right now. A lady and her companion are talking about how much they miss the days when Via used to come to Regina. A cold thin rain falls outside the cafe's...
- Freelance Days: Sunday Links on Oct 5, 2009
Feel like I've learned a few lessons over the past few weeks.1. Working lots doesn't mean paying you're bills.I have over $1000 owed to me by various publications. But who knows when they'll actually send the cheque. Meanwhile, the rent is due and I...
- Freelance Days: New Orato Story on Oct 1, 2009
Just published a piece on a Saskatchewan-based virtual art market.
- Freelance Days: Best of Used Regina on Sep 30, 2009
My girlfriend is worried that I've spent too much time these past two days aimlessly wandering the internet and working on screwball online publishing schemes. She may be right.A new project: Best of Used Regina.
