Our writers talk back
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Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room  respond to readers' questions.
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For over a week, volunteer editors picked at the prose, tested the facts and directed this journalist to new avenues of reporting. But did our experiment in collaborative journalist produce a compelling story? By Ryan Singel.
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They talk about them all the time on the news shows, every day the major Presidential candidates have conference calls with reporters. It seems much of the real action in the campaign happens here, but we (voters, taxpayers, citizens)  have no access. I listened to an MP3 of one of the calls, with the chief strategist and communications director of the Clinton campaign. It was fascinating, gave me a picture of how the press and the candidates relate that I had never seen before.  Now I want more -- I want it all!  I've been asking around, where can I get MP3s of all the conference calls, the day they happen, in full, not spun through the reporters, and so far have come up with nothing. So I'm bringing this issue to as many people as I can think of who might either know how I can get them, or apply pressure to one or more news organizations to make them public. I'd of course like to see them made available as an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures, so it will be accessible to everyone with a podcast client. I would help create this, even host the feed if necessary. Anyone at a major media organization would have access to this content. I'm pretty sure it's all on the record. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Columnist Johanna Rothman explains the art of the question, whether it be in a job interview or a vendor meeting.
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Whenever my editor approaches me, I quickly size up his body language before he has said a word. If he looks genial and relaxed, he probably liked my story. If his face looks set and determined, I know a wrangle over copy is probably ahead.
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One by one, several French writers and intellectuals are making the startling confessions.Comment
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Tycho: There are two things I must mention.First, Gabriel liked the cover for book four (entitled "Birds Are Weird") so much that he wanted to make a poster of it, and it's not worth arguing with him when he gets like that so we let him do it. It is, even now, awailable!Also: PAX preregistration opens today, and since we've had a couple of these now you probably know if it's something you'd like to attend. You save ten dollars over the door price, which is, like, ten bucks. This is money you could put toward some other purpose!(CW)TB
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Lee Drew had a chat with some cousins the other day.
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As the ink dried on a tentative  deal between directors and studios, the big question swirling  around Hollywood on Thursday was whether it would bring  striking writers back to the negotiating table.
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Some writers wonder whether the guildâs militant tactics are actually doing more damage than good.
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Arts & entertainment: Why do people always think writing is autobiographical, asks Mark Ravenhill.
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You can learn a lot from writing a newspaper column, especially when a reader calls in to say that you're wrong. I've just received a revealing critique that foreshadows a nasty new escalation in the battle over our digital rights.
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For nearly a year I've lived in that relatively new zone called the blogosphere.  I'm now considering moving.  Like many people, I've entertained the idea over the years of writing a book or two; but for now I just enjoy writing an occasional column or story.
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If we published newspapers like Sheila Copps writes books, we&#39;d have been out of business a long time ago. In this business, we are obliged to write fact, not fiction.
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I have often admired your writings, in particular your strong articles before and after the Iraq invasion. You spoke out when others did not.
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Hollywood writers finally returned  to work on Wednesday with a brighter future in new media but  facing uncertainty about whether their 14-week strike will cost  them lucrative TV work.
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We asked the novelist what he's watching, reading, and listening to.