Here's what your fellow mediabistro readers are talking, talking about on the bulletin boards:

How to bill as a proofreader (get. a. contract!)

What's the nicest way to submit a manuscript?

Can one get feedback on why they weren't hired for a gig? And if so, how?

What's it like over at Bedford Publications?

What is Quark and where does one learn it?

More of a chatty chatty topic but for those of you who are out of work and looking for something to do: what's the longest you've been out of work?

Some creative ways that people have gotten the job.