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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Archive for June 2005

June 17th, 2005

What Kind of Writing Do You Do?

Tells us what kind of freelance writing you do.
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By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

June 16th, 2005

22 New Freelance Writing Jobs Posted Today (6/16/05)

Why do I post only paid freelance writing jobs? Because I assume most of the readers of this blog and my site either are already getting paid for their writing or want to be paid. While I have no objection to writers journaling or giving away their writing, if you want to be a professional […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

June 15th, 2005

Commercial Writing Is a Lucrative Venue

Commercial or corporate writing can earn you a handsome income and Peter Bowerman tells you how to do it. In his second book on the subject, The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds, A Second Helping he details the whole process from getting clients to how to get the writing done in ways that will bring […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 14th, 2005

25 New Freelance Writing and Editing Jobs

25 New Freelance Writing and Editing Jobs: I posted 25 new freelance jobs for writers and editors yesterday. Normally I post a blog about those jobs on the same day, but we had a network glitch. Some of the comments went missing too, and I don’t think we’ll get them back. I do have them […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 10th, 2005

Writers and Their Websites!

One of the services I offered when I was with About.com was to list writers websites. I’ve decided to do the same thing at my new site, www.aboutfreelancewriting.com.
The obvious thing was to email each writer listed and tell them what I’m up to. So I plunged in, which means I also looked, at least […]

By Anne Wayman -- 20 comments

June 10th, 2005

Got a Question About Freelance Writing?

When I was running the freelance writing site at About.com I had a Q&A section. Every week I’d answer a question about writing sent in by a reader. I’m launching that column again.
Here’s how it works: If you’ve got a question about freelance writing, about the writing, the marketing, the business, etc., email it to […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 9th, 2005

When You Don’t Know What to Write

The dentist thing wasn’t as bad as I feared. Since I have another appointment today for more of the same, I decided to put my writing and editing job list and newsletter together yesterday afternoon.
I’ve also promised myself I’d blog daily for 30 days. I’m new to blogging and haven’t much clue about how to […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

June 8th, 2005

When Life Interferes With Writing

Yech! Today I begin a series of fairly major dental treatments and, if you want the truth, I’m scared. I’m pretty dental phobic, and yesterday the fear kicked in… hard, making it impossible to do much writing. Or much of anything else, for that matter.
So how will I turn this into a writing win? There […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 7th, 2005

Write About Your Life

A gal in our forum has written about her role as the family geek. This is a great example of using your life as the basis for articles. Do it well enough and you’ll start earning money at it.
It works because although each of us is unique, we are enough alike so others identify with […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

June 6th, 2005

Interview Your Potential Writing Clients

You send out your list of writing credits in response to a freelance writing job posting. A few days later, totally unexpected, you get a call from the person who needs some writing done – suddenly you’re in an interview. Take a deep breath and focus on what your potential client is saying and asking. […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments