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Archive for July 2005

July 8th, 2005

Ways to Write for Peace

The evolving theory behind Writing for Peace might be summed up with the saying the pen is mightier than the sword (or as Thomas Jefferson, who in 1796 sent a letter to Thomas Paine in which he wrote: “Go on doing with your pen what in other times was done with the sword.“)
The way I […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

July 7th, 2005

Writing for Peace

Like most of us, I woke up to the horrid news from London. As it happens, I’m also reading Chopra’s Peace is the Way as part of my morning practice. One of the things he suggests is sharing your practice and invite others to join you.
My commitment is to write for peace. I’ve written an […]

By Anne Wayman -- 7 comments

July 6th, 2005

Shameless Self Promotion!

A long time ago I realized I could write and sell ebooks about freelance writing (and other subjects). It took some fiddling but I learned how to covert word files to .pdf files and offer them through ClickBank. And I’ve made some money.
But the ‘real’ way to make money is through affiliates who also sell […]

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July 5th, 2005

15 New Freelance Writing and Editing Jobs

I just posted 15 new freelance writing and editing jobs – more than I expected to post following a holiday in the U.S.
Can you get writing jobs from these postings? You bet. In fact, I just got an email from someone thanking me because she’s gotten two writing gigs recently. I love hearing about that.
Write […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

July 4th, 2005

4th of July - Speaking of Rough Drafts!

I ran “Declaration of Independence” into Google and came up with a link to http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm and sure enough, there’s the text – always worth reading imo.
Down at the bottom of the page is a link to the original rough draft! Look at all the cross-outs and corrections! There’s even a ‘translation’ so you can […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

July 2nd, 2005

The Self-Publishing Manual

I seem to be thinking about self publishing these days. Which brings me to Dan Poynter’s Self Publishing Manual. It is a must-have book for anyone who is even mildly curious about what it takes to get a book written, starting your own publishing company (which can work for even one book), through production and […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

July 1st, 2005

27 New Freelance Writing Jobs

Ugh… a round of what I’m calling stomach flu laid me flat yesterday, so the jobs are a day late… but there are 27 new freelance writing jobs posted now… the number seems to be climbing.
You can also subscribe to the Free Abundant Writing Newsletter and get notified of all job postings, plus notice of […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments