September 19th, 2005
I often get questions about how to find paying writing markets. Sometimes the freelancer will include a link to a website that promises to help a writer find paying jobs for… (read an overview of writing markets)
There’s also a list of Top 3 Free Market Listing Sites for Writers.
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September 18th, 2005
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September 17th, 2005
MzTiz, my 8-year-old tabby mostly pays little attention to my writing activities; they seem to be out of her ken. She knows beyond any doubt that food shows up, as does water and affection in precisely the amounts she wants.
This morning, however, she curled up near the keyboard after wed had a delightful few moments […]
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September 16th, 2005
J. D. Jordan, writing I’m an Artist, But Not the Starving Kind for Newsweek makes it clear why business knowledge is important for artists. Everything he says applies to freelance writers as well.
Hows your business knowledge? Theres a series of articles about the Business of Freelance writing on my website. Its not complete; Im always […]
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September 16th, 2005
Yep, 61 Freelance Writing and Editing Jobs posted today
a new record, but a false one.
I got sick on Tuesday nothing serious, just a nasty something or other. Usually I manage to keep up with everything, but this time I simply slept and slept and slept. Feeling much more human today, thank you.
Write well […]
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September 12th, 2005
I’m a firm believer in setting goals for my writing business. Recently, however, I’ve been introduced to Visioning. Visioning can be defined moving into “a space of deep listening” to catch the highest possible idea about your writing business…
Visioning is a way of inviting the unlimited into our lives. It opens us up to be […]
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September 9th, 2005
Once again, someone in my forum posted a link to an article on MSN - Where to Find Freelance Work Online by Amod Puranik of Entrepreneur.com. In it he lists sites like Elance and Guru.
The model of all this sites is employers post writing (and other) jobs and writers bid against each other to […]
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September 9th, 2005
There are 42 new freelance writing and editng jobs posted today!
I’m starting to see more requests for writers who can blog… not a ton yet, but one or two show up every week. I suspect this is just the beginning of a trend. Trade magazines are touting blogs as a great way businesses can stay […]
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September 8th, 2005
A post on my forum asked if the writer should offer a discount because she was being offered a gig that consistent of regular, predictable work. The answer from me and other posters was a resounding no.
But the question got me to remembering how insecure I felt about my writing at the beginning of my […]
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September 7th, 2005
Question: I received the following response to a query:
“Unfortunately, we don’t have much money right now and I can only pay about $10 per article. Is this something you’d be interested in doing? I would give writers credit to you, but we would want ALL EXCLUSIVE rights to the material. Let me know […]
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