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Archive for October 2006

October 24th, 2006

Pacing, Meditating, Thinking – The Creative Process

Every now and again I get a peek into my own creative process. For the last few weeks I’ve been working with a new client. Our phone conversations have mostly been listening to stories he wants included in a memoir. I’ve taken lots of notes while, in background, my mind has been racing around [...]

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October 24th, 2006

Writing and Publishing Jargon

When I’ve got a writing problem I often turn to our forum. There are some amazing folks over there and usually I get my answer. Yesterday I posted a question about finding a book designer, explaining that one of my current ghostwriting projects was going to require a series of callouts. Although that can be [...]

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October 23rd, 2006

Freelance Writing Jobs - 48 New Writing Jobs - 48 Again

Yep, I just posted 48 New Freelance Wrting and Editing Jobs - the same number as Friday - all but two are new jobs.
When a publisher/employer sends me a gig to post directly, I ask how long they want it to run… so those jobs repeat for a few postings.

Note about the newsletter: A whole [...]

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October 20th, 2006

A Copywriting Course I’m Taking

Mark Silver runs Heart Of Business. I’ve been reading his articles and working with his free books for quite awhile. I’ve decided to sign up for his copywriting course.
Since my products are offered on the web, getting the copywriting right would seem to be the key, right along with traffic. Besides, good copywriting rules and [...]

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October 20th, 2006

Abundant Writing News Confirmation Underway

Yes, it’s a bit of a goat dance for current subscribers, but it must be done.
You will be getting two newsletters from me in the next 24 hours - one announces we’ve got 48 new jobs and warns you that to stay subscribed to Abundant Writing News you’ll have to respond with a single click.
The [...]

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October 20th, 2006

Freelance Writing Jobs - 48 New Writing Jobs

48 New Freelance Writing Jobs for you today.
Go get ‘em - there truly is lots of work out there for you.
Write well and often,

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Tags: employment, Freelance Writing Jobs, writing-jobs

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October 19th, 2006

Writers - Dare to Collect Your Pay!

Lori Widmer has an interesting post about a writer who, at first, hesitated to push to get paid called Proof That It Works.This particular story is about someone who was having trouble collecting from a magazine for stories she had written and they had published. But exactly the same thing holds true when working with [...]

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October 18th, 2006

Freelance Writing Jobs - 52 New Jobs Today

52 New Freelance Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs.
Opportunity all over the place. Have fun.
Write well and often,

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October 17th, 2006

Memory Full? Email Box Full?

Don’t do this to yourself!Don’t make your writing clients goat dance to communicate with you.
I just sent an email to a friend who runs her own business… it bounced with a message saying her email box is too full to take more messages. Next I tried to return a phone call to a potential [...]

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October 17th, 2006

The Phone Rings…

Yesterday I told you I turned down a ghostwriting job. I’ve been having some back soreness and early in the evening I turned off the phone, took a long hot back, and crawled into bed with a book.
When I got up this morning, the message light was blinking and guess what? It’s a call from [...]

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