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Archive for April 2007

April 30th, 2007

On The Subject Of Blog Silence

On April 18th I posted the possibility of a silent vigil sparked by OneDayBlogSilence.com. After some agonizing I’ve decided not to be totally silent - it seemed to me that if I were going to be silent here I also needed to be silent in the rest of my life for the day, which simply [...]

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April 30th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 34 New Writing and Editing Jobs

There are 34 new writing and editing jobs today.
It does seem as if the number of new jobs is dropping off a bit. But there’s still lots of work out there. Remember, these are only the jobs found fairly easily online - I view them as the tip of a very large iceburg.
Write well [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

April 29th, 2007

Developing a Teleclass

One of the things coming out of my class with Mark Silver is a teleclass or two. Teleclasses has always struck me as a good ancillary income item for non-fiction writers, but I’ve never been sure how to start. Gradually I’m getting it together… in fact I’ll probably develop an ebook to teach authors how [...]

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April 27th, 2007

When Writing For Free Works

I often urge new writers not to work for free, or not very often. Of course, there are always exceptions to that rule. The most obvious is to develop a portfolio… and a short handful of free articles well written and online will go a long way toward getting that done.
Get Paid to Write points [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

April 27th, 2007

Not About Writing – A Brag

Well, maybe it is about writing. After all, I have done an article called 6 Ways to Toot Your Own Writing Horn…
Anyway, I was surprised, delighted and even touched to discover the ACLU linked to one of the blogs I wrote yesterday called Shooting Fallout – Is This What We Want? The ACLU Insider blog [...]

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April 27th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 31 New Writing and Editing Jobs

We end the week with 31 New Writing and Editing Jobs.
That’s a total of 118 freelance writing jobs posted this week…
Make sure you get notice of all the jobs by subscribing to Abundant Writing News.
Write well and often,

Tags: employment, Freelance Writing Jobs, job-board, work-from-homw, writing-jobs

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April 26th, 2007

How You Apply For Writing Gigs Really Counts

Tina Marie Frawley writes a blog called The Freelance Writer’s Lounge. She’s got a post called Following Instructions Counts!
It’s the story of what happened when she posted an ad for a writer on CraigsList.
Read it and weep… or maybe celebrate. Celebrate because you read the ads carefully and respond thoughtfully, following any instructions [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

April 26th, 2007

Who Knew? World Copyright Day

We missed it, but not by much. It turns out that April 23 was World Copyright Day. Sponsored by UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization), the goal is to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright around the world.
Copyright’s are, of course, important to freelance writers. You may [...]

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April 26th, 2007

Shooting Fallout – Is This What We Want?

Google news has almost 70 stories listed with headlines like “Massacre fallout: Charges for essay” and “High school senior charged after writing ‘disturbing’ essay.”
You can read the details but as I understand the story, a senior high school class in northern Illinois was assigned to write an essay that, among other things, was to [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 9 comments

April 25th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 42 New Writing and Editing Jobs

Yep, we have 42 new freelance writing and editing jobs today.
Seems like there are more high tech jobs showing up these days.
Subscribe to Abundant Writing News to get notice of all the jobs.
Write well and often,

Tags: editing-jobs, employment, Freelance Writing Jobs, job-board, writing-gigs

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