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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Archive for May 2007

May 21st, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 31 New Writing and Editing Jobs

We start the week with 31 new freelance writing and editing jobs.
Remember, if you subscribe to Abundant Writing News you’ll get notice of every job post.
Write well and often,

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

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May 20th, 2007

Want Some Good News To Write About?

Want some good news to write about? Or just to offset some of the gloom and doom we’re all exposed to every day?
Kathy Hawkins, a writer, poet and editor from Maine, and a member of our forum, pointed to Gimundo.com. Founded by Chris Case and Keith Cohn, Chris say’s on the site’s About page: [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

May 18th, 2007

Writing With Vision - About Getting Your Book Written

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time you know I’ve been taking a class from Mark Silver called Opening The Money Flow. One of the results of that class is a total refocusing of Writing With Vision.
It’s aimed at folks who want to get a book written whether you write it [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

May 18th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 47 New Writing and Editing Jobs

We end the week with 47 New Writing and Editing Jobs.
That’s 142 writing and editing jobs posted this week.
Make sure you see all the jobs posted - subscribe to Abundant Writing News.
Write well and often,

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

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May 17th, 2007

My Grandson Writes!

Last night I had dinner with my oldest son (the tech writer) and his delightful family. My grandson, the 6th grader, had a writing assignment he was having trouble with so his father asked me to do a bit of coaching. What a joy!
His goal was to draft a feature article on J.K. Rowling’s and [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

May 16th, 2007

Tough Writing Project? Just Start

Have you ever had a writing project you didn’t know how to start? I just started one… I’ve been pacing around, avoiding this one, doing all sorts of things instead of this one for about a week.
It’s not that I don’t like the project – I do. I just didn’t know how to get any [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 9 comments

May 16th, 2007

Working For Free – Think First

Matt Glover is a freelance cartoonist and blogs at Chewing Pencils. (See, it’s not just us writers who chew pencils!) He’s got a great story he tells on himself about a job he almost gave away.
It’s called Clients and Emotions and it’s definitely food for thoughts for freelance writers and editors.
Incidentally, although Matt’s work [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

May 16th, 2007

Moving Between Projects.

A friend just emailed me asking how I switch from one project to another. She’s finding that what she calls her main ghostwriting contract is taking all her energy, leaving her feeling like she can’t get other work done.
Some of my ability to shift from project to project is simply practice. I’m not sure, but [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

May 16th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 54 New Writing and Editing Jobs

How about that? I just posted 54 writing, editing and translation jobs.
Obviously I don’t have a clue about the ebb and flow of freelance writing gigs. ;)
Be sure you get all the job postings - subscribe to Abundant Writing News.
Write well and often,

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

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May 15th, 2007

More Classes

I’ve been a registered member (free) of Poynter.org for years but I didn’t realize the offer free classes at some called News University. For example, you can take:

Cleaning Your Copy
Get Me Rewrite
The Writer’s Workbench: 50 Tools You Can Use

These are free (you do have to register at News University) and self-paced. Although aimed at journalists, [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments