Every now and again I go out on the ‘net and look for blogs about writing. I usually use Google’s blog search and I found a good one today.
It’s Grow Your Own Writing Business, run by Yvonne Russell.
You’ll find all sorts of promo ideas aimed at writers plus other things like how to price [...]
I just posted 43 new freelance writing and editing jobs.
It’s an interesting mix of jobs… more than usual I think.
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Sigh. I haven’t had this happen for decades, but I just discovered that a check I received from a client bounced. Since I’ve received good checks from this client before I was truly surprised.
I fought through my bank’s voice mail tree (discovering in the process the fastest way to get to a real person is [...]
My path to fulltime freelance writing has been anything but direct and smooth. I was reminded of this when I read fellow b5 blogger Rico Mossesgeld post called How Soon Should You Freelance Exclusively?
Rico’s really at the beginning of his career, and it looks like he’s going about it in a much more thoughtful and [...]
Every writer I know recognizes they need time away from major writing projects. These periods of rest, usually lasting a day or two, give the writer some perspective on the project. The time off also let’s your subconscious work on it, and often you’ll return with a fresh, new idea that turns out to be [...]
We end the week and begin the summer with 52 new freelance writing, editing and translation jobs.
The total number of jobs posted this week: 153
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I firmly believe that every time someone hires me, we should have a contract, or a letter of agreement. I don’t like the term, contract, much because it has all sorts of legal ramifications and seems to put the parties in an adversarial position right from the start. That’s why I use a letter of [...]
Writer and blogger Lori Widmer has a rant called Disconnect where she’s muttering about clients who always want some change at the last minute, or even after the project has been signed off. As Lori points out, it’s this type of client who calls long after normal working hours and longs for your cell phone [...]
Yesterday my 13 year old granddaughter graduated from middle school. The ceremony was scheduled to take place at 8:55 a.m., or so I thought. That meant a 12 mile drive in the heat of the commute… yes, the same commute I sometimes glory in hearing about as I work from home. It could have been [...]
I just posted 49 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs.
If you land one of these gigs, we’d love to hear about it on our forum in I Got The Gig… you’ll have to register, but that’s no big deal.
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