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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Archive for August 2007

August 31st, 2007

Free Online Ways To Promote Your Book

Dream Jobs To Go has posted 8 Easy Online Ways to Market Your Book for Free by Regina Paul. Although I like the gist of her ideas, I do differ in some important ways.
For example, her first tip is ”Create a presence on the Web” but then she suggests using free web space. Every book […]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

August 31st, 2007

Best Selling Book Lists – A Key To Trends

Freelance writers are often urged to spot trends and write about them. One way to spot trends, at least in publishing, is to keep an eye on best seller lists.
Publisher’s Weekly puts best selling book lists on their website, which makes it easy. They offer lists in seven categories:

Audio
Children’s
Comics

Fiction
Paperback

Nonfiction
Religion

Don’t limit […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

August 31st, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 61 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs

We end the week with 61 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs.
That ends the month and it ends the week with 195 jobs… awfully close to 200 don’t you think?
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing - a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision - for those who want […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

August 30th, 2007

Recent Top Posts About Writing, Etc.

I know it’s not quite the end of August, but at the moment, here are the top 5 posts for the month:

What’s Your Dream Writing Job
How Do I Email Clips to Editors
Ways Writers Can Help Stop Global Warming
Should I Submit an Article On Spec Or Query?
Writers and Their Websites

What’s your favorite post?
Write well and often,

Two […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

August 30th, 2007

When Clients Don’t Understand Their Writing Projects

Prospective clients call and email me. The best really know what they want. Maybe it’s a ghostwriter for a book. Or maybe it’s a writing coach to help them get a book or other piece of writing done, or for more general help with their freelance writing career.
Then there are the clients who either don’t […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

August 29th, 2007

Freelance Writers and Digital Photography

Freelance writing and photography often go together. After all, if you can provide your own photos with that article, you’re much more likely to make the sale.
With digital photography, providing your own photos is actually pretty easy. But if you want to get good at it, you couldn’t find a better blog than the Digital […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

August 29th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 71 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs

Just posted 71 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs.
Seems to me there’s no summer slump when it comes to writing jobs this year.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing - a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision - for those who want to get a book written.
Tags: editing-jobs, Freelance […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

August 28th, 2007

Golden Pencil’s Mission Statement

As part of his 31 day project, Darren Rowse is challenging bloggers to share their mission statements.
When I started this blog, if I’d written a mission statement it would have been something like:

To share my experience, resources, etc. about the business of freelance writing.
That’s not bad, but over time, I’ve come to a deeper understanding […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

August 28th, 2007

The Eclipse? Or Something Else?

I’m slogging today. My head feels full of fog and I’d really like to take a nap, which is odd because it’s not quite 9:30 a.m.
Part of the problem, I’m sure, is I got up twice last night to watch the lunar eclipse. For a change, San Diego had crystal clear skies which made viewing […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

August 28th, 2007

Nix Monday Writing Deadlines?

Contract worker has an entry that suggests freelance writers and editors should avoid having writing and editing deadlines fall on a Monday. The main reason is to avoid working on weekends – always a good idea in my book.
I think there’s another reason too, and that’s you’re not as likely to get your client’s attention […]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

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