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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Archive for November 2007

November 30th, 2007

No Jobs Today

Back problems… you’re on your own and I’m back to bed.
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By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

November 29th, 2007

LinkedIn for Freelance Writers?

LinkedIn is, of course, a social network… but for many it’s more than that. Scott Allen who blogs at LinkedIntelligence, points to a series of articles by blogger Darlene McDaniel of Interview Chatter.
Darline has done a great job of both explaining LinkedIn and showing you how you might use it in a series of posts […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

November 28th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 44 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs

Just posted 44 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs.
For reasons that are obscure to me, I keep thinking today is Friday, not Wednesday. Sigh!
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: blog-jobs, […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

November 27th, 2007

Can Watching Television Help Your Writing?

I was surprised to read the title of a blog on Copyblogger called: Three Great Writing Techniques I Found While Watching Television. Surprised because I don’t even own a TV and when I do get to watch it end up congratulating myself for not participating in that wasteland.
None-the-less, guest writer Ryan Imel (who blogs at […]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

November 27th, 2007

End of the Year Tax Savings for Writers

Years ago, when I was working with my father in real estate, we had a meeting with a truly wealthy man. He’d made his money selling buying and selling what most people considered junk. Our meeting took place in a knarly office-trailer inside a huge, jumbled warehouse in a grimy industrial area south of Los […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

November 27th, 2007

Applying For A Freelance Writing Gig

Write-From-Home.com, a finalist in Writing White Papers 10 Top Blogs for Writers, has a short but important post about the best way to apply for a freelance writing gig.
To her tip about thinking like an employer, I’d add order your resume or credits so the most applicable is on top. It’s so easy to have […]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

November 26th, 2007

Top 10 Blogs for Writers - We’re In the Finals!

I’m delighted that The Golden Pencil is one of the finalists on Michael A. Stelzner’s Writing White Papers blog.
I say “we,” because community, in the form of comments, is one of the keys to a successful blog - so congratulations to you as well. And thanks!
There are some great blogs on the list of finalists… […]

By Anne Wayman -- 8 comments

November 26th, 2007

A Kindle Review I Like

The day before Thanksgiving I posted about Amazon’s new ebook reader. There’s lots of buzz around the blogasphere, a lot of which makes little sense to me. However, Michael S. Hyatt, President CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers and writer of the blog From Where I Sit has reviewed the device in a post called: Kindle: […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

November 26th, 2007

Should You Write for Term Paper Mills?

Although I don’t post jobs if I know they are for term paper mills or from a student looking for a writer to do their work, there are enough of these writing jobs floating around it’s almost impossible not to be tempted.
Guest writer Sharlene Thomas explains why she won’t in an article called: Should […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

November 26th, 2007

Freelance Writing Jobs - 53 New Writing, Blog, Editing and Translation Jobs

We start the week with 53 Writing, Blog Editing and Translation Jobs.
Seems like there is always at least one blogging job, often more.
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: blog-jobs, blogging-jobs, […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

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