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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Archive for July 2008

July 30th, 2008

Freelance Writing Jobs - 40 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

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We end the month with 40 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs.
It’s worth noting once and awhile that the default on Craigs List is “no pay.” That’s why I sometimes publish writing jobs so marked - many employers never see that’s the default, so I do my best to guess correctly. I miss sometimes, […]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

July 29th, 2008

A New, Almost Real, Online Bookstore

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Canadian Chris Thiessen has created what might be the closest thing to a real book store online at Zoomii.com. What he’s done, near as I can tell, is create an Amazon bookstore, but set it up so you’re seeing the covers on shelves just as you might if you walked into your nearest physical book […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

July 29th, 2008

The Golden Pencil Passes Major Milestone

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I’m awarding myself and this blog a blue ribbon because sometime last night we passed passed a major page views milestone. I’ve been flirting with that mark for the last couple of months, but am now firmly over it. It’s only the 29th and I’ve already hit the mark.
The thanks, of course, goes to you, […]

By Anne Wayman -- 10 comments

July 28th, 2008

How do I ask for payment without seeming tacky? Ask Anne, the Pro Writer

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Hi Anne,
I sold an article to a trade magazine. They published it a couple of months ago, but I haven’t been paid yet. How do I ask for payment without seeming tacky?
cs
Hi cs,
What’s tacky about asking for what you’re owed? I’m still not at all sure why many writers seem to be embarrassed about […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

July 28th, 2008

Freelance Writing Jobs - 67 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

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We start this last week in July with 67 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs.
I haven’t really planned a vacation this year. Have you?
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.
Image from […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

July 27th, 2008

Some Sunday Writing Links

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Instead of looking for new writing blogs for you, I decided to run through some I’ve already got listed. There’s good stuff there, like:

Anchored Authors’ How to Astonish Yourself into Writing More Often, complete with a downloadable calculator to help you figure out how many books a year you can write.
Angela Booth points to […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

July 27th, 2008

How To Write A Book - Videos For Writers

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Dale Beaumont, creator of SecretsExposedClub.com - a bit of hype and the video stops before it’s over, but there are enough decent hints about getting a book written to make it worthwhile.

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 […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

July 25th, 2008

Yep, You Certainly Can Fire A Client

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I came close to firing a client yesterday. It’s been a rocky relationship from the beginning, which was back in the beginning of February.
I’ve been ghostwriting for a number of years, and I have a rough process I’ve found usually works. It goes more or less like this:

First we do a Visioning which I do […]

By Anne Wayman -- 6 comments

July 25th, 2008

Freelance Writing Jobs - 49 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

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We end this week with 49 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs.
What a weird week in terms of numbers of jobs! But the total ended up to be 160 writing and etc. jobs this week.
Economy? Summer? Something else? What’s your guess?
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing - a resource for freelance writers including 3x […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

July 24th, 2008

Top Seven Posts at The Golden Pencil: Writer’s Resource

(www.thegoldenpencil.com) A while back I tracked the top five or ten posts here and they rarely seemed to change much. Today I looked and wow! Here are the top five with some comments by me:

Testing Lulu.com - this must be part of the ever-increasing interest in self-publishing.
Should The Government Monitor ‘Net Content? An Odd Couple […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments