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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Archive for September 2008

September 30th, 2008

Do I Own My Story? Ask Anne The Pro Writer

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Dear Anne:
I have a question about fiction submissions and copyrights.
Several years back, I wrote a few stories that won short fiction awards and were published in my college’s literary journals. Now I am thinking of sending them out to other publications for reprinting. The problem is that I want to edit and [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

September 29th, 2008

Taxes Mean You’re Successful

Friend and fellow writer, Lori Widmer commented that she’s had to revise her estimated quarterly taxes upward. That’s great news.
I don’t know about you, but I find the whole world of taxes utterly confusing. Used to scare me, truth be known. Kelly Phillips Erb to the rescue, now at www.taxgirl.com. You won’t notice much difference, [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

September 29th, 2008

Freelance Writing Jobs - 50 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

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We start the week and end the month with 50 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs.
We’re about to enter the year’s last quarter - are you going to exceed your goals? Make them, or not quite get there? Tell us about it.
If you’re new to applying for freelance writing jobs or need a refresher, How [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

September 28th, 2008

Free & Useful Ebook For Writers

Yvonne Russel over at Home Biz Notes scoops me again! In a post called “Free - Penguin Authors Guide To Online Marketing - A Great Promotional Tool,”
I suggest you go right over and download it. It’s a 64 page ebook with some cool graphics and, it looks like, some sage advice. I haven’t read the [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

September 28th, 2008

Advice from Stephen King - Videos About Writing

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I couldn’t quite catch the question someone asked Stephen King, but it turns out not to matter a bit.

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: advice by stepen king, famous [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

September 26th, 2008

Last Post On Recent Rejection

When I didn’t make Michael Stelzner’s list of Top Ten Blogs For Writers, I posted twice about it. Michael himself suggested it would be a gift, and he’s right. What I also didn’t expect was the support I’ve gotten from readers of this blog. Some in comments, some via email, and at least two blog [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 6 comments

September 26th, 2008

Are You Going To Get Bailed Out?

Yesterday the feds took over my bank. I didn’t even know about it until this morning. Sure my money is okay at the moment, but I can’t tell you how suspicious of this bail out I am. The fact that the original 3 page summary of th proposal included:
Sec. 8. Review. Decisions by the Secretary [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

September 26th, 2008

Google’s 10 Years Old!

Oh my goodness, Google is celebrating its 10 year birthday!
What has this got to do with freelance writing? I don’t know. What’ I am sure of though is that google has become an integral part of my writing life and the rest of my life. I use it to:

check my spelling
research facts for my ghostwriting
find [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

September 26th, 2008

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

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What a week! I’m glad I’m not a financial writer because someone would expect me to explain what’s going on in a readable way.
We end this week with 44 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs.
That brings this week’s total to 163 freelance writing jobs.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing - a resource for freelance [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

September 25th, 2008

Rejection Update

Yesterday I moaned that I hadn’t made Michael Stelzner’s list of Top Ten Blogs For Writers.
Here’s, as has been said by others, is the rest of the story:

I was surprised - after all, I had won two years in a row.
I was surprised at how disappointed I felt.
Within the hour of finding out and posting [...]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments