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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

Archive for the ‘Freelance Writing Software’ Category

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

July 26th, 2007

Open Source .PDF Converter

Codswallop announced an open source .PDF converter. In addition to doing the usual, it makes it easy to insert a creative commons license into your documents. The program is in beta testing and won’t, at the moment, allow color printing or clickable links… but it’s a good start.
The creative commons license is an alternative approach […]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

July 26th, 2007

100 Web Applications For Freelance Writers

Audrey Owen, editor, forum member and blogger, posted a link to Codswallop’s The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need. Good heavens!
Yes, there are 100 websites, many with applications, that are aimed at freelancers of all stripes, including freelance writers.
Warning… this site can become a time sink. I worked my way […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

April 24th, 2007

Converting Docs to PDF

Since I create ebooks, I’ve had to learn how to convert word docs to .pdfs. Although I own an ancient copy of Adobe’s Acrobat, the original .pdf generator, I don’t like it much.
Instead I use PrimoPDF, a nifty free pice of software you can get at http://primopdf.com/
Works like a charm.
Write well and often,

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By Anne Wayman -- 6 comments

August 15th, 2005

Word and HTML - I Was Wrong!

For years, I’ve complained about the way Word creates HTML pages. I’ve suggested that writers avoid it completely for web pages.
I was wrong!
I use guest articles for About Freelance Writing and they usually send me their work in word. I finally figured out if I save the article in html, I can simply copy it […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 3rd, 2005

An Alternative to Word for Freelance Writers?

I started my writing career with a manual typewriter, then graduated to a self-correcting selectric and thought I was in heaven until I discovered word processing. The idea that a machine could check my spelling was enough to turn me into an early adapter with an Apple II+, a C/PM card and WordStar. (If you […]

By Anne Wayman -- 7 comments