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Yikes! I’ve been working away, editing a book proposal for a client and suddenly, at the start of sample chapter 2, nothing was making any sense at all. And this is a chapter that’s had several drafts. In fact, it’s the chapter the client likes best.
All of a sudden I realized I was hungry […]
(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 […]
b5media’s list of blogs grows so fast that I often miss something that might be of interest to you. This morning I stumbled into One Book Two Book, a blog about books for kids of all ages.
Turns out it’s only a few days old, meaning none of us are too far behind. If books for […]
Heather Johnson, over at bootstrapper.com has assembled a list she calls The Top 100 Freelancer Blogs. There are 16 blogs for freelance writers here, including The Golden Pencil and some other favorites, as well as some that are new to me.
But the rest of the list is well worth exploring. There is, for example, a […]
No clue why, but this morning I don’t seem to have a single idea for a blog in my head… except this one. You know, the old write-about-the-idea-of-having no-ideas trick. All professional writers can come up with this one when they get well and truly stuck.
And why am I mostly idea less this morning? Who […]
CopyBlogger has a great post today called: Just Say No to These Three Enemies of Clear and Direct Writing. Although I find the title a bit unwieldy, perhaps violating his rules against both something called metadiscourse and pretentiousness, the points are well taken.
Another way to sum it up might be: Keep it simple! It’s amazing […]
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been using Firefox as my browser for years. I don’t much like the way Bill Gates and Microsoft ran Netscape out of business by bundling Internet Explorer way back when and I always tend to favor the underdog. Of course, Firefox is hardly an underdog, but…
I’ve also known […]
A couple of days ago I wondered why some employers of writers, editors, etc. seem to believe they need the writers in their offices in order to get the work done. I’ve been thinking about this and a couple of things have occurred to me.
There may indeed be situations where the writer needs to be […]
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you probably realize I believe every single freelance writer, editor, professional blogger, translator, tech writer, etc., should have their very own website, with their own domain name. It’s easy to do, and I’ve even written an article that will give you the overview you need […]
You know we’re sneaking up on the end of the year when you can order next year’s Writer’s Market.
It’s that time again. If you’re serious about writing magazine articles, writing books, or any aspect of freelance writing, you owe it to yourself to buy the current Writer’s Market. While it doesn’t cover everything, it comes […]
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