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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

June 12th, 2008

Open Mic Comments Tonight

Open mic comments tonight!
At 6 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time - just about two hours from NOW.
Come join the fun.
See you then,

Tags: editors, freelance-writing, freelancers, making money, money, open comments, open mic, translators. what’s on your desk, writersShare This

By Anne Wayman -- 14 comments

June 12th, 2008

How One Blogger Crams A Whole Lot In His Day

Darren Rowse, the prolific blogger at problogger shares how he gets more done than I ever intend to in a post called: How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive
Actually, when I really look at his list, I see some similarities in my own productivity. It’s not at all unusual for me to write […]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

June 12th, 2008

Open Comments This Evening

Yep, we’ll have a full on open mic comments session tonight.
We’ll start at 6 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
It’s simple, just post a question or a comment in the comments box and we’ll end up with a dialog… sort of a slo-mo chat.
How about What’s On Your Desk? as the topic for tonight’s chat? That […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 10th, 2008

Freelance Writers - On-site vs. Off

Jennifer Williamson who owns her own writing service and blogs about it all at CatalystBlogger recently took a temporary full-time, on-site writing job even though she’d promised herself and the world she wouldn’t ever do that again.
She tells the story in a post called: On-Site Writing vs. Freelancing: The Showdown
As she points out, it doesn’t […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 9th, 2008

Speaking of Net Neutrality…

Part of Bill Moyers’ talk on the need for media reform included his belief we must have net neutrality if we are to maintain our democracy.
Low and behold, Mark, over at WorkBoxers, had put together a rather amazing set of links about net neutrality, including some from our northern neighbor, Canada. It will take some […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 9th, 2008

Building Residual Income - Feels Like Cheating?

I’ve added an hour every day, five days a week, to my schedule for completing my book. That spot is for more than just this book, but for creating residual income in general.
And this morning, in spite of an early f2f meeting that took a couple of hours out of my schedule, I actually […]

By Anne Wayman -- 6 comments

June 6th, 2008

Look For Writing Work Regularly

Eldon Sarte, creator of Wordpreneur.com has a nifty post called: Establish a “Looking for Freelance Work” Routine
He’s absolutely right! It’s one of those things I do automatically enough I hadn’t even thought of writing about it. There’s some excellent how-to that make it worth your time.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing - a […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

June 6th, 2008

UK Concerns Over Amazon/BookSurge

TheBookseller.com is reporting unease among publishers and agents in the UK who are warning authors and others about Amazon’s insistence publishers use BookSurge to maintain their buy buttons on the online retailer.
Wonder when Amazon will issue another press release on this situation. Maybe a boycott will be required. This issue feels like it’s moving oh […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 5th, 2008

Angela Hoy Says “Spread the Word”

I sent Angela Hoy, who has initiated the lawsuit against Amazon.com over their insistence that self-publishers use BookSurge an email - here’s our exchange:
Angela, how can I and thegoldenpencil best support you and the lawsuit against Amazon?
A
Hi Anne,
Please just help spread the word. :)
Angela
Do you have a website, blog or mailing list? Are you willing […]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

June 5th, 2008

Freelancer Writers and Credit Cards

Over at Contract Worker, Rico asks if freelancers should use credit cards. He tells a story on himself about how easy it is to spend more than planned with a credit card.
My hunch is no one should use credit cards unless they are independently wealthy, and even then, only if they pay them off each […]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

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