August 7th, 2008
(www.thegoldenpencil.com)
I suspect many of you are like me. I started writing because I had some sort of a need to write. Somehow, maybe as early as sixth grade, I loved getting words on paper. It was probably around that time that the romance of being a writer began to creep in. Although I started reading […]
By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments
January 12th, 2008
Deb Ng has a post today about what she plans to read this weekend. I found it because she’s linked to The Golden Pencil, which is cool.
But there are a bunch of interesting links there as well, most of which I’ll take a peek at this weekend. But I also intend to read some mind […]
By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments
January 9th, 2008
Some freelance writers do marketing and PR writing, some don’t. But every freelance writer, editor, blogger, etc. needs to learn how to market themselves.
Common Sense PR is a b5media blog that covers all aspects of public relations. It’s written by Eric Eggertson and he recently posted a list of blogs and other ideas for his […]
By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments
January 7th, 2008
Arghhhh. Here I am, happily composing an exercise for my up-coming book on getting a book written. I decide it’s time to put some lines in… you know, the kind of lines that signal and allow you to fill in the blanks.
So, holding the shift key, I used the underline key to create a […]
By Anne Wayman -- 9 comments
November 20th, 2007
A writing friend of mine had a contract to write an article a month for a year – 12 articles in all. The pay was spelled out and for the first few months, everything went well. Last month my friend submitted an article as planned, but this time the editor responded with something like “thanks, […]
By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments
November 1st, 2007
Contract Worker pointed to a great post by Ben Yoskovitz who blogs at the Instigator Blog called Exposed: The Pros and Cons of Freelancing. (I love the picture with the post as well.
If you’re wondering if you really want to freelance, this is a great list to examine and to use to ask yourself the […]
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August 24th, 2007
What’s your worst nightmare about your writing business? I’m willing to bet it’s the fear of running out of business and, therefore, income.
Okay, what’s your second worst nightmare? How about having too many writing clients or writing projects at one time?
If you’re regularly marketing your writing business, there may come a time when you suddenly […]
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