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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

July 18th, 2008

Freelance Writing Jobs - 55 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

We end the week with 55 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs.
That brings our total this week to 166 - not bad considering it’s mid-summer.
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.
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By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

July 8th, 2008

When Life Gets In the Way of Writing

I try to blog at least once a day, and often post up to four times. Today just flat got away from me. I did an hour of meditation, but that’s pretty usual. And I start early. I knew I had my two hours at the clay studio, then a meeting after that, and I […]

By Anne Wayman -- 6 comments

July 6th, 2008

5 Freelance Writers - Some Sunday Linking

I went looking for blogs about and by freelance writers new to me. Here’s what I found:

Chris Bibey, who calls his blog Freelance Writing, has been earning a living writing full time for about three years. Worth checking out.
Chesley Maldonado publishes daily freelance writing tips
Freelance Folder is a collection of posts mostly about freelance writing. […]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

June 13th, 2008

This Freelance Writer is Tired!

I just realized I’m tired. Maybe I’ve been busier this week than I thought, or maybe feeling more stress, or, or, or… who knows, exactly. But as I wait for a call from a client, I realize I’m tired!
You know what? After the client calls, or doesn’t (sometimes they don’t), I’m taking a nap. I […]

By Anne Wayman -- 7 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 9th, 2008

Media Reform? You Bet! Bill Moyers Tells Us Why

As conservative commentators (I’m not thinking quit that nicely) continue to insist all mainstream media has a “liberal bias,” media as we know it has been and continues to be consolidated at what I consider an alarming rate. Under the guise of the mythical free market and deregulation, newspapers are now owned by corporations far […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

May 18th, 2008

Why Do Employers Want To Watch Writers Write?

One of those things I’ve always been puzzled about is why so many employers seem to want to watch the writers they hire write. You know what I mean. You’re reading an ad for a writer, realizing you’re perfect for it until - WHAM! - there it is - ON SITE ONLY.
In other words, whoever […]

By Anne Wayman -- 8 comments

May 1st, 2008

An Ultimate Distraction For Writers

Can you see what’s in my backyard? Yep, kittens! There are actually four of them and plus, of course, the mom. All feral at the moment, but three and maybe four of the kittens are spoken for. I’ll try to trap mom once the kittens are gone and get her nutered, then, if she’ll let […]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

March 18th, 2008

Dumping My Deathless Prose

Oh good grief! How often do I have to learn this lesson?
I’ve been having huge trouble with a chapter in a ghostwriting chapter. This has been going on for days. I’ve re-listened to the DVD the author sent, read the offending chapter multiple times and simply couldn’t see what was wrong. I even put it […]

By Anne Wayman -- 7 comments

November 23rd, 2007

Black Friday – Another Day To Write, or Not

One of the things I truly love about freelance writing is my ability to go shopping at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, or maybe just after lunch on Thursday. If you haven’t guessed, I truly dislike traffic and hoards of folks in stores.
The news this morning is full of parking lot counts and interviews […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments