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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

July 17th, 2008

When You’re Not Sure What The Client Wants

A client recently asked if I could put more emotion into a piece of writing. The topic is a fairly dry one and he couldn’t give me any examples. That’s often the case. The client feels something is missing or not quite right with a piece of writing and literally can’t tell you how they’d […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

June 25th, 2008

Books for Kids

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 […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

June 19th, 2008

Open Comments This Evening

It’s Thursday and that means it’s open comment night right here at The Golden Pencil.
It’s simple, right around 6 o’clock in the evening - and that’s Pacific Time - I’ll post a post titled something like “Open Comments Starts Now.”
I might propose a topic or wait for someone to ask a question. It’s a […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

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 11th, 2008

Negative or Positive Writing - How Does It Make YOU Feel?

Chris Garrett, who blogs about writing, new media and blogging has an interesting post today called: Writing Lessons from Obama and Hilary
Born in Canada and living in the UK, his take on our campaign is interesting and worthwhile. He makes the statement, “Attacks and Negativity Damage All,” then follows with comments that reflect what people […]

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

May 23rd, 2008

News Designer?

As I was looking for freelance writing and editing and etc. jobs I came across one called, I kid you not: News Designer
If you follow the link you’ll find the listing ABC posted on MediaBistro… apparently they want someone to design the kinds graphics that show up on TV news these days.
But the headline! It […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

May 19th, 2008

If You Can’t Talk, Don’t Answer Your Phone! A Writer Rants

Sigh. When will the world begin to behave the way I want it to?
I just returned a call and the person answered their phone… obviously a cell phone. I could tell from their voice that they were feeling stressed and I asked if this was a good time to talk.
“No,” she whispered. “I’m at the […]

By Anne Wayman -- 16 comments

May 19th, 2008

What Is Not - A Guest Post About Thinking & Language

by Michael Michalko
The way we think determines our thoughts, and our thoughts determine the language we use. Pay attention to how your friends and colleagues talk. You will find that many speak a language of exclusion, a language about “what is not,” instead of “what is,” or “what can be.”
This is because we have been […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

May 13th, 2008

New Tag Line

This is taking chances month at the b5media.com business channel. We’ve been challenged to do something slightly differently. Hence my call for guest bloggers the other day. (And you’re still welcome to submit one, or two, or… )
I’ve also changed the tag line - no, not the one under the logo on top (more about […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

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