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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

February 12th, 2008

Book Sales Numbers

Like everyone else who wants to get a book written, in addition to expressing myself, I also want to know, or at least guess, about how many books I’ll be able to sell. You’d think it would be simple, and it would be easier if publishers were willing to let the public know how many […]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

August 14th, 2007

I Turned Down A Writing Job Yesterday

Two weeks ago I got an email asking me what I’d charge to write four articles in the financial management field. Although the correspondent didn’t say so, I assumed these would be SEO articles and since that’s not my favorite kind of writing I put a high price on the project, expecting to hear no […]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

June 12th, 2007

Discovering What’s Missing in Your Writing

I got off to an 800 word start on the new ghostwriting project this morning. It’s a workman-like piece of writing, but far from exciting or more than moderately interesting, particularly considering the client’s goals of teaching persistence in business.
I read the piece, did some editing, knew something was wrong, but had no clue what […]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

May 18th, 2007

Writing With Vision - About Getting Your Book Written

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time you know I’ve been taking a class from Mark Silver called Opening The Money Flow. One of the results of that class is a total refocusing of Writing With Vision.
It’s aimed at folks who want to get a book written whether you write it […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments