The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

August 30th, 2007

Recent Top Posts About Writing, Etc.

I know it’s not quite the end of August, but at the moment, here are the top 5 posts for the month:

What’s Your Dream Writing Job
How Do I Email Clips to Editors
Ways Writers Can Help Stop Global Warming
Should I Submit an Article On Spec Or Query?
Writers and Their Websites

What’s your favorite post?
Write well and often,

Two […]

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August 28th, 2007

Nix Monday Writing Deadlines?

Contract worker has an entry that suggests freelance writers and editors should avoid having writing and editing deadlines fall on a Monday. The main reason is to avoid working on weekends – always a good idea in my book.
I think there’s another reason too, and that’s you’re not as likely to get your client’s attention […]

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August 2nd, 2007

Following Up On Queries

Lori Widmer over at Words on a Page continues her beginning writing series with a post about How To Follow-Up on Queries. Her advice is good and she gives an example of both an email query follow-up and one by snail mail.
I’d add one more. Pick up the phone and call. Of course, sometimes you […]

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July 30th, 2007

What Keeps You From Marketing Your Writing?

With a huge nod to Copyblogger and his What Keeps You From Writing?, I’m asking:
What keeps you from marketing your writing?
You know, what’s stopping you from sending that query or that article on spec, or calling about corporate writing, or…. you get the idea.
We’re sure to get a whole bunch of different answers, but I’m […]

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July 21st, 2007

Series for Beginning Writers Continues

Lori Widmer has completed her two part series on The Query Letter. Again, she’s done a great job.
I’d make only one change, and that’s the way she suggests you close the letter. She suggests: What do you think? May I write the article for Shoe Network readers? Thank you for your consideration. I look forward […]

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