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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

August 25th, 2008

Liz Talks About Blog Writing

This is an interview I should have thought of! Leo Babauta who does Write to Done has an interview by Chief Editor Mary Jaksch of GoodLifeZen called Liz Strauss: The Secret of Being a Successful and Outstanding Writer.
Mary obviously knows Liz’s blog well, and refers to more than a few of her posts as she […]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

June 26th, 2008

My 2008 Bucket List In June

Last January, with some prompting from Liz Strauss who is the brains and blogger at Successful (and outstanding) Blog(gers) I published my own Bucket List for the Year.
How well have I done?

I have moved to larger quarters… in a delightful cottage with a private garden that is part of the Sweetwater Zen Center. I’m part […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 4th, 2008

140 Characters - Think of What You Can Say (Write)!

Over at Successful Blog, Liz makes this statement in a post about twitter: Few messages of importance can’t be delivered in 140 characters.
My hunch is she’s right, and that sometimes it would take a talented freelance writer and editor to whittle an important message down to 140 characters.
What do you think? Could you do […]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

April 4th, 2008

Writers! Thumb Your Nose at Naysayers

Just in case I haven’t been clear, if you want to be a freelance writer, go for it. Ignore the naysayers; it’s worked for me and it’s worked for others.
Liz Strauss over at Successful Blog has a two parter that demonstrates the point. The first, The power of survival stories, saying “damn it all” and […]

By Anne Wayman -- 5 comments

February 14th, 2008

Writing From the Heart

Valentine’s Day is a good time to remember what writing from the heart is… and isn’t. To me, writing from the heart is deep truth telling in a way that allows others to step into and understand your experience. It isn’t mawkish or overly sentimental, or overly anything come to think of it.
How do you […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

January 11th, 2008

My 2008 Bucket List

Liz Strauss who is the brains and blogger at Successful (and outstanding) Blog(gers) posted her 2008 Bucket List.
Do you know what a bucket list is? I didn’t, or at least not by that term… it’s the old “what do you absolutely have to do before you die” list. Liz, prompted by Jeff Pulver, created a […]

By Anne Wayman -- 12 comments