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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

July 3rd, 2008

Writing as a Home Business

Mary Emma Allen who blogs at HomeBizNotes is focusing July on how writing and publishing fits in as a home based business. She’s done considerable writing herself and I, for one, am going to keep an eye on her blog to see what she’s up to. I’m bound to learn something.
Today her post is titled: […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

June 30th, 2008

No Clue

You’ve head me say it before - they are upgrading the electricity on my 1920ish cottage… it’s a fair drama for sure. I’m one of four, that is part of 10.
The next step is to “cut over” to the new box and this takes at least two agencies… the city and the electric company […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 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

Buying New Equipment for the Writer’s Office

My printer has finally given up the ghost. It’s an HP PhotoSmart 2410 and I got it free because I became a beta tester for them. That was over five years ago, maybe more than six. I remember when they came to set up the test unit, and how I had to go to a […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 10th, 2008

Freelance Writers - On-site vs. Off

Jennifer Williamson who owns her own writing service and blogs about it all at CatalystBlogger recently took a temporary full-time, on-site writing job even though she’d promised herself and the world she wouldn’t ever do that again.
She tells the story in a post called: On-Site Writing vs. Freelancing: The Showdown
As she points out, it doesn’t […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

June 6th, 2008

Look For Writing Work Regularly

Eldon Sarte, creator of Wordpreneur.com has a nifty post called: Establish a “Looking for Freelance Work” Routine
He’s absolutely right! It’s one of those things I do automatically enough I hadn’t even thought of writing about it. There’s some excellent how-to that make it worth your time.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing - a […]

By Anne Wayman -- 2 comments

May 21st, 2008

Freelance Writing Jobs - 75 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

Wow! We’ve got 75 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs today.
There may be a couple of employers who have posted different ads in different places for the same job… if I can’t tell for sure, I opt to post rather than miss one.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing - a resource for freelance writers […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

May 6th, 2008

Writers, What Would You Do? Broken Appointments

I’m going through one of those periods that astrologers lay off to mars in retrograde… lots of smallish things going wrong, and a couple of larger ones too. I won’t go into all the details, but I’m also having trouble with a clients, and I’d like your advice.
The first is a smallish contract for a […]

By Anne Wayman -- 7 comments

May 5th, 2008

Borders Bookstores Beta Digital

I was truly surprised when I discovered that one of Borders Bookstore’s 15 new concept stores around the country opened a few days ago just moments from me in National City (adjacent to San Diego on the south). I’m not totally clear on the concept of concept store in this instance, although I was intrigued […]

By Anne Wayman -- 0 comments

April 17th, 2008

Creative Ideas Are Easy!

Ricco, over at CopyBlogger.com has a nifty short post called: An Easy Way to Come Up With Creative Ideas. His method will work for sure.
What I’ve always said is that writing ideas are everywhere! The trick, of course, is to hone them so they work.
But you knew that.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing […]

By Anne Wayman -- 3 comments

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