Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
I love swipe files. In my case it's more of a combination of a swipe pile and collection of swipe bookmarks, but anyway....
If you're not familiar with swipe files, it's basically a collection of information that you can use for inspiration in your writing. Here are some of the things ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
If you aren't already aware, I've been including writers' markets in the newsletters / email feed subscriptions. Right now I'm featuring a second set of $1 / word markets (or markets whose pay ranges go up to the $1 / word mark).
While my goal is to change markets weekly (with ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
You should be about halfway through writing the content of your e-book today if you're on track with the 14 day e-book writing challenge. :)
Reminder: Visit the official challenge thread to access all of the pre-challenge reading on e-book publishing, and for a running list of daily challenge tasks. If ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
I'm launching a new series of short interviews with freelance writers, where I'm asking them five or so questions on a topic they're particularly experienced with. Today you get to hear from Rebecca Garland: wife, mother, and freelance writer. Rebecca shares some of her thoughts on juggling work and family ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
If you're taking part in the 14 day e-book writing challenge, you should have started writing the "meat" of your e-book content yesterday. You're making some real progress!
Reminder: Visit the official challenge thread to access all of the pre-challenge reading on e-book publishing, and for a running list of daily ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Because I always try to be fair and update when people work to correct mistakes if I've talked about problems with them publicly, I'm going to share a note I received (yesterday I believe) from Christopher Knight of EzineArticles:
"Sorry to hear that we at EzineArticles failed you.
I know we've lost ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
You're well on your way to writing your e-book in just two weeks, so congratulations! Today prepare to get down to the real "meat" of the project.
Reminder: Visit the official challenge thread to access all of the pre-challenge reading on e-book publishing, and for a running list of daily challenge ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Right now my desk is situated right next to a window. I don't get a huge amount of sunlight, being on the north side of the building, but it's enough that it helps to perk me up during the day.
I'll be moving at the end of March. My lease expires, ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Today is going to be another busy day in the 14 day e-book writing challenge. You'll be tackling several tasks, and by the end you should have the first few pages of your e-book set up.
Reminder: Visit the official challenge thread to access all of the pre-challenge reading on e-book ...
Posted in E-books | 2 Comments »
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
There was an interesting question posed over at ChrisBlogging about the effect a US recession might have on freelance writers here:
"Are you worried that things will slow down across all industries, including freelance writing?"
Of course any major economic swings are going to affect us as freelance writers, but personally I'm ...
Posted in Discussions, Making Money | 4 Comments »
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