Archive for the ‘Writers' Resources’ Category
Monday, December 24th, 2007
With the new year fast-approaching, now is the perfect time to think about making your freelance writing business more "official." Keeping better records will not only help you to work more productively, but it can help you protect your rights to your work and deal with difficult situations that may ...
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
If you need help keeping your work organized as a writer, you may be interested in this free software: Writer's Project Organizer.
According to the creator, the project organizer will allow you to "organize your writing projects, from manuscripts, to characters to overdue submissions--ideal for novels, works of nonfiction, short stories ...
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Here's some more free software for writers that you may find helpful.
This software package is called The Literary Machine. I haven't tried it myself, so if you do, please let us know what you think about it.
According to the creator, the software is "a dynamic archive and an idea management ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
One of many things I regularly tell new writers is that it's vital to have a professional site set up where you can host a real portfolio (pointing people to "fake" portfolios like Associated Content pages or member profiles on freelancing sites is just flat out unprofessional, and what far ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
We've chatted a little bit about digital product delivery here recently (such as when selling e-books). Today's bonus for writers is a code for 104 free days with E-Junkie, where you can sell digital products, run an affiliate program, and more. You can use it with Paypal or Google Checkout ...
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Here's another free e-book that may be of interest to writers here (especially those interested in writing fiction).
The e-book, from Holly Lisle, is Mugging the Muse: Writing Fiction for Love and Money
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
No matter what kind of writer you are, it's a good idea to brush up on copyrights to protect your rights to your work. Here's a collection of free e-books you may find useful from ResearchCopyright.com (they're all listed on the page through this link):
The Active Author's Copyright Compendium
The Active ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
If you're considering writing a novel, the free Ywriter 4 software from Spacejock Software could be for you.
Ywriter is a free word processor tailored to the needs of authors, allowing you to easily insert scenes, deal with numbering chapters, etc. without figuring it all out manually like with more traditional ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
I came across Brian Scott's free e-book, Book Writing for Fun and Profit!, over at FreelanceWriting.com.
This free e-book for writers will take you from choosing a topic for your book to outlining the book to creating / finding the content.
I haven't read it yet myself, so if you take a ...
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Since a few readers have expressed an interest in writing and selling e-books recently, here's a free course on e-book marketing you may be interested in:
E-book Marketing Secrets
The course is an eight-part opt-in email course, offered by Writer2Writer.com.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I royally screwed up the marketing ...
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