Amid all the talk about sub-prime mortgages, emergency Fed action and possible rescission, I just posted 64 New Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs.
Go get ‘em and let us know when you do.
Write well and often,

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Abundant Freelance Writing – a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision – for those who want to get a book written.

No, I’m not talking about the writer’s strike, at least not this time. I’m referring to that stack of papers on your desk, or the pile of yet-to-be-read books by your bed. Or maybe, even how long it takes you to find a client’s file on your computer.
I’m sure a goodly number of you never have this kind of problem. But I know I’m not the only one who, occasionally at least, let’s stacks of stuff grow. Which is why I was delighted to discover b5media has a blog dedicated to helping people organize their business. It’s called MyOrganizedBiz. Not …read more

Michael Stelzner’s Top 10 Blog Posts for Writers (The Best From The Best in 2007!) has some gems.
For example, WebWritingInfo.com has an article called: Are you building your house on a pile of sand?. It does a good job of pointing out why good writing is a better marketing tool over time than schlock seo articles just thrown together to drive traffic.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing – a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision – for those who want to get a book written.

A client who was part way through drafting her first book called me in a panic. “I just realized that none of these ideas are mine,” she cried. “I don’t have anything of my own to say.”
I was pretty sure I knew what she was talking about, but before I jumped into solve…
This is how I started an article I posted at Writing With Vision – take a look.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing – a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision – for those who want to get a book written.

Just posted 59 New Writing, Editing and Translation Jobs.
Go get ‘em, and good luck.
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing – a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision – for those who want to get a book written.

Wow. I don’t have a complete idea in my head this morning. Not a creative one anyway. I’m hardly beyond “I need another cup of coffee.”
Yesterday I was hugely productive. It was one of those days when words flew off my keyboard. I also handled a bunch of phone calls, an in depth meeting and rounded it out with dinner and trick or treating with my grandkids.
My case of brain fog sort of ties in with the post I did the other day called What’s Your Writing Routine? My experience tells me that once you’ve got a writing routine, that …read more

One of the quickest ways to improve your writing is to set the piece you’re working on aside for a day or two, or even longer. Thursday, I promised one of my ghostwriting clients that I’d review the manuscript as far as we’ve gotten over the weekend. What I didn’t tell him is I had no plans of picking it up until Sunday afternoon.
Sure, there were other things I wanted to do Friday and Saturday, but I also wanted to create some distance between myself and the work I’ve been doing.
It’s amazing what you’ll pick up when you give …read more

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 newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing – a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision – for those who want to get a book written.

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 on a Monday as you are other days of the week. Of course, this is a generalization, mostly aimed at the corporate workweek. But even those of us who freelance are likely to have a load of busy work on Mondays, particularly if we’ve taken …read more

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 can’t locate a phone number, but often you can.
Call even if you don’t know who you’re calling. Chances are you’ll get a receptionist. Briefly describe what you want. Something like Hi, I’m (your name) and I sent a query called (title) three weeks ago. I’m …read more