A hew and cry has again gone up about the state of both spelling and grammar in the United States. If you’re willing to put up with advertising and use Internet Explorer, you can watch MSN’s Brian Williams do a rather cute report about the desperate state of language at http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=e6f8e7be-43eb-4603-bb9f-74e61d795042&a%20mp;t=&f=34/64&p=
Williams blames computers in part for the problem… particularly email and text messaging. I happen to think more blame can be found in the sorry state of our schools, but that’s another subject.
Williams also says that the costs of this problem to business is something like 3 billion dollars, …read more

Hah! The number of jobs is increasing again – a total of 42 New Freelance Writing and Editing Jobs posted today.
Forty-two is a special number as any of you who know Douglas Adams’ work will quickly recognize.
Write well and often,

Ok, I seem to be dedicated to this blogging business… I’m not sure why I’m willing to blog about freelance writing almost every day… partly because I said I would and partly ego for sure. The possiblity of earning money is another reason, but there’s something seductive about filling up a bit of space and calling it a blog.
If you’ve got a writing blog, post a comment about it… I’ll do some trackback or linking.
And you might want to read the article, Freelance Writers and Blogs.
Write well and often,

Right now my writing desk is a mess! On it, among other things, are:

headset for phone

Box of checks

Box of receipts

Cup of cold coffee

Clicker for CD/Radio

A magic wand I made for a class

Paperclip and pen holders

File box with papers

A dollar bill

A magazine

Several stacks of paper

That’s all I’m willing to admit to ;) So what’s on your desk?
Write well and often,

No new jobs posted today – you’ll have to guess why. But they will be back next Tuesday and the twice-weekly writing jobs postings will continue as usual.

Where we write is important. Here’s what I think every writer’s office should have.
What have I left out? What’s in your office? Leave a comment.
Write well and often,

Have you been thinking about writing a book? Good for you. I’ve written several, and it’s no easy task, but it is satisfying, and can make you some serious money.
So far, all my books have been non-fiction. Sure I have a detictive novel on my computer, but I don’t yet plot well.
Here are my tips for actually getting a whole book written.
Write well and often,

Hmmm, only 34 New Freelance Writing and Editing Jobs today – maybe this is the summer slump!
Write well and often,

Show off your writing skills! Market listings ask for writing samples, clips and tearsheets because they want to assure themselves you can write. I know this because … (read the rest of the article)
You can checkout how I handle my credit list at www.annewayman.com/resume.htm.
Write well and often,

There’s no way around it. If you want to be a successful freelance writer, you simply must write and write until the writing is done.
That said, we all bog down. Even with my 30+ years of experience there are times when a wheel comes off my writing. Sometimes it feels as if I simply cannot go on.
Which is why I put together a new eReport – 60 Tips for Getting The Writing Done. It costs only $14.95, which works out to just under 25 cents a tip;)
Like all my eBooks and eReports, it comes with a 100% guarantee, so you …read more