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New To Freelancing? Now Read This
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:52:00 -0500
I found the greatest interview on my Google Reader this morning. Fellow freelance writer Sharon Hurley Hall does a meta-interview about the writing life. The candid answers and peek into...
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Five Ways To Cut Your Word Count
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:45:00 -0500
I recently had the privilege of editing a beautiful piece for a local magazine, but I was charged with cutting down the word count. I gathered my experiences and some...
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Writing Woe-Is-Me
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:57:00 -0500
Nothing like gulping down some of your own advice, right?
How many times have readers written me with troubled tales of this writing life- stories of personal hurdles, 3 a.m. writing...
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Free? Did You Say ~FREE WRITERS CONFERENCE~?
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:53:00 -0500
Have you signed up for the 2008 MUSE IT UP Conference? It's free! Yup, that's right- a completely free, online writing conference. This conference takes place October 13-19 via an...
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Thought You Were Avoiding That Glass Ceiling?
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:38:00 -0500
It's two too much. Within the past week, I've stumbled upon two reports of glass ceilings within the freelance writing world.
Fellow About.com Guide Jennifer Merin, who runs the Documentaries channel,...
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Cocktail Party Chatter and Your Career
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:38:00 -0500
So, what do you do for a living?
Do you hate to get this question? Do you despise putting a name on the myriad tasks that you do to make money...
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Interactive Query Clinic Is Back!
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:48:00 -0500
Thanks for your patience while I was out in the great green yonder this past week. Here's a query sample for you to sink your teeth into. It's a little...
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What Tech Do We NEED To Know As Writers?
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:53:00 -0500
I've been chatting via email with a mother who was out of the writing game for a couple years due to child-raising. Given that she comes from a newswriting background,...
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This Week's Query Letter
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:57:00 -0500
Here is this week's query letter. Let's help each other hone our query skills by leaving your thoughts and suggestions in the comments. (I've already got the discussion started, don't...
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Simple Idea....$3,000 Payout
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:51:00 -0500
I read somewhere that the Atlantic Monthly (also known as the freelance writer's Holy Grail) pays $3,000 per article. I was recently browsing and came upon an article in their...
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