February 2009

The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 57

We’ve got a great carnival for your reading pleasure this week. If you’d like to submit a post or two for the 58th edition, you can do so at Blog Carnival. Janice Campbell presents Free Event: Words Matter Week- March 2-6, 2009 posted at NAIWE NewsWire. Traci Hayner Vanover presents Developing Your Squid Strategy: Niche [...]

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Free Tax Advice for Journalists

I know I’ve mentioned that CCH offers a free tax guide for journalists in the past. But as tax season closes in on us, I think it’s worth bringing up again. The booklet covers a wide variety of topics, including income from prizes, copyright, libel insurance and even advice for foreign correspondents living abroad. Furthermore, [...]

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Automate Job Listings: It’s All About RSS

Every morning, I browse through more than a hundred job listings from a variety of websites. When I first started out, the process could take me more than an hour: opening a whole bunch of book marks, sorting through emails and so forth. But I’ve got a secret weapon that drops that time down to [...]

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The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 56

There are some really interesting posts in this week’s edition of the Business of Freelance Writing carnival. I hope you enjoy. If you’d like to submit a post or two for the 57th edition, you can do so at Blog Carnival. Steph White presents Writing Articles Quickly and Effortlessly… posted at The Smart Marketer’s Article [...]

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Do You Still Send SASEs?

I gave up on sending out queries via mail several years ago. While I know that I pass up some good opportunities, I essentially ignore writing markets that don’t allow for online querying these days. It’s only in part due to my preference for keeping track of all my work on the computer. The constant [...]

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5 Things Every Writer Needs On Her Website

On Monday, I mentioned in passing a few characteristics necessary for a good writer’s business card. I’d like to follow that up by mentioning a few things that every writer absolutely must have on his or her website. At least three examples of past work: I make a point of linking to all my past [...]

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Business Cards for Freelancers: You Need Them

I go through business cards pretty quickly. Whenever I go to a networking event, a conference or just run into somebody at the store, there’s a good chance I’m handing out business cards. My cards have my name, some contact information and at least a hint of what I do — I actually have multiple [...]

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The Business of Freelance Writing Carnival, Edition 55

I’ve got a bunch of amazing posts for you to take a look at this week. I hope you enjoy the latest edition of the Business of Freelance Writing Carnival. If you’d like to submit a post or two for the 56th edition, you can do so at Blog Carnival. Tiffany Colter presents Making money [...]

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Teenage Freelancers: I’m In Favor

I have a teenage cousin who’s working retail, a teenage sister who hostesses at a restaurant and a whole list of other teenage relatives working the standard jobs available to teenagers. The more I think about it, though, the more I want to direct them to freelancing. I know that freelance writing may not be [...]

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Interview: Darrell Laurant

Darrell Laurant has put his querying skills to work to provide a service to other freelance writers through The Writers’ Bridge. He answered a few questions for us about his experiences as both a writer and setting up a writing-based business. Could you describe how The Writers’ Bridge operates? Simply put, the idea is to [...]

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