Sunday Morning Link Love for May 4, 2008
May 4, 2008 by Deb
Filed under Freelance Writing
Good morning, freelancing friends. I hope you’re enjoying our third anniversary celebration so far. If you’re interested in guest blogging, we’d love to have you, and don’t forget the most prolific commentator at the end of the month gets a portable hard drive valued at $130. It’s been a busy weekend and promises to be an even busier week. Here’s what I’m reading…
- The Power of the Mighty Pen at Blogging Tips.
- 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Online Writers at Job Profiles.
- Make Money with Your Own Job Board at Blogtrepreneur. (But don’t expect to get rich quick – Deb)
- Should you offer a guarantee? At Catalyst Blogger.
- Drawing More Readers with Inspiring Aspirations at Chris G.
- Are You Talkin’ to My Generation? at CopyBlogger.
- How to Cope with Criticism of Your Copywriting at Copywriters Crucible.
- Do Not Fear Failing or Doing New Things at Daily Blog Tips.
- Setting Your Freelance Writing Fees at Daily Writing Tips.
- Do You Take Yourself too Seriously as a Freelancer at Freelance Folder.
- Write your hourly rate schedule on a postage stamp at Freelance Switch.
- 10 Life Lessons for Reinventing Yourself at Successful Blog.
- Fiction Writing: Discover Your Monkey Boy at Men with Pens.
- Sneaky Clients: Acts that Should Make You Run for the Hills at Network Blogging Tips.
- When a Client Crosses the Line at Network Blogging Tips.
- The Writing Process: Creating an Outline at Performancing.
- Frustration and Fighting Plagiarism at Plagiarism Today.
- What to Do About that Big Project You’ve Been Putting Off at Web Worker Daily.
Have a great week…
- Deb
Thanks for the linklove Deb!
Thanks for the link, Deb – and I haven’t forgotten the challenge
I’ve really started to enjoy the links, Deb. Some sites I already read and sometimes I discover a new one. But the pieces you link are always interesting. Thanks.
Intriguing links as always…thanks!
Re: “Frustration and Fighting Plagiarism”
It’s always frustrating when someone steals from you and it costs you money. But plagiarism can also be quite flattering.
A few months ago I found one of my blog posts on the internet, translated into German.
Because of this, I’ve had to update my C.V. to include that my work had now appeared in many languages. It was a bit of an ego boost if nothing else.
I am a newbie to the site, and I’m loving it. I feel more directed in my freelance writing ambitions. I feel it’s a nice place to start browsing for jobs. As a new visitor, I’m wondering if you have any tips about the best way to pitch for some of these jobs. They tend to give an e-mail and ask for a few bits of information. Are there tips you or anyone can share about packaging and presenting information in way that gives us a leg up?
Hi Deb,
Thanks for linking to my recent post on coping with criticism. I’ll get started on your guest post this week.
Matt aka The Copywriter’s Crucible
It looks like you and I are sharing the same busy schedules. This weekend went by so quickly it was a blur, so I’m catching up on link love while enjoying my morning coffee. It’s amazing the amount of information that’s out there and I’m thankful I can find it all in one place so I don’t have to hunt!
Thank you for sharing!
Re: Plagiarism
It all depends on the plagiarism. I once took a writing job and met the first deadline landing a permanent gig. Three months later, the person asked me to do a different type of job. She emailed me saying the word count had changed to 250 words and that I needed to do ad copy for this new Mattress store. I did all the work on time and turned it in. A week later, she emailed me, irate, saying that NO ONE would ever ask for 250 words for ad copy and that I’d blown the assignment so therefore I could kiss the $150 I was due to be paid good bye. I still had the email stating 250 words, but she said I’d obviously gone in and altered the word count to “save my a$$.”
A week after that, my articles appeared on that site with her name as the writer instead of mine. She’d added about 100 words to the content to make them appear larger. I emailed the Web site and told them to take the articles down or pay me. They ignored me so I went to the Web host and they took the site down until the content was rewritten. So in the end, it cost me a weekend’s worth of work and $150 that I was expecting to be paid.
Thanks for the Web Worker Daily link. I have a *huge* project I’ve been putting off. Just thinking about it makes me nervous.
I’m thinking I’m going to go the 24 hour route. But I’ve been thinking that for weeks, so maybe milestones…oh gosh…
LOL – back to the drawing board (or to reread the post at WWD) Thanks again for sharing!