Yesterday I contacted a sponsor for my Cookerati blog (Dunkin’ Donuts) to see if they would be interested in giving away a gift basket here. I thought it would be a nice change from the usual fare and an awesome gift for the winner. It occurred to me that I could do a lot more of these giveaways if I had enough sponsors and prizes. The thing is, whenever I put out word that I’m doing a gift guide or that I would like sponsors for giveaways, I get a whole bunch of self help books and laptop supplies. Now, [Read more…]
Holiday Gifts for Writers and Bloggers: Writer's Remedy
November 19, 2008. 2 Comments
by Deb Ng Here’s a fun way to battle writer’s block: Writers Remedy is a bunch of magnetic words in a jar. Simply take out some words, pop ‘em up on the fridge and mix and match until you come up with some ideas. There are 300 words in the jar, enough to nudge you back to the task at hand. The jar retails for about $15 at the Magnetic Poetry website.
Freelance Writing Jobs' End of the Year Thank You to Our Community
November 14, 2008. 2 Comments
by Deb Ng If you’ve been with us since the very beginning, you know I like to take some time at the end of every year to thank the loyal members of this community for everything you do. While I can’t buy you all a fruitcake, I can do something I hope helps you in your endeavor to become a successful freelance writer: give you a chance to pimp your blogs. Yes, it’s time for Deb Ng’s annual end of the year link love post. If you would like your blog mentioned, send it to me at WeGetLetters@gmail.com with “End [Read more…]
Holiday Gift Guide: Jewelry for Writers and Bloggers
November 13, 2008. 5 Comments
I’ve been accused of being too practical when choosing holiday gifts for writers and bloggers. Today, I’d like to enter the world of frivolity with some jewelry suggestions for writers. Typewriter Key Bracelet Tell me you won’t be touched when a thoughtful person in your life buys you this typewriter key bracelet from eco.artware.com. It retails for $110 and we especially like that it’s made from the real thing, and recycling always gets thumbs up from the FWJ crew. Typewriter Key Cufflinks eco-artware.com also has something for our male readers. Typewriter key cufflinks. These retail for $43 for the pair [Read more…]
Holiday Gifts for Writers and Bloggers: Coffee 2.0 from Joffreys
November 11, 2008. Leave a Comment
by Deborah Ng Last year Joffrey’s launched a Coffee 2.0 social media campaign to attract bloggers. They asked bloggers to sign up and sample their coffee. And what good coffee it is. I especially like that Joffrey’s gets the whole coffee/blogging thing. Did I mention the coffee is really good? Joffrey’s offers organic coffees, flavored coffees, dark coffees, coffee collections, syrups, flavorings and more. If you’re looking to send your favorite blogger a coffee basket, when not send it from the people who actually GET blogging? A holiday sampler featuring a packet each of Mistletoe Mocha, Pumpkin Creme Brulee, and [Read more…]
Holiday Gifts for Writers: The Leather Wrap Journal from Kiki James of London
November 9, 2008. 1 Comment
by Deborah Ng Here’s an elegant holiday gift idea for writers. I recently received a Kiki James leather wrap journal as a gift and immediately faced two dilemmas. The first was that it was too beautiful to write in and the second was that I couldn’t wait to start writing in it. Not bad dilemmas at all when you consider many gifts people give me go into a closet and are promptly forgotten. As someone who sits in front of a keyboard all day writing what other people tell me to write, it’s a real treat to hand write in [Read more…]
How Reading Helped One Person Rise Above Poverty
October 15, 2008. 11 Comments
by Deborah Ng So. Today is Blog Action Day and the theme is poverty. If there’s anything we writers can relate to, it’s poverty! All jokes aside, I do know a little something about poverty. I hope you don’t mind if I veer off topic a bit to talk about an amazing woman, my hero, my grandmother. Grandma came to America from Hungary via Ellis Island when she as 4 years old. Her family was proud to come to America and even prouder to become Americans. My great grandmother worked as a seamstress but my great grandfather had trouble finding [Read more…]
No FWJ Radio Today – But It’s For a Good Cause!
October 14, 2008. Leave a Comment
I had a great FWJ Radio segment lined up for you today. David Peralty and Chris Garrett were going to stop by to discuss whether we should blog for ourselves or someone else. Unfortunately I’m going to have to push it back a week. I’m so busy planning our BlogTalkRadio 12 hour talkathon for Poverty with Blog Action Day, there’s just no time to adequately prepare for a radio show. I know many of you look forward to this as much as Jodee and I, so I hope you’re not too disappointed. I would like to take this time to [Read more…]
Top 10 Blogs for Writers
September 23, 2008. 16 Comments
Freelance Writing Jobs is honored to have landed a top space (three years running) in Michael Stelzner’s 2008 list of Top 10 Blogs for Writers. I can tell you the thrill never gets old. In fact, I credit Michael Stelzner and his list for a big boost in traffic and helping us to become what we are today. I also love this list because it turns us on to some terrific new blogs. Congratulations to the FWJ blogging team for all of your hard work. Here’s Mike’s list in it’s entirety: Copyblogger: As the undefeated champ, this blog has held [Read more…]
Don’t Miss FWJ Radio This Morning at 11:00
September 23, 2008. 7 Comments
Update: If you missed today’s show, here’s the player: It’s Tuesday morning and you know what that means! FWJ Radio. Tune in at 11:00 a.m. EDT and listen in as we discuss rates with Peter Bowerman author of “The Well Fed Writer.” We will also open the phone for questions plius you can ask questions and discuss the issues in the chat room. Be there or be…somewhere else. As always, the podcast will be available on demand for streaming or downloading so if you can’t make the party you can listen in afterwards.
Deb Ng’s Live and Let Live Guide to Blogging
August 21, 2008. 11 Comments
by Deborah Ng Officially I tell the world I’ve been blogging for three years, since the birth of FWJ. The truth is, I’ve probably been doing it since 2000, only most of us didn’t call it blogging then. I wrote a weekly or daily opinion piece for a couple of online portals and people commented and a small community ensued. I did this for a couple of businesses and also my own website, which at that time was only visited by family and friends. It was a hobby then and I had no clue it would lead to bigger and [Read more…]
Deb Ng on BlogTalkRadio Today at 4:00
July 10, 2008. 1 Comment
Believe it or not, I have a day job. I’m the Community Manager for BlogTalkRadio. Today, I’ll also be a guest on BlogTalkRadio Insider. If you’re interested in learning more about BTR, what it is I do there, or becoming a host, do stop by and listen. The stream or download will also be available on demand immediately following the live broadcast. Listeners to the live broadcast also have the opportunity to call in or chat. I hope to see you there today at 4:00 p.m. EST. Here’s the link: BTR Insider. How is that for a shameless plug?
Leads Will Be Late Today
July 8, 2008. 7 Comments
by Jodee Redmond Good morning FWJ Friends, Sometimes technology really isn’t my friend, and today is one of them. I did find leads and get them ready and when I decided to preview the post before publishing it, well, let’s just say the leads were like magic…they disappeared! A few choice words later, I’m going to find them again and I will post them a little later on for you. Thank you for your patience.
