When I first began writing I used to dread interviewing anecdotal and expert sources. Not because I didn’t like the interview process, but because I had no idea where to find interview subjects. Fortunately now I know both the Internet and real world provide plenty of sources for your interview. Most experts are happy to […]

The good thing about the Internet is how you don’t have to leave the house to learn. While it’s nice to be able to take courses at one’s local college, time and money are sometimes an issue. Don’t let either keep you from excelling at what you do. Here are some great places to find […]

Yesterday I came across a post at About Freelance Writing about how the same people you meet at blogs such as this are also your competition. The inspiration from the article came from this one at e Moms at Home. At both blogs I left friendly comments about how all the writers I come across […]

Recently Jennifer from ResumeASAP placed an ad here. Some of the responses were interesting and she blogged about one of them. Jennifer raises a very good point. Read the ad thoroughly before you respond, and make the necessary changes to your form cover letter.
I once received an email for “Dear Mr. Jens”
And speaking of cover […]

Here’s some fodder for discussion:
Markus Mertz has a post up at Performancing asking if writers are the new slaves. He quotes an ad where the blogger is expected to write five posts per day for $55 a month.
As you know, this is something I can go on about forever. If you wish to discuss freelance […]

So I got a nice note from Kristen over at Freelance Switch, which, as you all know, I consider an awesome resource. Anyway, Kristen gave FWJ - especially our cover letter clinic - a very nice plug in their podcast.  The site and the podcasts have a little something of interest to all freelancers and […]

Here are a few things to keep you busy this weekend. Some of it belongs to others, some of it is shameless self promotion, some of it doesn’t even have anything to with writing, and it’s all good. If you have something interesting to share, post it in the comments and we’ll check it out.

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Good morning, friends. The rent is due!
A couple of things:

Congratulations to Mariella who won the October comments contest. She had the most comments here when I logged on this morning. Send me your email, Mariella, and I’ll send you that $50 Amazon gift certificate.
Candy Addict is having a massive candy giveaway.
Soccer Lens is having a […]

Last week, ProBlogger Darren Rowse showed off his work space and encouraged us to do the same. I considered it, but got caught up in the first week of school and catching up on my work and forgot. Then today I saw this post from Ryan at Performancing, also encouraging us to show our workspaces. […]

Freelance Switch has a good point. What are other freelancers doing, charging and thinking? It’s something we all wonder about.
They’ve created a survey all freelancers should take regarding our habits, earnings and reasons for doing what we do.  The survey aims to “compile our collective knowledge for the benefit of freelancers everywhere.”
I took the survey, […]