The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

I Wrote; I Lost The File!

Arghhhhhh! Last week I drafted another sample chapter for a client who is having trouble deciding exactly what they want in the book I’m ghosting. At least I’m 99% sure I did, but somehow...

Freelance Writing Jobs - 57 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

This week we start with 57 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs. Have you gotten a writing job through these postings? Tell us about it. Write well and often,Two newsletters: Abundant...

Mother’s Day Was (and still can be) About Peace

Today, mother’s day has become a commercial venture, replete with over priced and unsustainable cut flowers, mountains of cards printed on non-recycled paper and questionable gifts. But it...

Promote Yourself Here - Write A Guest Post

Are you a freelance writer, editor, blogger, or translator? Do you self-publish, write memoirs, greeting cards or articles on obscure science? Do you have something to say to other freelance writers,...

Freelance Writing Jobs - 44 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs

We end this week with 44 Writing, Blogging, Editing and Translation Jobs. The total number of writing etc. jobs posted here this week: 144 Write well and often,Two newsletters: Abundant Freelance...

Q&As for Freelance Writers

Have you got questions about making money writing as a freelancer? We’ve got answers:Do I Need a Degree? How Do I Submit Clips?What am I doing wrong in responding to ads? Can I charge a...

What I Did - Broken Appointments

A few days ago told you about a ghostwriting client who broke several telephone appointments and then requested a Saturday appointment even though I normally don’t work weekends. I asked you...

Writers, What Would You Do? Broken Appointments

I’m going through one of those periods that astrologers lay off to mars in retrograde… lots of smallish things going wrong, and a couple of larger ones too. I won’t go into all the...

Want Powerful Writing Examples? Try a Little Romance!

Sonia Simone who writes the excellent copyblogger has a wonderful post called: What Romance Novels Can Teach You About Powerful Copywriting. It’s a great article, except it’s too...

Trade v. Self Publishing

I’m writing an ebook about how to get a book written and I want to contrast self-publishing with trade publishing. Here are the lists so far: Self-publishing:If you want a ghost, you will...