While I’m on vacation this week, I’ll be rerunning some of the best WordCount posts of the year. Look for new posts, including my predictions for the top digital media personalities to watch in 2009, starting January 5. Happy New Year!
Today’s reruns: Make yourself so irresistible editors will fight over you.
What editors want from freelance writers – and how to give it to them
Good assignments start with good editors – here’s how to spot them
Be a team player if you want to write for trade magazines
Freelance mistakes to avoid at all costs
You may be desperate for work, just don’t act like it
True confessions – Do you tell editors what you do when you’re not working for them?
MIT Sloan Management Review: Good freelancers are ‘nanobots’ and that’s no insult
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