WordCount Last Wednesday Sept. 29 chat: Facebook fan pages
Catch WordCount Last Wednesday’s live chat on Sept. 29 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific. Social media expert Trish Lawrence will discuss writers and Facebook fan pages.
Editors pay for how you think
As a writer, how can you separate yourself from the pack, from the SEO writers, from the newbies, would-bes and coulda beens? You think.
National Punctuation Day: grammar guides & other recommended reading for Sept. 24
In honor of National Punctuation Day, here’s a list of print and online grammar and punctuation resources that writers of all genres should know about.
Malcolm Gladwell and other recommended reading for writers for Sept. 17
Malcolm Gladwell, Demand Media’s IPO, interest in business news and other recommended reading for writers for Sept. 17, 2010.
What I’m writing about now: work and careers
These days when I’m not blogging here, I’m blogging for SecondAct.com, the online magazine for people over 40 launched by Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur, earlier this year. I get to blog about a lot of things at SecondAct. But mostly I write about work – finding it, doing better at it, getting more meaning [...]
Back to school: online journalism training for freelancers
Want to improve your writing skills? Here is a list of websites offering free or fee-based online journalism training for freelancers and other writers.
Recommended reading for writers for Sept. 10
Jonathan Franzen and Jean Auel discuss their work, and other recommended reading for writers for the week of Sept. 10, 2010.
News U. wants freelancers’ input on writing webinars
Freelancers who take a survey from Poynter Institute’s News U. will receive 50 percent off the journalism e-learning program’s new writing webinar series in 2011.
Want to write a book? ‘Plant your posterior in the chair’
In this WordCount Q&A, Hells Hawks co-author & long-time military freelancer Robert F. Dorr shares his advice on writing, working with a co-author and more.
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