WordCount Redux: The 500 blog posts that changed my life
While I’m away this week, enjoy some WordCount posts that didn’t get the attention they deserved the first go around. This one: how blogging changed my career.
A 10-step guide to making time to blog
If you’re devoting more time to blogging, you risk eating into time spent on other work or your non-work life. Here are 10 suggestions for how to do it all.
5 reasons why you should obsess over blog stats
How often do you check your blog stats? Once a week? A day? An hour? I’ve been known to obsess over blog traffic, especially if I’ve written something I think is especially profound and want to make sure the whole world shares my opinion. Checking your blog’s traffic stats is actually quite useful, and not [...]
WordCount recommended reading for Nov. 6
A roundup of my favorite blog posts on journalism, writing and freelancing from the week of Nov. 2-6, 2009.
Best of WordCount: The Collector’s Edition
WordCount’s Best of WordCount page has 30+ of the award-winning freelance writing blog’s most popular posts, covering writing, the freelance business, and more.
Coming soon – WordCount 2.0
Just as freelancers have to change to keep up with the times, WordCount does too. In short order, expect the blog to sport a new look as well as some revamped content and other additions.
Freelance link love for week of May 17
Here’s what I’m reading this week. First, from my fellow bloggers participating in the 2nd Annual WordCount Blogathon: Organization. It’s an art, really. – Tips for work and life from freelance writer Danielle Buffardi’s blog, Horrible Sanity. Partner with others – Nobody said writing had to be a solitary pursuit. Sometimes it helps to have [...]
Dear writer, please don't stop blogging
Dear Michelle, Yours is a wonderful site. I’d started a rather lame attempt at a blog for freelancers, but yours is so thorough and engaging that I’m taking mine down. Congratulations on a really first-rate blog. Dan Baum Dear Dan, Thank you. But please reconsider your decision to take down your blog. I looked and [...]
Should writers blog about juicy subjects or save them for story pitches?
Any writer with a blog has faced this dilemma: when a juicy tidbit or great story comes your way, do you blog about it or save it for a query? Freelance writer and blogger Michelle Goodman tackles this question in a recent entry to her blog, The Anti 9-to-5 Guide. Goodman wisely suggests saving your [...]
Best of WordCount recap
In case you missed it, while I was on vacation last week, I ran some of the most popular posts from WordCount’s back issues. Take a look: Online resources for writers – Help navigating the world of Web-based resources for writers, including top Web 2.0 tools, what writers should know about SEO and how to [...]
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