By Michelle V. Rafter on February 13, 2008
When writers aren’t writing, they’re reading about how to be a better writer, or be a better marketer of their writing, or about who else they could be writing for. That’s what I found when I asked freelance, newspaper and magazine writers and editors to name some of their favorite blogs for writers. It’s an [...]
Posted in Blogs, Freelancing, Media Business, Newspapers, Writing | Tagged AboutFreelanceWriting, Anne Wayan, Blogs, Bob Bly's Blog, Copyblogger, Copyediting, Copywriter Underground, Copywriting, Dan Santow, Deborah Ng, Dianna Huff's B2B MarCom Writer Blog, Erik Sherman's WriterBiz, Freelance Switch, FreelanceWritingGigs.com, Freelancing, InkThinker, Irreverent Freelancer, John McIntyre, Jugglezine, Kathy Kehrli, Kristen King, Linda Formichelli, Magazines, Michael Stelzner's Writing White Papers, Newspapers, Publicity Hound, Publishing, Publishing 2.0, Romenesko, Susan Johnston Home, The Bad Pitch Blog, The Golden Pen, The Renegade Writer, TheUrbanMuse, Toddie Downs, Web Content Writer Tips, WordHappy, WordWise, Writing, You Don't Say |
By Michelle V. Rafter on January 21, 2008
In one episode of Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw character lands a freelance assignment for some incredible amount, like $4 a word. As a real-life freelance writer, I’ve never made $4 a word, or even met anybody who does. I’m not sure rates like that exist. Even $2 a word sounds [...]
Posted in Careers, Freelancing, Magazines, Workplace Issues, Writing | Tagged Carrie Bradshaw, Erik Sherman's WriterBiz, freelance hourly rates, freelance marketing tips, Freelance Success, Freelancing, Marketing, Michelle Vranizan Rafter, professional freelance writers, Sex in the City, Writing, writing specialties |
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