WordCount Redux: How to write and market an ebook
While I’m out this week, enjoy some WordCount posts that didn’t get the attention they deserved the first go around. This one: how to write and market an ebook.
How to write, produce and market an ebook
Tips on how to write, produce and market an ebook, based on the Oct. 27 WordCount Last Wednesday live chat with writer Susan Johnston.
WordCount Last Wednesday Oct. 27: all about e-books
Freelance writer Susan Johnston will explain how to write e-books on the next WordCount Last Wednesday chat, on Oct. 27, at 8:30 a.m. PDT. Use #wclw to join in.
Recommended reading for April 30, 2010
In honor of the 2010 WordCount Blogathon, which starts tomorrow, this edition of my weekly roundup of good reading and writing is devoted to blogs on blogging.
Introduce yourself to land work: why freelance LOIs matter
Lesson learned: Letters of introduction matter, though it could be months – or even years – before they pay off.
The WordCount Bad Economy Survival Kit
On Thursday when I got the Industry Standard’s weekly e-newsletter, which always runs 1 or 2 predictions at the very top of its other news stories, and read their guess that the Dow would fall below 9,000 this month I thought “No way.” Then it happened. That very day. For the first time since 2003. [...]
HARO rescues writers stuck for sources
Do you know HARO? If you don’t, it might be time to get acquainted. HARO stands for “If I Can Help A Reporter Out.” It was started by a PR guy and networking maven named Peter Shankman as a place reporters can turn to when they’re stuck for sources. Shankman started it as an alternative [...]
WordCount is finalist for top writing blogs award
Thanks to the nominations submitted by all you faithful readers, WordCount has been tapped as a finalist for Writing White Papers’ 3rd annual top writing blogs contest. Yahoo! The contest, created by Michael Stelzner, proprietor of the Writing White Papers blog, received 300 nominations, which he narrowed down to 37. According to Stelzner, he’ll choose [...]
Best of WordCount: Career development for freelancers
WordCount is taking a break this week while I’m on vacation, so I’m rerunning some of WordCount’s most popular posts ever on a variety of topics. Today: Career development for freelancers Freelancers’ strategies for prospering in bad times – Suggestions from established freelancers with a variety of backgrounds and business plans, including tips for maintaining [...]
Making life work as a writer and mom
Today I’m guest blogging at The Urban Muse, Susan Johnston’s popular freelance writing blog. The subject is how to make life work as a writer and mom. Here’s a little taste: I didn’t set out to be a freelance writer. It’s the compromise I made in order to do it all, be a writer and [...]
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