If you’re a freelance writer, do you need a Website and a blog? A lot of freelancers I know have both. A Website can be a great showcase for a freelancer’s resume, writing samples and clips, photographs (if they take them), references, recommendations and other marketing materials an editor or book publisher might want to […]
Archives for July 2008
Hooray for the red, white and blue
Happy Fourth of July. Enjoy the day. Turn off the computer and read the paper the old-fashioned way, in print!
Newspaper industry: worst of times, or best?
To paraphrase Dickens, it is the best of times and the worst of times for the newspapers business. The worst of times: layoffs, more every day including downsizing at some of the country’s biggest papers. Just yesterday, the Los Angeles Times said it was cutting 250 jobs, including 150 in the newsroom, bringing its total […]
How to write blog posts that get comments
Blogs are supposed to be community endeavors. You write something. People read it and respond with their own opinions or experience. But how to get people to leave comments? First you have to get them to your blog. I’m working on that. But once they’ve arrived and read what they’ve come for, how do you […]
WordCount blog: 2008 Q2 report
The end of June marked the end of Q2 of writing this blog, which I officially launched in January to keep track of changes in the freelance writing and online news business. In the past three months, WordCount hit some major milestones. Here are a few: Best month ever – When I decided to write […]