Mediabistro.com, the career center for freelancers and other media types, just published an illuminating article about contributing editors, and I’m not just saying that because I was interviewed for the story. The article, “Between Freelancer and Staffer: Contributing Editors,” by E.B. “Liza” Boyd, explains how the title means different things at different publications but for […]
Archives for September 2008
You don't need to be serious to write about serious topics
Particle physics isn’t exactly simple. But just because a topic is complicated or serious doesn’t mean writing about it has to be. Take the superconductor supercollider that Switzerland-based CERN has been working on for the past 14 years. The 17-mile circumference Large Hadron Collider, which is intended to look for new particles that explain why […]
Nominate WordCount for best writing blog
Time for a shameless request. Michael Stelzner’s Writing White Papers blog is running its third annual contest to choose the top 10 blogs for writers. So I’ll just come right out and say it: vote for me! It’s been nine months since I started WordCount to blog about freelance writing in the 21st century – […]
How to build the freelance writing career you want
When you’re just starting out as a freelancer, it’s easy to fall into the habit of taking every assignment that comes your way. But if you stay in the business long enough, you realize that to be really happy in your work you’ve got to take control over what you do. Different writers will pursue […]
Google's Chrome Web browser takes on IE and Firefox
The tech world is buzzing about Chrome, the Web browser Google introduced this week. Why should writers care? For one thing, Google claims that Chrome does a better job than existing browsers like Internet Explorer or Firefox when it comes to searching for multimedia content online. But the bigger deal might be that Chrome will […]
How freelancers can organize their writing time
It’s back to school time. In that spirit of higher education, over the next month or so, I’ll be running a series of posts on freelancing basics. Today’s lesson – organizing your writing time. It’s one thing to get assignments. It’s another to schedule your time to maximize your earnings potential. Here’s one way to […]