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December 30, 2008 By Michelle V. Rafter

Best of WordCount – Make editors fight over you

While I’m on vacation this week, I’ll be rerunning some of the best WordCount posts of the year. Look for new posts, including my predictions for the top digital media personalities to watch in 2009, starting January 5. Happy New Year!

How to make editors fight over you

Today’s reruns: Make yourself so irresistible editors will fight over you.

What editors want from freelance writers – and how to give it to them

Good assignments start with good editors – here’s how to spot them

Be a team player if you want to write for trade magazines

Freelance mistakes to avoid at all costs

You may be desperate for work, just don’t act like it

True confessions – Do you tell editors what you do when you’re not working for them?

MIT Sloan Management Review: Good freelancers are ‘nanobots’ and that’s no insult

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