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Archives for 2010

March 15, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

How to pick a topic for a blog

You want to start a blog but don’t know what to blog about. When picking a topic, consider what you know, what you want to know, what’s popular and what’s needed.

Filed Under: Blogs, Freelancing Tagged With: BlogHer, Google Adsense, how to pick a topic for a blog, picking a blog topic, writers who blog

March 12, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Recommended reading for March 12, 2010 – National Magazine Awards finalists

To see great writing, look no further than the 2010 National Magazine Awards finalists. Here’s a list of finalists in all the writing categories.

Filed Under: Language, Magazines, Writing Tagged With: 2010 National Magazine Awards finalists, American Society of Magazine Editors, good writing

March 10, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

The Oscars and writing: Meryl Streep is a good picker, and you can be too

Like Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock and other actors and creative types, writers are only as good as the projects they pick. Here’s how to be a better picker.

Filed Under: Careers, Contests, Freelancing, Workplace Issues, Writing Tagged With: 2010 Academy Awards, Freelance writing tips, how to pick freelance projects, Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, the 5 Ps of picking a project, The Blind Side

March 5, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Recommended reading for March 5, 2010

Roger Ebert, Stephen King and other recommended reading for writers, for the week ending March 5, 2010.

Filed Under: Books, Language, Magazines, Writing Tagged With: Brian Moylan, Defamer, Esquire, Lee Marvin, Project Runway, recommended reading for writers, Roger Ebert, Stephen King, Will Leitch, writers on writing

March 4, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

Help choose writing conference topics for ONA10

Any journalist working in digital media can vote now to help the Online News Association choose what topics to cover at ONA10, Oct. 28-30 in Washington D.C.

Filed Under: Contests, Media Business, Online news Tagged With: crowdsourcing, digital journalism, ONA 2010, Online News Association

March 3, 2010 By Michelle V. Rafter

WordCount joins the BlogHer ad network

WordCount has joined the BlogHer ad network. It’s time to turn my two-year-old enterprise from a nonprofit to a money-making venture.

Filed Under: Blogs, Social Networks Tagged With: blog ad networks, BlogHer, mommy bloggers, WordCount freelance blog

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