Recommended reading for writers for Jan. 7, 2011: inspiration

To do great writing, read great writing. Here’s the great writing I’ve been doing this week.

This year if you’ve resolved to take on something new different in your work life – whether it’s starting a blog, pulling t0gether a book proposal, pitching a dream publication, starting a writing-based business, looking for a full-time job or just upgrading the technology you’re using to write – here’s some career-related inspiration to  get you started.

The links are to posts about careers and reinventing yourself or the tech tools you’re using that I’ve written over the past year for SecondAct.com, Entrepreneur Media’s website for people over 40:

• 12 First Steps Toward Reinventing Yourself in 2011
• 10 Do’s, 10 Don’ts for a New Year’s Job Search
• My Favorite App: 15 Cool Tech Toys for Your Smartphone
• The Get-It-Done Guy on Working Less and Doing More
• Top 10 Tips for Finding Temp Work and Contract Gigs
• How to Botox Your Resume
• 5 Steps Women Over 40 Can Take to Rule the World
• Making the Right Moves in the Career Game
• Finding Your ‘It’
• LinkedIn: The Social Network That Puts Work First