While I’m enjoying one final day of summer, here’s something you can enjoy – the best WordCount posts from the past month. Grab a coffee – iced if its sunny – and read away:
End-of-summer book list – A list of great fiction I’ve been plowing through since June.
Helium’s $10,000 hands-off-our writers clause – Part 1 of this 2-part series looks at a clause buried in Helium’s Content Source publishers’ contract that every writer contemplating working for the content site should know about.
Helium CEO defends finder’s fee, dishes on freelance opportunities – In part 2 of the series, Helium’s Mark Ranalli details what the site pays writers producing copy for its premium content division, and shares details of its June purchase by R.R. Donnelley.
Writing….it don’t come easy – Whoever said writing’s simple is lying. Here are some of my favorite quotes on writing to prove it.
ONA ’11, BlogHer Writers Confab & other fall writer training – Writers looking to improve their skills have their pick of fall conferences and classes.
The ins and outs of working as a content strategist – Journalists and editors are well suited to lead companies’ content marketing efforts, if they can overcome several pitfalls, two experts on the subject explain.
6 essential pre-production steps to producing winning whitepapers – Another series, this one on writing whitepapers. Part 1 is a run down of what’s involved in the pre-production phase.
More on producing winning whitepapers: editing and design – Part 2 of this series covers the steps involved in getting a whitepaper written, edited and designed.