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August 1, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Tips for running a successful freelance business

Should you specialize? How do you get organized? How do you edit stories? Find answers to the basics of running a freelance business from the recent #wclw chat.

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: freelance basics, running a freelance business, tech tools for writers, Twitter chats for writers, WordCount Last Wednesday

July 28, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Writing advice from “The Help”

I’ve been mesmerized by “The Help,” Kathryn Stockett’s book about the complicated relationship between black maids and the white families they worked for in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s. I picked it up at an airport bookstore earlier this week and have been sneaking in a few pages every chance I get. I’ll save my […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: "The Help", Kathryn Stockett, Kathryn Stockett writing style, writing advice from famous authors

July 25, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

July 27 #wclw chat: building your freelance business

The next WordCount writers’ chat takes place 7/27 at 10 a.m. PDT, where we’ll discuss the basics of running a freelance writing business. Bring your questions!

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: #wclw, freelance basics, running a freelance writing business, Twitter chats for writers, WordCount Last Wednesday

July 20, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

You’re only as good as your collaborators

I heard a string quartet play the other night. The four young musicians in it met at Yale and now live and work in New York City. On the evening I heard them, they were joined by a harpist and a flutist who played a few pieces as a duo and then joined the quartet […]

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: collaborating on freelance projects, productivity, running a freelance writing business

July 18, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

This is not how it was supposed to be

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now and frankly, I’d rather have sun. I’m speaking metaphorically of course. Read on to see what I’m really talking about.

Filed Under: Freelancing Tagged With: building your freelance writing business, freelance careers, freelance editing jobs, freelance inspiration

July 15, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Recommended reading for July 15: Harry Potter and more

Top news industry stories this week: J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard series comes to a cinematic end, aggravated over content aggregation & NOTW scandal deepens.

Filed Under: Media Business, Writing Tagged With: content aggregation, content curation, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Huffington Post content aggregation policies, J.K. Rowling writing style, News of the World scandal

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