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The Scoop: High-Paying Contract Work

If you’ve been fantasizing about leaving a nightmare job to go out on your own or have discovered that your days on the corporate mothership are numbered in this tough economy, you won’t want to to miss the latest New York Times … Continue reading

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Writing Ebooks: A Crash Course

Recently, I discovered a terrific new Writer’s Digest ebook, The $1,000 Query Letter: Real Queries That Helped Land Dream Contracts and Assignments, when author Diana Bocco, interviewed me about how I pitched Money magazine. The book, which sprung from an … Continue reading

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Surprise Winner: Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’

When I asked my writing group for recommendations of great books about writing, I was surprised to hear them say Stephen King’s On Writing. Here’s a blog post that excerpts the book, which I downloaded on to my Nook and … Continue reading

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Best Apps For Freelancers (It’s Not Just About Google)

Last week, BestVendor, a review site that looks pretty interesting, released an infographic that shows some of the most popular apps for freelancers. Venturebeat covered the release here. Some of the results were predictable. In a survey of 97 freelancers, … Continue reading

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The Features You Want In Your Home Office Phone

Your telephone is a crucial, but easily overlooked, piece of equipment in your home office. For years, I limped along with an old cordless phone. I’m not sure why I never thought to get a new one; it was just … Continue reading

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$200KFreelancer Available for the Kindle … And Tips For Setting Your Blog Up

We’re excited to let you know that that $200KFreelancer is now available in a Kindle edition, through Amazon. The subscription, available for a 14-day free trial, costs 99 cents a month. If you like to do your reading on the … Continue reading

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Judge’s Order A Bellwether For Paid Content?

Are we the only ones disturbed by the proliferation online of content that is paid — but not obviously so? In other words, content that is propaganda or “fake journalism?” Apparently not. U.S. District Judge William Alsup,  said “the court … Continue reading

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Jonah Lehrer And What The Scandal Says About Writing

Let’s be honest here: If you’ve been freelancing or even making your living as a writer in any kind of realistic way, you know the narrative tricks that brought Jonah Lehrer down. The act of a composing a high-level story … Continue reading

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Don’t Put Yourself out of the Running

In one of the gigs Elizabeth and I share as contract editors, we assign articles to freelance writers. And every once in a while, one of those writers will go AWOL. The deadline will approach, but I’ll get no word … Continue reading

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Freelancers Liberate Themselves From Troubled Local Economies

Elance’s new Global Online Employment Report suggests that more freelancers are finding economic independence by seeking work outside of geographic areas hard hit by unemployment. Perhaps this is one harbinger of a future world of work, where more workers are not tied … Continue reading

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