Weekly Writer’s Roundup for January 25, 2008
While surfing the blogosphere this week I discovered several posts that captured my attention …
Jennifer Mattern over at All Freelance Writing asks, What’s in Your Swipe File? And shares why it’s important for writers to have a ’swipe file.’
Angela Booth gives some good advice on Writing and Thriving in the Looming Recession.
Interviewing is one of the main ways freelance writers gather information for an article. Over at emomsathome.com, Tamara Berry shares 6 Tips for the Journalist Inside You: Performing an Interview.
If you want to be a high-profile freelancer, you have to check out 12 Incredibly Crafty Ways to Become a High-Profile Freelancer. Freelancing isn’t just for writers ya know.
Do you know How to Book End? Discover this simple techinique that Anne Wayman over at The Golden Pencil uses to git-r-done!
Leo Babauta, better known for his Zen Habits blog, has created the Write To Done blog as a way to share some of what he’s learned as a writer. This week he offers some good advice on How to Write First Thing in the Morning. Check it out.
Dean Rieck over at Copyblogger.com reveals his 5-Step POWER Copywriting Method that can be used for more than copywriting.
Have a great writing weekend.
Weekly Writer’s Roundup for January 18, 2008
I found some really great posts this week while I was surfing other writing blogs. Here are some of my favorites for the week:
Check out these ideas for Beating Writer’s Block over at a minor technicality where Neil Dixon writes about Breaking the Block - 10 ways I get myself writing every day.
Michael Stelzner over at Copyblobber asks “How do you force yourself to regularly produce high quality written work?” He goes on to explain how setting a deadline, or more accurately, having a deadline set for him, has increased his productivity in Want to Boost Your Writing Productivity? Have a Baby!
Pat Doyle shares 8 tips for getting your ebook published in Publish an Ebook in Amazon’s Kindle Book Store!
Sharon Hurley Hall over at Get Paid to Write Online shares her insights on using your own experiences to write realistic travel pieces about places that you have never been to in How to Write a Travel Piece and Stay at Home.
Melissa Donovan over at Writing Forward has a good article about The Ethics of Writing and Citing.
Thinking of self-publishing your next book? Read Neil Dixon’s advice on Selecting a Self Publisher before you make your decision.
Thanks everyone for the great ideas. Have a good weekend.
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