29 Oct
Posted by Elaine Long as blogs, Business planning, Creativity, Freelance Jobs, freelance writing, Marketing, productivity, Profitable writing
Despite the radio silence here on SFW of the past few months, I’ve been busily working on new writing gigs and projects. The reason I’ve been cranking up the output is that as the economy slows (and according to the “experts” I’m listening to, that’s a given) I believe freelancers are possibly in the best [...]
26 May
Posted by Elaine Long as blogs, Business planning, productivity
As a writer, I want to take advantage of more of what the Internet offers. I recently saw online a l-o-o-o-ng discussion about why a potential publisher sent a writer seemingly contradictory messages about why they were not accepting their submission for publication. The writer was baffled. And hundreds (I think) of people responded with [...]
30 Apr
Posted by Elaine Long as Freelance Jobs, Marketing, Profitable writing
Tomorrow I’ll be releasing the list of all the places online you can go to find new freelance writing jobs, as well as places to sell your own work. (If you want to get access first, you’ll have to join the list by signing up to the right – I’ll be sending out an announcement [...]
23 Apr
Posted by Elaine Long as blogs, Marketing, productivity, Web 2.0 Tactics, Writing general
Yesterday’s interview with C. Hope Clark of Funds For Writers was really great – she definitely has her finger on the pulse of inside information about finding freelance and full time writing jobs, grants, contests and more. I’ll be posting a free link to the full transcript later this week, if you want to make [...]
22 Apr
Posted by Elaine Long as Freelance Jobs, Income streams, Profitable writing
I’ve been asking my list and on the forums, What do you want to know about finding and getting freelance writing gigs? Since Hope Clark of Funds For Writers will be on the BlogTalkRadio show with me this afternoon (3 PM Eastern), post your question here, anything having to do with finding freelance jobs, grants, [...]
10 Apr
Posted by Elaine Long as blogs, Business planning, productivity, Web 2.0 Tactics, Writing general
I just reviewed a bunch of survey responses from my list members, and the results are pretty striking. It seems that while both new and inexperienced writers are definitely taking advantagew of opportunitites on the Web, there are a whole host of tactics and strategies for increasing income which many writers still seem unfamliar with. [...]