Posted on December 30th, 2006 by Kristen King
Liz (a.k.a. KIWIWRITER) said I read her mind when I posted my links to goals and resolutions blog post earlier today, and she returned the favor when she mentioned an article she found about writing quizzes (courtesy of freelance guru Kelly James-Enger, published at Writing-World.com).
Writing quizzes is…(a) something I’ve wanted to do forever(b) something I’ve […]
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Posted on December 30th, 2006 by Kristen King
Karen Lynch’s Five Blogs Worth Checking Out and A Few Great Posts
Copyblogger’s These Bloggers Rock (part of a meme) and The Best of Copyblogger
Deborah Ng’s End of the Year Blog Plug
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Posted on December 30th, 2006 by Kristen King
Several of my blogging colleagues have been posting their New Year’s Resolutions and suggestions for writers. Here are a few that may inspire you in your own planning for 2007.
J.A. Konrath’s New Year’s Resolutions Part 2
Angela Booth’s 2006 Top Writing Tips redux (Part One)
Allison Winn Scotch’s The Year That Was
Deborah Ng’s Goals, Resolutions and Dreams…Oh […]
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Posted on December 29th, 2006 by Kristen King
For links to A-C, click here.
[Don’t] Quit Your Day Job by Dorothy McFalls — Considering a leap to full-time freelancing? Better read this first!
Duotrope’s Digest (Markets for Writers) — Need someplace to submit your writing? Look no futher. Duotrope provides a huge database of lit mags, searchable by genre, pay, media, awards, and a whole […]
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Posted on December 29th, 2006 by Kristen King
I loved this news story, shared by a member of the FREELANCE-L list:
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 27 — The editor-in-chief at the Journal of the American College of Cardiology confirmed today that an editorial on drug-eluting stents in the Jan. 2 issue contains a significant error. …
Click here to read the whole thing. And as you’re […]
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Posted on December 29th, 2006 by Kristen King
Don’t we all! Roughstock over at the AboutFreelanceWriting.com forum offers some really excellent ideas for getting things done at work, whether you’re at home or in someone else’s office. Click here to read the post.
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Posted on December 28th, 2006 by Kristen King
Chandy over at Absolute Write Water Cooler shared a great list of 100 questions for writers to use in fleshing out characters. I don’t know if I’d have the patience to get through all 100 questions for every main character in my manuscript, but even working on a few or a just a single […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2006 by Kristen King
The contract is signed! Woohoo! I start after the first of the year, which is when I’ll give you all the juicy details.
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Posted on December 27th, 2006 by Kristen King
The Old Desk (the big-enough one)
Just to give you a sense of scale…
“Mommy, does this desk make me look fat?”
Time to vacuum!
The disassembly begins
Pickles helps Mommy put the hutch together
I’m building this desk old school!
The New Desk (the not-big-enough one)
Electronically gifted puppy
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Posted on December 27th, 2006 by Kristen King
Do you want to improve your writing skills and expand your business in 2007? Me too! That’s why I was so excited when I saw Michael Stelzner’s list of the Top 10 Blog Posts for Writers (The Best From The Best in 2006!).
Why should you read each and every one of these 10 posts? Because […]
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Posted on December 25th, 2006 by Kristen King
I posted an announcement about my new website evaluation services in a forum I recently joined, and I got what I thought was a positively hilarious reaction (paraphrased below).
Me: Announcement
Them: You’re charging $295 to tell someone that their site sucks? I do that for free.
Me: No, I’m charging $295 to tell someone how to make […]
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Posted on December 25th, 2006 by Kristen King
Jesse, on inadvertently smacking Pickles the pug in the head: “It’s all fun and games until Pickles loses an eye.”
(Don’t worry, she’s completely fine. This photo is actually about a month old and is of her trying to take a nap on my lap, but the visual was so appropriate that I just had to […]
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