The best part of Sunday is the time in the morning that is there mostly for lingering. I like to use that time to catch up on the blogs and articles at my favorite sites on topics including writing, blogging, web 2.0, creativity, inspiration, technology and green issues.
Here are some of the things I’m reading this week:
- Why Web Workers Should Indulge in Guilty Pleasures @ Men With Pens
- Writers Blog Til They Drop @ The New York Times
- Why The Internet is the Perfect Market for Writers @ Writing Journey
- Contests Add a Notch to your Belt @ Writers on the Rise
- The Return of Word Porn @ Quiet Rebel Writer
- 5 Things MetaFilter Does Right @ Pureblogging
- Is Your Resume Looking Tired? @ Get Paid to Write Online
- SEO: Mostly Writing? @ Catalyst Blogger
- Good Old Fashioned Pen and Paper @ Freelance Parent
- The Art of Blogging: Business or Pleasure? @ Copyblogger
- We’re Living Web 2.0; Why Aren’t We Browsing 2.0? @ Copywriter Underground
- Keeping a Writer’s Notebook @ Daily Writing Tips
- POV: Who’s Telling Your Story? @ Writer’s Desk
- How to Handle Clients Who Leave Projects in the Wind @ How to Start a Successful Freelance Writing Career
- The Power and Pitfalls of Competition @ Kevin Eikenberry
- The Anxiety of Nothingness @ Peggy Payne’s Boldness Blog
- There are Still Good People in the World @ Grateful Writer
And here are some of my favorite posts that I authored this week:
- 8 Ways Writers Change the World
- How to Get Into Live Event Blogging
- Beware! The Age of Mobile Phone Advertising is Upon Us!
- 10 Features Your Mobile Phone Should Have But Doesn’t
- 8 Hot Restaurants in San Francisco
- San Francisco’s Open Mind
- Moving Company vs. Moving Yourself
Here are some of the posts and news articles that I find interesting today:
- When you Shouldn’t Use your Blog as a Writing Sample @ Catalyst Blogger
- How a Few Measly Words can Dramatically Improve your Blog Headline and Content @ Copyblogger
- The Work at Home Professional @ Freelance Parent
- Please Do Not Disturb @ Get Paid to Write Online
- How to Accomplish your Dreams @ Men with Pens
- 5 Things to Change to Save Yourself from Burnout @ Urban Muse
- How Intention Adds Fuel to the Writing Fire @ Confident Writing
- Draft Plans for Literary Essays @ Two Writing Teachers
- How you can Gain Clients by Getting Off the Web @ Quiet Rebel Writer
- Cool Websites and Tools @ Make Use Of
- Is Tagcow the Future of Photo Recognition and Tagging? @ Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection
And here are some links to my favorite things that I authored this week:
- Introverted vs. Extroverted Blogging @ Pureblogging
- 10 Areas of Web 2.0 Where You Can Launch a Business @ HubPages
- How to Write and Distribute a Social Media Press Release @ HubPages
- Typos Don’t Really Matter (here)
- 10 Eco-Harmful Things Web Writers are Guilty Of (here)
- Aptera Hybrid: 3 Wheels and 300 MPG @ NewsFlavor
Want to get a jump start on the week to come by applying for new freelance writing or blogging work today? Following you’ll find the list of job links posted around today’s web.
Blog Jobs:
- Natural healthcare posts, $5 - $15 per post, additional pay for comments and links
Ongoing writing jobs:
- B2B Fashion Articles, $40-$400 per article
- Ghostwriter, Latino Teen Magazine articles, state your rate
- Summarize reports, $15-$60 per hour
- Ghostwriter, state your rate
- Kids’ TV show, paid by segment
- Lifestyle magazine, rate not stated
One-shot writing jobs:
- Press Release, Kids’ Music Project, state your rate
Seeking submissions:
- Lonely Planet travel books, various U.S. and international locations
Editing jobs:
- Editor for photo sharing information website, rate not stated
- Manuscript reviewer, rate not stated
- Proofreader/editor, oil industry texts, $5 per page (pages include charts and other non-text)
- French and German translation, one letter to be translated, $30 per translation, ASAP
- Web content editing, $20 per hour, 5-10 hrs. per week
Misc:
- Transcriber, two-hour audio tape, rate not stated
- Chinese Translator, soccer website, $10-$12 / hour
[Tags] freelance, writing, jobs, gigs, resources, employment, links, freelance writing jobs [/Tags]
I’m a big fan of HubPages, a site where people can publish content about nearly any topic under the sun. I write for the site myself but I also appreciate the fact that I can learn about a whole lot of things from the others who publish their content there. Because I do love this site so much, I’ve decided to start sharing my favorite posts from the day on a regular basis.
Here are my favorite HubPages articles from today:
- Alice in Wonderland Quotes
- How to Select the Right Wine Glass
- Online Movies: MovieLink vs. PeekVid
- How to Teach your Child to Use a Planner
- Janis Joplin Hub
- In Loving Memory Tattoos
- How to Set up Channels to Monitor Adsense
Happy reading! Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
It’s Easter morning. If I was still a kid I’d be up early hunting through the house from the “prize” Easter eggs and checking out what kind of candy was in my basket. The adult equivalent is a lazy morning spent hunting through the Internet for gems of writing that inspire and inform me.
Here are some of those posts:
- 50 Ways to Create a Motivational Work Space @ Bootstrapper
- Should You Let Scrapers Link to your Blog? @ Men with Pens
- Blogging Basics for Journalists: Fundamentals to Building an Audience @ New Media Bytes
- How Much do Bloggers Really Earn? @ SubHub
- Let Go Of! @ The Writers Manifesto Blog
- Do You Make These Mistakes When Blogging? @ Blogging Tips
- 10 Ways to Become a Writer (that Gets Paid) @ Andrea Goulet
- Jason Boom Dot Com @ Small Fish Big Money
- What Kind of Bonus Excites You More? @ The Baglady
- Adding Some Glue to Online Relationships @ Get Paid To Write Online
- Sumo Wrester’s Blog Typifies Japan’s Blogging Boom @ Inventor Spot
- 3 Reasons to Write for Low Paying Online Sites @ How to Start a Successful Freelance Writing Career
- Free Writer’s Toolkit @ American Pai
- 7 Traits of Financially Successful Women @ WE Magazine
- Banging My Gong - The Brand @ Writing Journey
- A Writer’s Faith @ The Wizard of X
- An Interview with Robin Gerber @ The Literate Housewife Review
- Creangelism; Spreading the Word of Creativity @ Finance and Investment
- The Role of Twitter vs. The Role of Your Blog @ Broadcasting Brain
- Why You’ve Got To Digg to Get Dugg @ SkellieWag
- The Dark Side of Making Money Online @ Marketer Review
- On Being An Artist in Residence @ Creativity
- Writing and Art @ Dancing Cat Paperworks
- Don’t Fence Me In; Creating Space for Great Productivity @ Kevin’s Blog
- Get Ekphrastic! @ WoW Women on Writing
- Stephen King’s Greatest Lesson for Writers @ Write to Done
- The Silent K @ Daily Writing Tips
- What Is Creativity? @ Geeky is a Way of Life
- Blogging News Stories As They Happen @ The Wealth Blog
- Green Jobs @ River Wired
And here are some links to the articles that I authored this week and particularly like:
- How to Be a More Confident Blogger (Pureblogging)
- 25 Simple Mantras for Every Writer to Remember (here)
- Mobile Phone Laws Around the World (Dial-a-Phone)
- 20 Reasons Credit Cards are Worse than the Other Woman (Apply 4 Credit)
- Basics of Writing a Press Release (Hub Pages)
- 10 Hottest Guys in Mobile Phone Ads and How You Can Be Like Them (Dial-a-Phone)
There are some terrific articles around the web today about writing, blogging and creativity. Here are links to some of the ones that I’m reading:
- One Animal Trait that Will Keep Your Blog from Extinction @ PC Focal
- Fan the Creative Flames @ 6 LDS Writers and a Frog
- Hello Real Job, Welcome to My Writing @ Write Stuff
- Stop Thinking and Keep Writing @ Angela Booth’s Writing Blog
- 5 Reasons You Should be Using WordPress Tags @ Small Fish, Big Money
- Interview with Children’s Book Author and Freelance Editor Margot Finke @ Blog Critics
- How to Unleash the Hidden Power of Website Linking by Brian Terry
- The MacGyver Guide to Creativity @ Tapping Creativity
- Use the Pareto Principle to Sack Annoying Clients @ The Writer’s Manifesto
- Single Best Source of Freelance Jobs @ Beyond the Rhetoric
- Start Writing The Eulogies for Print Encyclopedias @ New York Times
- Blogging and Newspapers: A Lesson in How Not to Brand and Market @ Mark Cuban
- 12 Ways to Tap into an Endless Well of Creativity @ psdtuts
- Taking Criticism: Are You a Dinosaur? @ Get Paid to Write Online
- What is Your Blog Style @ Blogging About Writing
- Job Ad Feeback @ Freelance Writing Jobs
- Fiction Writing: Hurt Your Characters @ Men with Pens
- Getting Past Maintenance @ Kevin’s Blog
- How to Avoid a Major Meltdown @ Working Writers Coach
And here are links to some of my favorite articles that I authored this week:
- 10,000 Ideas and Resources for Writers and Bloggers (here)
- The 10 Basic Promotion Tools Every Blogger Should Be Using @ Pureblogging
- 25 Ways to Drive Traffic to your Blog @ HubPages
- 10 Reasons Credit Card Companies are Evil and 20 Outrageous Spending Stories @ Apply4Credit
- Top 10 Facebook Phone Applications @ Dial-a-Phone
- Theme Parks in Houston @ Discount Travel Blog
- Top Landmarks in Rome @ Kathika
*Writers, make sure to scroll down for today’s job links!
Here are some of the interesting and inspiring articles that I’m reading today:
- What Good Writing and Good Chicken Tikka Masala Have in Common @ Pureblogging
- Why Great Writing Doesn’t Matter Online @ Skelliewag
- Bloggers that Fake It @ Men with Pens
- Co-Creating: The Power of Two @ Tapping Creativity
- 5 Reasons Why PartTime Blogging Rocks @ Blogging Tips
- A Few Thoughts about Character Development @ Ingoldsby Books
- Creative Work Has Health Advantages @ From a Cluttered Desk
- Why Every Law Student Should Blog @ The Frugal Law Student
- Blog Comment Pet Peeves @ Writing World
- Orwell on Fear and Writing @ Peggy Payne’s Boldness Blog
- 5 Things Not to Do When Trying to Write your First Novel @ ozell
- Interview with Joanne Rock of Harlequin
- Why You Need Blogging Pals @ Freelance Writing Jobs
- 5 Types of Articles to Write @ Learn How to Do Things
- Different Writing Spaces @ TeachEng.us
- Working at Home vs. Outside the Home @ Blogging about Writing
- Criticism: A Writer’s Reception of Feedback @ A Writer’s Journey
- The ABCs of Coaching Success by Kevin Eikenbery
- A Writer Can Be Anyone or Anything @ Daily Writing Tips
- The Other Side of the Lens @ Jennifer Images
- Diaries as a Starting Ground @ WoW Women on Writing
- How Panic Can Ruin a Writing Career @ Get Paid to Write Online
And here are links to some of my favorite posts that I authored this week:
- 6 Blogs that Bloggers Should Bookmark @ Pureblogging
- 10 Best Places to Find Freelance Writing Jobs and 10 Signs that Freelance Job Might be a Scam (here)
- 10 Great Ways to Screw Your Credit Card Company and 10 Reasons to Max Out Your Credit Cards @ Apply4Credit
- Surviving Infertility Won’t Make You SuperMom @ Touched by the Stork
- The May-December Romance and Rachael Scdoris, Blind Sled Dog Racer @ Hub Pages
- A Beginner’s Guide to Femtocell Technology and 10 Crazy Cell Phone Accessories @ Dial-a-Phone
- Strong Women, Strong Medicine @ Picture Your Future
- Tattoo Removal Gets Rid of Homemade Tattoos @ Tattoo Undo
I think it’s important for writers and bloggers to share with others what they are reading. It supports the work that other web writers are doing. It also points readers in the direction of quality content that can assist them in their own writing or at least entertain them for a little while.
Question of the Day: What recent post or article available online do you recommend to web writers today?
[Tags] writing, reading, creativity, blog, inspiration, links, resources [/Tags]
I love Sunday mornings. Although I do spend some time hunting down news for my work over at DSLReports.com, I also get to spend a nice chunk of time just reading some of the blog posts and news articles that are lurking around the blogosphere. During the rest of the week, I publish a daily column called Inspired! which shares those things that inspire me most … but on Sundays my source of inspiration is all writing from around the web.
Here are some of the things that I’m reading about writing, blogging and creativity and other stuff:
- Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek @ Beth’s Blog
- What Writers Can Learn from the TV Writer’s Strike @ The London Guardian
- Beyond Niche Blogging and Branding @ SEO Smarty
- How to Write Faster and Get More Done @ Writing Rituals
- Handling your Perfectionism @ Men With Pens
- Creativity and Its Source @ Pictorial Programs and Softwares
- 5 Killer Ways to Improve your Writing Right Now @ Problogger
- How to Avoid Plagiarism @ GetPaidToWriteOnline
- Stabs at a Writing Life @ Distraction No. 99
- Bldg98: A World of Creativity Under One Roof @ Ning Blog
- Start a Stampede to your Blog @ Women on Writing
- Business Cards: When Creativity Gets Weird @ Mann Made Blog
- 9 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Hire That Web Designer @ Geeks are Sexy
- Formatting your Press Release @ Writing World
And here are some of the my favorite posts that I authored this week which I encourage you to consider checking out:
- Where to Blog for Revenue (@ PureBlogging)
- Click to Call VoIP and The Art of Seducing a Woman with Your Mobile Phone (@ Dial-a-Phone)
- Museums in Chicago (@ Kathika)
- 3 Methods of Art-Filled Living (here)
- Tattoos are Like Marriage and Divorce is on the Rise (@ Tattoo Undo)
- Acupuncture for Infertility (@ Touched by the Stork)
Sunday mornings. What a great time for laying in bed, computer propped up against your lap, browsing through the blog posts and news articles that you didn’t get a chance to read throughout the busy week.
Here are some of the articles on writing, creativity and other things that I’m reading this morning:
- The Best Way to Feed Yourself @ Pureblogging
- Writer’s Spring-Greening @ WOW
- Fiction Writing: How to Capture Your Big Idea @ MenWithPens
- My Blog Client Wish List @ Freelance Writing Jobs
- The 3 Ways to Write a Blog @ ChrisG.com
- What Can John Lennon Teach Us About Creativity @ Brad’s Reader
- Books on Writing @ Six-Figure Freelancer’s Blog
- Are Your Comments Stressing You Out? @ BloggingTips
- Creativity @ Electron Blue
- What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity @ How to Write for the Web
- Don’t Save Your Best Ideas for Later @ Creative Creativity
- Writing and Cleaning the Toilet @ Using Dreams
- Kick Starting Creativity @ Fur in the Paint
- Creative Journaling @ Authentic Artistry
- Thoughts on Creativity @ My Hungry Heart
And here are some of my favorite works that I authored throughout the week:
- Wi-Fly: Voice Communication on Planes @ Dial-a-Phone
- The Poetry of Altered Book Art (here)
- Amsterdam Art Galleries @ Discount Travel
- Bringing Gifts on a First Date @ Dating Weblog
- Infertility and Survival of the Fittest @ Touched by the Stork
- Planning a Honeymoon in Hawaii @ Kathika
- New Testosterone Gel for Menopausal Women @ Wellness Corner
(Writers, remember to check out the links to available jobs in the post below this one.)
I generally spend some of Sunday morning trying to catch up on reading blog posts and news articles that I missed during the week. Most of these are related to writing, blogging, Web 2.0 technologies and general creativity. Here are some of the things I’ve found today that I think are worth checking out:
- Why You Should Use an Editorial Calendar @ Freelance Writing Jobs
- Is There a Book in Your Blog? @ Pureblogging
- John Grisham Has No Illusions About Writing @ CNN
- Writing and Sbumitting @ Anniegirl1138
- Wordy Equals Weak @ Good Karma
- Think Orange! Creativity and the Sacral Chakra
- Bucking the Trends @ Women on Writing
- Creativity as a Means of Communication @ Damian Daily
- 10 Reasons why Bloggers Hate Blogging @ Geeks are Sexy
- Perfect Imperfection @ The Wishful Writer
- Day Camp Inspires Creativity @ The Iowa Press-Citizen
My favorite articles that I authored this week were:
- 5 WordPress Plugins that Can Dramatically Change your Site
- Frequency of Freelance Applications
- Top 10 Smallest Mobile Phones in the World
- Visiting the Jefferson Memorial
