Looking for writing & Freelancer sites

[Trebor1415]

I'm looking for a couple specific sites that were posted on various boards here at EA awhile back that I unfortunately did not bookmark.

The first is the writer's newsletter where Bridgette (Redlass) first posted info about Themestream going under and how writers could file claims.

I don't know who posted the other link, but it had a section or list of books for freelancers. One was "The well feed Writer"

If anybody can repost those, I would appreciate it. I'm also looking for any other good sites on writing and/or freelancing.

Thanks

Rob Reed

[taurusmoon]

Rob,

There's a limited list on our writing resources page

Hope something there helps.

Sara

[amykhar]

and if you find others, let me know and I'll add more to the resource page

Amy

[Grouch]

I don't have information on the books, but I DO have several freelance writing websites bookmarked. Here are some of my favorites:

Freelancewriting.com

About.com's Freelance Writing Page

WebWriterNews.com (founded by Eps member emlin)

Writernetwork.com

Hope these help.
Good luck!

[realtraveller]

I picked up The Well-Fed Writer at the library and was very glad I did not buy it. The book focuses exclusively on contracting with businesses and ad agencies to produce marketing and ad copy.

Apparently well-fed writers do not send queries on travel, food, book reviews etc. to magazines and hope for the best.

The book was very disappointing.

[Trebor1415]

Originally posted by realtraveller
I picked up The Well-Fed Writer at the library and was very glad I did not buy it. The book focuses exclusively on contracting with businesses and ad agencies to produce marketing and ad copy.

Apparently well-fed writers do not send queries on travel, food, book reviews etc. to magazines and hope for the best.

The book was very disappointing.

Thanks, I hadn't thought of checking it out at the library first before spending my money. I'll do that.

Any chance you remembe the author so I can find it?


BTW, for me the reason I'm attracted to is precisely because it's all about contracting with businesses to provide writing services. To be honest, if you want to make a living as a free lanceer, business pay a LOT more then magazines, and if you can build up your clientele you can get a lot more (more or less) steady work.

There are a lot of good books out there on magazine freelancing and I recently run across something specifically on travel writing. I'll see if I can find it and pass the information along to you. It's something I'm interested in doing myself, but I need to spend more of my time on something that has the potential to provide a steadier income. I'll probably be out of a job soon, so this is probably the best time for me to see if I can work for myself.

Rob

BTW, with travel writing, work on your photography skills. Photos really sell travel articles, and I've heard that its hard to sell travel articles without good photos.

[realtraveller]

Auntie Em,
To be honest, once I read through the first chapter and saw the book was not directed to my interests, I just skimmed the rest.

And sorry I can't recall the author's name. It is advertised on an e-mail newsletter I get from a freelancer named Angela Adair-Hoy.