Nope, haven't fallen off the face of the earth!

Hope you had a wonderful holiday season.

We had a great Christmas, visiting family and just relaxing...

Except that we got a puppy!
And we started Samurai Camp! (www.klemmer.com)
And my hubby gave notice at the church - he's about to launch a nationwide speaking ministry!

Good thing the puppy's cute, but she's been more of an adjustment than I even remember having babies was. : )

Coupling all this with a very steady stream of writing gigs, I've gotten waaaay behind on blogging!

So please bear with me, and keep checking back. I'm aiming to post at least a few times a week until I can get back up to daily.

19 Paid Freelance Writing Gigs | Monday, January 12, 2009

Freelance Writers

EBSCO Publishing - Ipswich, MA

EBSCO Publishing seeks freelance writers for a new series of literary criticism that will appear in print as well as in our award winning Literary Reference... From EBSCO Publishing - 2 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all EBSCO Publishing jobs Salary Search: Freelance Writers salaries in Ipswich, MA More information about EBSCO Publishing Related forums: Writer - Ebsco Publishing Permanent link to this job

Freelance HIV/Medical Writer

IconNicholson - New York, NY

Interactive Agency in Soho is seeking a medical writer with heavy experience in HIV related material. Qualifications we're looking for are: --Experience writing... From Mass Media Jobs - 1 hour ago - save job - block - email - more... View all IconNicholson jobs Salary Search: Freelance HIV/Medical Writer salaries in New York, NY More information about IconNicholson Related forums: Iconnicholson - New York, New York Permanent link to this job

Freelance Writer

Beyond.com - US

Freelance Writer Are you looking for an opportunity... for business professionals, is looking for freelance writers to produce articles and initiate blogs on a... From RetiredBrains - 5 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Beyond.com jobs Salary Search: Freelance Writer salaries in US More information about Beyond.com Related forums: Writer - Beyond.com Permanent link to this job

Freelance News writer

KTLA - Los Angeles, CA

basic non-linear editing/clip editing duties; and logging video feeds. The writer also must learn the responsibilities of the associate producer and program... From Mass Media Jobs - 1 hour ago - save job - block - email - more... View all KTLA jobs Salary Search: Freelance News writer salaries in Los Angeles, CA More information about KTLA Related forums: Ktla - Los Angeles, California Permanent link to this job

Freelance Writers

Suite101 - US

for experienced freelance writers in all topics. The... writers and 150,000 informative articles. Experience : Who Should Apply? * Freelance writers, non-fiction... From Writejobs.com - 4 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Suite101 jobs Salary Search: Freelance Writers salaries in US More information about Suite101 Related forums: Writer - Suite101 Permanent link to this job

Freelance Writers

CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Chicago, IL

Freelance Writers Chicago By Mail CHICAGO TRIBUNE The metro desk of the Chicago Tribune is seeking writers with beat and feature experience for freelance... From sologig - 7 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all CHICAGO TRIBUNE jobs Salary Search: Freelance Writers salaries in Chicago, IL More information about CHICAGO TRIBUNE Related forums: Writer - Chicago Tribune - Chicago, Illinois Permanent link to this job

Freelance Writer

Allvoices.com - San Francisco, CA

seeking freelance writers for the following categories: Politics, Technology, Business, Sports, Entertainment etc Allvoices has an incentive program for writers... From JobThread - 9 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Allvoices.com jobs Salary Search: Freelance Writer salaries in San Francisco, CA More information about Allvoices.com Related forums: Writer - Allvoices.com - SAN Francisco, California Permanent link to this job

Freelance Writers

Lakeland, FL +4 locations

New magazine seeks freelance writers for articles, interviews and op-ed pieces. The target audience is black males, ages 18-35, college bound or college... From JobThread - 9 days ago - save job - block - email - more... Salary Search: Freelance Writers salaries in Lakeland, FL Related forums: Writer - Lakeland, Florida Permanent link to this job

Seeking Freelance Writers

The Loop - Los Angeles, CA

say it clearly) about money, politics, social issues and pop culture. Our writers know how to do solid reporting, but have abandoned the inverted pyramid format... From JournalismJobs.com - 4 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all The Loop jobs Salary Search: Seeking Freelance Writers salaries in Los Angeles, CA More information about The Loop Related forums: Writer - The Loop - Los Angeles, California Permanent link to this job

Freelance writer needed for e-magazine

Fort Lee, NJ Hello, We are looking for writers for our automobile... have interest in automobiles. We can only take writers that are based in the USA for now. Please send an...
From JobThread - 5 days ago - save job - block - email - more...

Need Freelance Writers to Review Mobile Applications

San Diego, CA

for ipod phone and ipod touch. We need to hire several professional freelance writers to review new mobile applications in various categories to help our users... From JobThread - 3 days ago - save job - block - email - more... Salary Search: Need Freelance Writers to Review Mobile Applications salaries in San Diego, CA Related forums: Writer - SAN Diego, California Permanent link to this job

NY1 News Writer - Freelance

Time Warner - New York, NY

s DTV channel 801. Posting Job Title NY1 News Writer - Freelance TimeWarner Division Time Warner Cable... field work, or freelance. * Video Production... From Black Enterprise - 2 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Time Warner jobs Salary Search: NY1 News Writer - Freelance salaries in New York, NY More information about Time Warner Related forums: Time Warner - New York, New York Permanent link to this job

Wanted Bloggers, Students, Freelance Writers

New York, NY

Bloggers, Students, Freelance Writers Normal 0... important causes. Allvoices.com is seeking freelance writers for the following categories: •Politics... From Barefoot Student - 5 days ago - save job - block - email - more... Salary Search: Wanted Bloggers, Students, Freelance Writers salaries in New York, NY Related forums: New York, New York Permanent link to this job

Freelance Writer

FOX News Channel - New York, NY

FOX News Channel is seeking an experienced and dynamic morning television writer. This position requires working both weekend and weekday overnight hours... From Mass Media Jobs - 11 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all FOX News Channel jobs Salary Search: Freelance Writer salaries in New York, NY More information about FOX News Channel Related forums: Writer - Fox News Channel - New York, New York Permanent link to this job

Freelance Editor/Writer

Charleston, SC

Time Employee Freelance Editor/Writer About the Job... Freelance Editor/Writer Custom publishing... of part-time freelance editor/writer to provideon... From Monster - 6 days ago - save job - block - email - more... Salary Search: Freelance Editor/Writer salaries in Charleston, SC Related forums: Charleston, South Carolina Permanent link to this job

freelance writers needed immediately

ULTIMATEHIKER.COM - Levittown, NY

ULTIMATEHIKER.COM is a free guide to the great outdoors. We are looking for writers to submit articles online to be published on our website. Typical article... From JobThread - 6 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all ULTIMATEHIKER.COM jobs Salary Search: freelance writers needed immediately salaries in Levittown, NY More information about ULTIMATEHIKER.COM Related forums: Writer - Ultimatehiker.com - Levittown, New York Permanent link to this job

Freelance writers

Helium.com - Andover, MA

Freelance writers can earn $35 to $200 per article selected by Helium.com's magazine, newspaper and web... Fast track to premier writer status available. Helium... From JobThread - 11 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Helium.com jobs Salary Search: Freelance writers salaries in Andover, MA More information about Helium.com Related forums: Writer - Helium.com Permanent link to this job

View all Attribute Magazine jobs Salary Search: Freelance Writers salaries in Lake Worth, FL More information about Attribute Magazine Related forums: Writer - Attribute Magazine Permanent link to this job

Writer/Editor

Gentiva Health Services - Atlanta, GA

valuable CE credits. As a Writer/Editor , you will... Select/manage outside vendors including freelance writers and proofreaders, monitor their activities... From Gentiva Health Services - 3 days ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Gentiva Health Services jobs Salary Search: Writer/Editor salaries in Atlanta, GA More information about Gentiva Health Services Related forums: Gentiva Health Services - Atlanta, Georgia Permanent link to this job

Freelance reporter

The Real Deal magazine - Miami, FL and website covering New York City and South Florida, is seeking freelance writers to start immediately for our South Florida website at http://sf.therealdeal...
From JournalismJobs.com - 4 days ago - save job - block - email - more...

Vast freelance writing market - Develop your blogging voice

Anyone out there want to hazard a guess as to how many blogs are live on the internet?

I don't know whether anyone's counting, really. Might be kind of like counting the stars at this point.

Some very quick research shows 70 million by someone's count in 2006. I wouldn't be surprised by that number at all... or double that number, for that matter.

Mostly these blogs are for fun - vanity publishing in a sense.

But some percentage are for profit. And that's of interest to freelance writers.

Because here's the problem with having a blog for business purposes - you MUST keep it fresh. And it's got to be done well.

Hey, I can tell you one thing after having done like 150+ posts (guessing at that number, but I think it's pretty close) for this blog...

It's a "do"!

I can see why people hire freelance writers to create blog posts.

Blogs are hungry little suckers - you've got to feed them frequently!

It's a booming opportunity for freelance writers. I know I've seen more blog post gigs posted than ever lately, and predict it's a growing trend.

Have you noticed this same thing?
Do you have a blog?
Have you written blog posts for clients?

Let's dig in a little and see how we can tap into this vast market.

Ick Alert! Laughably low-paying freelance writing gigs here

http://www.projectslist.biz/

I almost didn't want to post the link, because if I hear you're writing for these rates, I may bang my head on a stucco wall.

If freelance writers had a union, writers who took gigs paying this poorly would be in trouble.

We don't have a union, of course. And having done gigs this low before, when I was just starting, I understand why you'd do it.

But I just want to encourage you to get a tighter grip on the value of your skill.

$1 for 500 words would be just fine... if you were desperate.

But knowing you could charge - and get - 100x that in some cases (or more!), makes it just plain silly to work for that rate.

Off-topic, but a press release that'll send you looking for tissues

THIS is a great story, and I had to share it with you. (Thanks, Sara, for sending it to me!)

What an excellent picture of what it means to be a Compassionate Samurai. Well done, gentlemen!


Rick Reilly: Gainesville State high school football gets the best gift of all, hope - ESPN The Magazine

9 Paid Freelance Writing Gigs | Wednesday 12/24/08

Associate Creative Director/Copy - new

SHS, Inc. - Illinois

and oversight to freelance staff by determining... advertising background, 8 or more years advertising writing/art background required, must have a proven... From SHS, Inc - 56 minutes ago - save job - block - email - more... View all SHS, Inc. jobs Salary Search: Associate Creative Director/Copy salaries in Illinois More information about SHS, Inc. Related forums: Shs, Inc. Permanent link to this job

View all e-Dialog, Inc. jobs Salary Search: E-mail HTML Coder - Full time salaries in Lexington, MA More information about e-Dialog, Inc. Related forums: E-dialog Permanent link to this job

Team Leader, Institutional Writers - new

T. Rowe Price - Baltimore, MD

for outsourcing a portion of repeatables content to freelance writers, while ensuring quality and deadline... skills Institutional writing and editing skills... From America's Job Exchange - 2 hours ago - save job - block - email - more... View all T. Rowe Price jobs Salary Search: Team Leader, Institutional Writers salaries in Baltimore, MD More information about T. Rowe Price Related forums: T. Rowe Price - Baltimore, Maryland Permanent link to this job

Marketing Creative Services Coordinator - new

Remx Financial Staffing - Mission Hills, CA

Coordinate with project managers, R& D and freelance consultants to develop new/revised art. Traffics all... field involving copy writing, trafficking and... From Itzbig - 3 hours ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Remx Financial Staffing jobs Salary Search: Marketing Creative Services Coordinator salaries in Mission Hills, CA More information about Remx Financial Staffing Related forums: Remx Permanent link to this job

Senior Editor - new

TheStreet.com - New York, NY

strong writing skills, top-notch grammar, and the ability to adapt to company style (based on AP style). Demonstrated clear, dynamic writing under deadline... From Mass Media Jobs - 4 hours ago - save job - block - email - more... View all TheStreet.com jobs Salary Search: Senior Editor salaries in New York, NY More information about TheStreet.com Related forums: Editor - Thestreet.com - New York, New York Permanent link to this job

Editorial Professional - new

The BOSS Group - Rutherford, NJ

creative Editorial Professionals with top freelance, temp-to-hire, and direct placement opportunities is... exhibit a professional writing style and are skilled... From CareerBuilder - 7 hours ago - save job - block - email - more... View all The BOSS Group jobs Salary Search: Editorial Professional salaries in Rutherford, NJ More information about The BOSS Group Related forums: The Boss Group Permanent link to this job

View all UnitedHealth Group jobs Salary Search: Sr. Medical Writing Project Specialist for i3 Statprobe - any i3 salaries in Ann Arbor, MI More information about UnitedHealth Group Related forums: Unitedhealth - Ann Arbor, Michigan Permanent link to this job

fuse Freelance Marketing Copywriter - new

Cablevision Systems Corp - New York, NY

Marketing. Responsible for writing copy for Ad Sales... experience in Marketing. Will possess excellent writing skills with a high level of creativity and a flair... From HotJobs - 8 hours ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Cablevision Systems Corp jobs Salary Search: fuse Freelance Marketing Copywriter salaries in New York, NY More information about Cablevision Systems Corp Related forums: Cablevision - New York, New York Permanent link to this job

Medical Writer - new

Novo Nordisk, Inc. - Princeton, NJ

publication and regulatory writing needs of assigned NNI products. RELATIONSHIPS: This position reports to the Manager, Medical Writing/Director of Strategic... From HotJobs - 9 hours ago - save job - block - email - more... View all Novo Nordisk, Inc. jobs Salary Search: Medical Writer salaries in Princeton, NJ More information about Novo Nordisk, Inc. Related forums: Medical Writer - Novo Nordisk Permanent link to this job

Public Relations Guru Must have Restaurant Experience - new

Miami, FL

bright, and eager freelance Public Relations Guru to... creative, innovative risk taker with strong writing skills • Have a passion for PR and intrigue for... From backpage.com - 14 hours ago - save job - block - email - more... Salary Search: Public Relations Guru Must have Restaurant Experience salaries in Miami, FL Related forums: Miami, Florida Permanent link to this job

Editorial Coordinator - new

McGraw Hill Companies - Naperville, IL Other: Editorial/Writing Life at McGraw-Hill... author and product information in MPD. Process freelance DE and reviewer honoraria and submit to Account...
From Monster - 15 hours ago - save job - block - email - more...