Link Love
Dec 17If you’re looking for a piece of free software to get something done, then check out Paperback Writer’s list. Wow, this is huge, and definitely worth bookmarking. Here’s a list of top blogs for writers. If you’re looking for a new blog to add to your RSS feed (and who isn’t!), then this list is one to check out. Here’s a contest to win $500, if you’re...
How working for free can make you money
Dec 13Steve Pavlina has a great site. This recent post of his talks about Working for Free and why it can be good for your career. I completely agree, and here’s why. Provide Value, Make Money Steve Pavlina talks about how your first step in making money should be to provide value. If you provide value to people, then making money should come relatively easily and naturally. (I’m...
Surprise!
Dec 12I’ve been struggling to keep up with everything, and we’re finally ready to tell everyone what’s up, and what’s been taking so much of my time and attention. We’re pregnant! I found out around the first of November. I’ve been excited and very distracted. I’m behind on everything; we just got the Christmas tree up last night. Shopping isn’t finished....
Link Love
Dec 03Dosh Dosh has a terrific post, Flagship Blog Project. He outlines a week by week plan to start a new blog each month, and set them up to make money. I’ve tried a few monetization techniques here in the past, but I’ll be working on that more seriously over the next month or so. In fact, I intend to follow his 30 day cycle, for a few months at least, and see how it goes. If you’re...
NaNo Postmortem
Dec 02Well, I didn’t make 50,00 words this year, and surprisingly, I’m not really upset about it. For one thing, I’ve got a pretty decent novel underway. I’m happy with it, all 30k or so words. Here’s my take on how things went and what worked (and what didn’t). I went back and did some serious rewriting about a week in. That lost me two or three days and about six...