Fridays I’m usually all full of motivation because hey, it’s taken me all week to rev up the internal engines. But you stick one cloudy, damp morning in there and the covers are coming back over my head and I’m hibernating. Today here in the East promises to be warmer and could it be? Sunny. I’m sitting here in shorts in anticipation (and since it’s about 59 degrees out now, I’m trying to ignore the goosebumps).
Instead of regaling you with more of my typical rantings, I thought I’d show you some of the posts on other blogs that have caught my attention this week. As we know, my attention span equals that of my goldfish Fishy, so it’s of heightened importance that these folks were able to keep me from blinking for a few minutes.
Bob Younce shows us How to Make $750 a Week Writing Part-Time for Helium. You go, Bob. Anyone willing to share that kind of info with the writing community is my newest hero. Everything he says to do he’s done. If it’s working for him, why not try it?
The War on Bunny Ears took place over on Rogue Ink. I’ll admit – I had a tough time choosing a favorite post from this site, but she mentioned Eddie Izzard, and anyone who references the Transvestite God of Comedy is elevated several notches up my ladder of People I Really Really Really Like. Besides, there’s a cool discussion on the overuse of quotation marks.
Over on Screw You!, irreverent soul Kathy Kehrli gives us an example of what a client who’s clueless looks like. A Freelancer’s First Draft is just … well, it’s typical of a client who wants to stay in control. But it’s no less frustrating the fifteenth time it happens to you as it is the first time.
Should we Boycott Amazon? Dear friend Anne Wayman has been wrestling with this notion all week, and like Anne, I’m coming to the same conclusions about the impending monopoly on POD.
This discussion hits on the nerve of every freelancer. Should POD even exist? Maria Schneider at The Writer’s Perspective gets our attention with Hey Graphomaniacs!, and her perspective, per usual, is crystal clear.
How about you? Got any favorite posts you’d like to share?
Aww, thanks for the link, Lori! It’s been a happy week in link-land for me. WordPress decided my barter post was good for the recent news section, which makes me laugh, ’cause I’m up right next to a blog called Pagan Power which evidently really, really hates Obama.
Eddie Izzard. How I love him. ::sigh::
You! CAKE OR DEATH?
Cake, please. :))
Hello, I read your post. I found some good link from your post. Like the link for “Bob Younce”, “Boycott Amazon”. Anyway, Thanks for your post.
Lori, Bob Younce isn’t getting $750 from Helium. Instead, he is saying that it is a possibility IF you win ALL of their weekly contests, week in and week out.
Not impossible, but highly probable.
I, on the other hand, have spoken out against Helium. Professional writers can do much better elsewhere.