Blogs and posts to read before the year ends

www.inkthinkerblog.com — Karen Lynch’s Five Blogs Worth Checking Out and A Few Great Posts

Copyblogger’s These Bloggers Rock (part of a meme) and The Best of Copyblogger

Deborah Ng’s End of the Year Blog Plug

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Goals and resolutions for writers

www.inkthinkerblog.com — Several of my blogging colleagues have been posting their New Year’s Resolutions and suggestions for writers. Here are a few that may inspire you in your own planning for 2007.

Angela Booth’s 2006 Top Writing Tips redux (Part One)
Allison Winn Scotch’s The Year That Was
Deborah Ng’s Goals, Resolutions and Dreams…Oh My!
JM Writing’s Goal Setting Tips
KIWIWRITER’s 2007 dream list…
Alicia’s Writing Dreams and Resolutions for 2007
Diane’s New Year Part One and Two
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Time to clean out the “To Blog” folder (lots of fun links!): D-I

www.inkthinkerblog.com — For links to A-C, click here.

[Don’t] Quit Your Day Job by Dorothy McFalls — Considering a leap to full-time freelancing? Better read this first!

Duotrope’s Digest (Markets for Writers) — Need someplace to submit your writing? Look no futher. Duotrope provides a huge database of lit mags, searchable by genre, pay, media, awards, and a whole slew of other criteria.

Freelance Pricing Part 2 – Quoting To Win! by Rachel Goldstein — Want to get better results when bidding for work? Part 1 of this two-part series is good, but Part 2 is great!

GC Copywriting’s Recommended Reading and Tools for Copywriters — ‘Nuff said.

http://www.getwriting.co.uk/ — A writing site for UK-based freelancers.

Instructions for Creating Your Special-Sales Press Release — Again, ’nuff said. Actually, I take that back. This is not only instructions, but also a form you can fill out that automatically generates your finished release. It’s pretty awesome.

Internet-Resources.com: Writing Links & Links for Writers — A ton of links for pretty much everything you can think of, plus a way to submit links if they’re missing something you need.

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The Importnance of Edtiing

www.inkthinkerblog.com — I loved this news story, shared by a member of the FREELANCE-L list:

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 27 — The editor-in-chief at the Journal of the American College of Cardiology confirmed today that an editorial on drug-eluting stents in the Jan. 2 issue contains a significant error. …

Click here to read the whole thing. And as you’re reading, be wildly impressed that I actually know the what paclitaxel is AND how to spell it AND what it’s used for AND that tacrolimus is way different. Go, medical editing!

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Have trouble prioritizing and staying on task?

www.inkthinkerblog.com — Don’t we all! Roughstock over at the AboutFreelanceWriting.com forum offers some really excellent ideas for getting things done at work, whether you’re at home or in someone else’s office. Click here to read the post.

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