August 31st is Blog Day!

Happy Blog Day, all! I hope that my five blogs give you some insight into writing or the on-line world. They’ve certainly helped and entertained me.

Brian Gill has a few blogs, most of which are valuable and/or entertaining – sometimes both at the same time. The one I’m including on this list addresses running a small business from home. Many of his tips apply to freelancing on-line, and the ones that don’t still offer interesting insights. His first post, the principle of the speckled ax, makes an important point about balancing perfection against effort. Sometimes, good just has to be good enough.

Then there’s Misti Wolanski over at Cuppa Caff. Her new blog covers writing and the theme for this month is “Why Write…”. She tackles various genres of writing including articles, fiction, and scripts and how to decide which of these you should use. I can’t wait to see what she chooses for next month’s theme.

Once you know what you want to write, visit the team at Daily Writing Tips for some refreshers and pointers. They cover a wide variety of writing subjects, including freelancing and writing style.

If you want to read about freelance writing and blogging, try Chris Bibey at Chris Blogging. The two subjects mesh on so many levels that having information from someone who does both helps you keep you perspective. He also comes up with great links – you know I love a good breadcrumb trail and Chris points me in interesting directions.

Finally, take a read through Lillie Ammann’s blog A Writer’s Words, an Editor’s Eye. She has a link list as long as somebody’s arm to other writing blogs, as well as posts on freelancing, writing, and publishing.

I hope that you find these as useful as I do. Now to let these folks know that I've included them in my Blog Day list. Enjoy!

Quickie Post: Blog Day, Job Listings, and a Note

I learned today about the 3rd Annual Blog Day celebration on August 31, 2007. The idea is to find five new blogs that you like. You post a link and brief description of each next Friday and let the folks whose blogs you included know about it. I will participate and am excited to see the results.

As this is a quickie post, I’m adding a link to Erik Sherman’s freelance writing job listings page. I’m going to check out a few of them (and the rest of his site) next week sometime and will post about any “new” ones that look promising.

I also learned that we are going camping this weekend so I won’t be able to post the next in my series on gender-neutral pronouns on Sunday as I had intended. I was going to write the whole thing up on Saturday but it looks like I’ll be out of town. You know I love ya, baby, but the family comes first. If I can weasel out some time between now and then, I’ll put it up. If not, I’ll post it as soon as I can next week. Have a lovely weekend! I know I will.