Dec
31
Posted by Deb
Welcome to the last FWJ post for 2007. My New Year wish for all of you is for a happy and productive 2008. May all of your dreams come true!
I’d like to offer a little end of year link love so I can turn you on to some wonderful blogs you may not be aware of, and also to say thank you to those of you who visit every day.
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Dec
31
Posted by Deb
I’m about to make myself unpopular again.
I’ve been following a situation with interest. A few weeks ago at a message board for Work at Home Moms, the WAHM writers became incensed after learning of a report that listed work at home moms as being the source to go to for $3 per article writing gigs. In fact, the discussion stemmed around a marketing report in which a gentleman, who paid $50 to stock his website with content , turned around and sold said website for $12,000. It may have made the WAHMs angry, but it’s the truth. I’m forever seeing content seekers throwing out insulting offers and believe me, there are plenty of takers. If WAHMs don’t want to be seen as cheap labor, they need to stop accepting these offers.
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Dec
31
Posted by Jodee
I want to take a minute to wish everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year in 2008!
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Good Luck!
Jodee
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Dec
31
Posted by FreelanceSwitch.com
Dec
31
Posted by FreelanceSwitch.com
Last week our web developing and designing readers had their Firefoxes pimped with 12 essential extensions. This week we’ll be unlocking Firefox’s web writer capabilities with a set of 9 crucial extensions for freelance writers.
From gaining complete control of your text to keeping your work safe and sound, all the essentials are here. No filler. Just really good tools.
- Copy Plain Text
This extension gives you complete control over rich text by stripping it plain. Perfect for research or quoting other sources without links and formatting you don’t want or need.
- Split Browser
Pasting from one tab to another can be cumbersome. This extension makes the process a breeze by splitting your browser window into two (or three, or four) panels, allowing for instant copying and pasting between pages.
- Resizable Text Area
This extension makes text input areas flexible by allowing you to resize them as you like. Give your writing the room it needs to breathe.
- AutoCopy
Clever little time-saver which automatically adds text to the clip-board as soon as you select it.
- ScrapBook
When gathering research for an article you’ll often find yourself cutting and saving snippets of text from various websites. ScrapBook is a simple, bookmarks-style interface designed to make this process quick and painless.
- Signature
Every web writer finds themselves re-using certain snippets of text again and again — whether it’s your byline or the HTML code you use for that image in every article. Signature allows you to save these snippets and access them at any time via the right-click menu. Lovely.
- Dictionary Search
Search Dictionary.com from the Firefox search bar. Great for answering that perennial question: does the word I’m using mean what I think it means, or am I about to embarrass myself?
- Zotero
For more in-depth research work this extension is a slick and powerful way to track sources, references and citations. Also includes refined note-taking capabilities.
- Text Area Word Counter
An extension for freelance web writers by, arguably, one of the best: Gina Trapani. Instantly retrieve the word count of text in any web form. Perfect for paid bloggers with a word quota to meet.
What would you add to the list?
