 
Welcome to my website! I appreciate your time, and will try to make
your visit as short & profitable to your writing career as possible.
Below you will find some free resources for writers. These offers
are coming straight from me, and are here for you to take advantage of.
If you have suggestions as to what you would like to see, please let me
know by EMAILING me.
For those of you that are wondering, here is a little more information about me. I am a successful freelance writer & "Virtual Assistant". I live in Colorado with my wife, two kids, a five foot long boa constrictor & two pet piranha. I spend most of my workday in front of a computer at home, working for various clients around the U.S. As a "Virtual Assistant" (VA), I perform a wide variety of administrative tasks for clients, from word processing & data entry to desktop publishing and database development. This frees my clients up to focus on more important tasks in their business. When I'm not working on a project for a client,
I write. My specialty is non-fiction, though lately I have been trying
my hand at writing short fiction. My articles have appeared in ComputorEdge
Magazine, HOMEBusiness Journal, and other National, regional & local
publications. I also enjoy using my 'off time' to help other writers.
That is the reason for this page. As you get to know me, I tend to
live my life by the following quote:
As I begin to develop this site, you will begin seeing a lot of free stuff, including articles & ebooks that I have written for freelancers. I would like to make this a major resource for writers, and am going to do my best to make all of the resources available free of charge. Take a moment to browse the resources below, and EMAIL me with your questions. Thanks for stopping by!
FREE RESOURCES NEW! WRITER'S LINKS- Visit our NEW links page to see what other resources are available for freelancers, see other writer's homepages and showcase your work! Visit the links pages by CLICKING HERE FREE WRITER'S CHAT- Every Monday morning at 10 am (Pacific) I will be hosting "Writer's Chat", an opportunity for you to ask your freelance writing related question. Mark the date on your calendar, because it's going to be fun! To get to the chat room, CLICK HERE. FREE ONLINE WRITER'S COURSE- Starting Monday, November 4th 2002, I will be teaching an online course titled "Writing & Publishing Your E-Book, from Start to Finish". The course is absolutely free, but you have to be a subscriber to my "A FREELANCER'S LIFE" e-zine. We will be covering topics from getting started to marketing your e-book, so get in on the action today! Subscribe by sending a blank email to: a-freelancers-life-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Lesson Archives are now available! Click on the links below to download that lesson in PDF format. Lesson One (published 11/04/02) FREE E-BOOK PUBLISHING - Want to self-publish your manuscript? I would be happy to help! I can convert your manuscript into 2 different forms: a Portable Document Format (PDF) e-book, or an executable (EXE) file. There are some requirements, however (hey, it's free, right?). First, you will need to format the manuscript according to the form
you want to publish in. Don't worry, this really isn't a big deal,
and I will work right alongside you to get it done. Second, though
not required, I would appreciate a link to this website in your e-book.
This is a simple text link, and would appear on the 2nd page. Something
to the effect of:
Ready to self-publish your e-book? Here's what you need to do. CLICK THIS LINK to email me and let me know about your manuscript. I will email you with instructions on how to go about formatting your manuscript for publication as an e-book. FREE WRITER'S E-ZINE - As you may know, I publish "A FREELANCER'S LIFE" e-zine. It is filled with articles, tips, tricks and something you don't always see - an in-depth look at my own successful career as a freelancer. I try to get the e-zine out on a daily basis, but that does not always happen. In it, I chronicle my career for you, so that you can learn from my successes, avoid my mistakes, and hopefully better yourself as a freelancer in the process. As the subscriber base grows, I will also publish other freelancer's articles and stories, so you can get a good look at what it's like for other freelancers too. To subscribe, simply send a blank email to: a-freelancers-life-subscribe@yahoogroups.com FREE SOFTWARE - The following e-books & software are not necessarily related to my website, but they do contain some interesting info for writers & freelancers. I am not responsible for the content, so please keep in mind that I won't be held responsible for them. These ebooks are in ZIP format, so you'll need WinZip or another unzip program. To get WinZip free, CLICK HERE "How to Write, Create, Promote & Sell E-books on the Internet" Although this e-book was written more for the Internet MLM market, it contains some decent advise for putting your project together. Especially helpful for those in the non-fiction, "how-to" genre. Just click the link to download! "Self Publish at the Speed of Thought" I am supposed to be selling this e-book for $9.95 or something like that and "keep all the profits!" But like I said, I'm making everything here available for free to you, my fellow freelancing friend. "The Cheap & Easy Guide to Self Publishing Ebooks" This is another ebook I am supposed to be reselling and making "tons of money" with. But you and I both know the only way to riches is honest, hard work. As the title implies, it's cheap (free) and easy (the only hard part is getting your manuscript completed!), so check it out. There are some good ideas in there. FREE ARTICLES - These articles originally appeared in my e-zine, "A FREELANCER'S LIFE". I am including them here in the hopes that they will inspire & help you in your business. They are in PDF format, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to take advantage of them If you don't have Adobe Reader, you can get a free copy at the ADOBE WEBSITE. Your best bet is to right click on each title, then save the file to your hard drive. If you are an editor or publisher, and would like to use these articles, go right ahead. They may be reprinted freely in your e-zine, newsletter or on your website as long as they include the resource box at the end of the article. Networking for Freelancers
Managing Downtime
More to come! If you want to see them 'hot off the presses', subscribe to my e-zine by sending a blank email to: a-freelancers-life-subscribe@yahoogroups.com MORE FREE ARTICLES - I would love to include your articles here. If you are interested in seeing your freelance or writing related article here, please EMAIL ME. OK, so I said I would make it short. As the website grows, you will find more & more free stuff, so be sure to check back often! |
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