Over at http://www.foundationcenter.org/ they have free Webinars relating to Grants and Proposal writing aimed at getting funding from Foundations. With that focus, it makes it easy to know what you are getting. What I liked about the one I did today was Basic Grant Proposals.
One thing that really stuck with me is the emphasis on organization.
Shows me that my recent love affair with Tables of Contents is a good thing.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Writing and Get A Freelancer
I am signed up over at Get A Freelancer, Elance, SoloGig, few other spots it seems like.
So everyday I get multiple emails in my Writing category.
Budgets are $30 to $150
The buyer states the rate is a Dollar an Article (500 Words), which is high as an average over there.
So that equates to a Penny every 5 Words
Back in High School, I graduated in '81, the word rate for magazines was like 2 Cents a Word.
So for quality articles, no plagarism, etc, I can expect to make
1 Penny per 5 Words compared to 2 Pennies per 1 Word = 10 Cents per 5 Words.
So one tenth 1/10 of what I dreamt of making as a writer 27 some years ago.
So how does that make us writers feel. This cannot help out the overall industry.
Any comments?
So everyday I get multiple emails in my Writing category.
Budgets are $30 to $150
The buyer states the rate is a Dollar an Article (500 Words), which is high as an average over there.
So that equates to a Penny every 5 Words
Back in High School, I graduated in '81, the word rate for magazines was like 2 Cents a Word.
So for quality articles, no plagarism, etc, I can expect to make
1 Penny per 5 Words compared to 2 Pennies per 1 Word = 10 Cents per 5 Words.
So one tenth 1/10 of what I dreamt of making as a writer 27 some years ago.
So how does that make us writers feel. This cannot help out the overall industry.
Any comments?
Monday, October 27, 2008
Starting a Document
Starting a document.
The steps I take are pretty simple, yet they allow me to be organized from the beginning.
I work mostly in Word, so that is how this is laid out.
Cover or Title page
Page of Revisions
Then my Table of Contents page
Insert a Table of Contents, even with nothing else indicated as a Header
Then a Table of Figures, A List of Tables, then I am ready to start.
Next step is the anticipated main elements to the document, this of course depends on what I am writing.
I add a few lines between each.
Indicate each as a Heading 1, and update my Table of Contents.
There I have a framework to work in, a short and sweet, takes minutes, sense of organization.
The steps I take are pretty simple, yet they allow me to be organized from the beginning.
I work mostly in Word, so that is how this is laid out.
Cover or Title page
Page of Revisions
Then my Table of Contents page
Insert a Table of Contents, even with nothing else indicated as a Header
Then a Table of Figures, A List of Tables, then I am ready to start.
Next step is the anticipated main elements to the document, this of course depends on what I am writing.
I add a few lines between each.
Indicate each as a Heading 1, and update my Table of Contents.
There I have a framework to work in, a short and sweet, takes minutes, sense of organization.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Online Gaming Magazines
There is a definite lack of online gaming related magazines.
The stress of keeping them up, getting contributions, real life imposing, makes it almost as difficult for the hobbyist as I have heard it is for the professional magazine.
Yet with the rise in cost of printing, the need for advertisements to sustain a traditional print magazine, and then factor in this is a niche industry, all conspires.
There are a few traditional print magazines left, No Quarter by Privateer Press is my current and only paper purchase for gaming magazines.
So here comes along a new online only gaming magazine
WereDragon Mag
Their first issue came out yesterday, located over here at http://www.weredragonmag.com/archives.html and dirt cheap at $3.50 for 101 pages total including covers and credits.
There are 3 adventures in it, with stats, write ups, and maps.
So just for that alone, it is like a Dollar for an Adventure. Heck of a bargain.
Once I am done reading the issue, I will review it in more detail. But head on over and make my life happy by getting a copy.
The stress of keeping them up, getting contributions, real life imposing, makes it almost as difficult for the hobbyist as I have heard it is for the professional magazine.
Yet with the rise in cost of printing, the need for advertisements to sustain a traditional print magazine, and then factor in this is a niche industry, all conspires.
There are a few traditional print magazines left, No Quarter by Privateer Press is my current and only paper purchase for gaming magazines.
So here comes along a new online only gaming magazine
WereDragon Mag
Their first issue came out yesterday, located over here at http://www.weredragonmag.com/archives.html and dirt cheap at $3.50 for 101 pages total including covers and credits.
There are 3 adventures in it, with stats, write ups, and maps.
So just for that alone, it is like a Dollar for an Adventure. Heck of a bargain.
Once I am done reading the issue, I will review it in more detail. But head on over and make my life happy by getting a copy.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Welcome to my Consulting and Writing Site
Good Day and Welcome,
This is a small piece of the Infinite Web, and I claim it for my own.
Here and on a few other linked sites I will be presenting my writing and talents for freelance consulting in creative, technical, and grant writing, as well as links to my own hobby related publications once they are available for print.
Earth 4 Energy, Solar Power Your Home
This is a small piece of the Infinite Web, and I claim it for my own.
Here and on a few other linked sites I will be presenting my writing and talents for freelance consulting in creative, technical, and grant writing, as well as links to my own hobby related publications once they are available for print.
Earth 4 Energy, Solar Power Your Home
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