<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Tags @ www.freelancesurvivor.com</title><rights>Copyright 2010 www.freelancesurvivor.com</rights><subtitle>(Tags) Surviving as a freelancer, no matter whether you&apos;re between jobs and trying to pay the bills, or consider freelancing your career, requires a lot of juggling and a wide collection of skills. Do you have what it takes to be a freelance survivor?</subtitle><author><name>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</name></author><updated>2010-01-30T16:00:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/tags/index.rss?t=WRITING"/><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2010:1</id><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-09-08:links.412178171</id><title>Interview with a Freelancer: April Michelle Davis, Editor, Indexer, and Writer</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_april_michelle_davis_editor_i.htm"><![CDATA[Interview with April Michelle Davis, an editor, indexer, and writer.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_april_michelle_davis_editor_i.htm"/><updated>2009-09-08T16:49:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-08T16:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-07-04:links.412173632</id><title>Interview with a Freelancer: Ed Tittel, Writer and More</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_ed_tittel_writer_and_editor.htm"><![CDATA[An interview with Ed Tittel: writer, editor, trainer, and consultant.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_ed_tittel_writer_and_editor.htm"/><updated>2009-07-04T08:46:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-04T08:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-06-23:links.412174526</id><title>Finding Sources</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/finding_sources.htm"><![CDATA[You can't always portray what you know already. Sometimes you need to track down a source. Here's some thoughts on how to track down the elusive "source."]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/finding_sources.htm"/><updated>2009-06-23T02:54:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-23T02:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-06-15:links.412174230</id><title>Master Books List</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/master_books_list.htm"><![CDATA[The rough version of my full list of books.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/master_books_list.htm"/><updated>2009-06-15T07:15:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-15T07:15:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-06-04:links.412173185</id><title>Syndicated on YouWordMe.com</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/syndicated_on_youwordmecom.htm"><![CDATA[This is an announcement that may come off a bit as a commercial. My apologies if that bugs you. I just thought I'd share some cool news that adds to my own freelance survival.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/syndicated_on_youwordmecom.htm"/><updated>2009-06-04T00:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-04T00:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-05-20:links.412171157</id><title>Interview with a Freelancer: Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, Writer and Editor</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_ruth_e_thalercarter_writer_a.htm"><![CDATA[You can reach Ruth at ruth AT writerruth DOT com, or through her web site. Her catch phrase is, &quot;I can write about anything!&quot;&trade;DEE-ANN: Why did you choose to use your own name or start your own business to work under?RUTH E. THALER-CAR]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_ruth_e_thalercarter_writer_a.htm"/><updated>2009-05-20T08:29:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-20T08:29:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-04-13:links.412162983</id><title>Writing Technical Instructions</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/writing_technical_instructions.htm"><![CDATA[Whether you&#39;re doing technical writing, writing course materials, or even writing some how-to article that doesn&#39;t seem at all related to either of these topics, you probably at some point will have to write a series of instructions. Maybe th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/writing_technical_instructions.htm"/><updated>2009-04-13T17:01:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-13T17:01:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-03-03:links.412155053</id><title>Interview with a Freelancer: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Editor in Chief, Practical Technology</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_steven_j_vaughannichols_edit.htm"><![CDATA[You can contact Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Editor in Chief, Practical Technology, at sjvn (at) vna1 (dot) com.&nbsp;DEE-ANN LEBLANC: Why did you choose to use your own name or start your own business to work under?&nbsp;STEVEN J. VAUGHAN-NICHOLS: My]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_steven_j_vaughannichols_edit.htm"/><updated>2009-03-03T09:14:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-03T09:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-02-22:links.412154157</id><title>Ergonomics, or How Not to Destroy Your Body</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/ergonomics_or_how_not_to_destroy_your_body.htm"><![CDATA[In sports and other physical activities there&#39;s a lot of focus on proper form. The reason for this focus is the simple fact that the human body is built to work in certain ways, and if you insist on doing something--especially at a high performan]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/ergonomics_or_how_not_to_destroy_your_body.htm"/><updated>2009-02-22T10:24:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-22T10:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-02-13:links.412153460</id><title>Interview with a Freelancer: Sharon Fisher, Principal Consultant, Gem State Community Development</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_sharon_fisher_principal_consul.htm"><![CDATA[My second lovely volunteer is Sharon Fisher, Principal Consultant, Gem State Community Development. I&#39;d like to invite readers to ask questions in the comments if there&#39;s anything they&#39;d like to ask the interviewees.DEE-ANN LEBLANC: Why d]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/interview_with_a_freelancer_sharon_fisher_principal_consul.htm"/><updated>2009-02-13T00:23:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-13T00:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-02-02:links.412151378</id><title>Writer&apos;s Block</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/writers_block.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m not the first person to say this, and I won&#39;t be the last:There is no such thing as writer&#39;s block.Everyone gets stuck once in a while, yes. But there&#39;s this whole mystique about &quot;writer&#39;s block,&quot; like it&#39;s this]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/writers_block.htm"/><updated>2009-02-02T01:30:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-02T01:30:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-02-01:links.412150715</id><title>The Dreaded Bio</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/the_dreaded_bio.htm"><![CDATA[Invariably, you will either be asked to write a bio (biography, a personal history essentially) explaining why you&#39;re the best person for a particular project, or you will be asked to write a bio (author/creator blurb) to go along with your work.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/the_dreaded_bio.htm"/><updated>2009-02-01T17:21:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-01T17:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-01-29:links.412150892</id><title>Following Instructions</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/following_instructions.htm"><![CDATA[I know, everyone knows you&#39;re supposed to follow instructions. It&#39;s a no-brainer. Post done, right?Except ... no. Just as common sense isn&#39;t common, there&#39;s an amazing number of people who even when they need to appear professional, c]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/following_instructions.htm"/><updated>2009-01-29T01:26:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-29T01:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-01-25:links.412149515</id><title>Writers, Writing Tools, and Work Styles</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/on_laptops_okay_on_my_new_macbook_pro.htm"><![CDATA[What a lot of people love about freelancing is that they&#39;re not tied down to one company, or one location. It used to be that freelancing involved a lot of postal mail, and sometimes couriers (which some publishers seemed to use like they were in]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/on_laptops_okay_on_my_new_macbook_pro.htm"/><updated>2009-01-25T17:28:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-25T17:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.freelancesurvivor.com,2009-01-10:links.412147732</id><title>Survival through Freelancing</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/survival_through_freelancing.htm"><![CDATA[In an economy when even people at apparently healthy companies aren&#39;t foolish for worrying about their jobs, having the skills to be able to find contracts on the go is a necessity. As much as adrenaline may demand immediately searching for a ful]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.freelancesurvivor.com/survival_through_freelancing.htm"/><updated>2009-01-10T17:36:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-10T17:36:00Z</published></entry></feed>