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Always Read the Acknowledgments Page

Jane Friedman

Most acknowledgment pages list early readers and supporters of the project, and show which authors are helping each other. Obviously, we’re not all penning daily acknowledgements pages, but it’s comforting to know that this concept inherently increases happiness. These names lead to questions—were they in the same MFA cohort?

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Project Managment Planning Time | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

And it’s sweet because now I get to discuss my ultimate, favorite topic: T, for Time-based, which has a great deal to do with project management. And project management is what I do best. So, let’s start with what a project is. In other words, a project is fully time-based. They aren’t projects.

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How to Set Your Copywriting Fees and Earn What You’re Worth

Men With Pens

Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. Charge hourly for long or uncertain projects. The uncertainty can take many forms: l You don’t know how long it’ll take you to complete a project. Working for $5?

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How to Organize Writing Projects | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

These are all extremely lengthy projects. In an online world, such projects are not exactly commonplace. I thought I’d share my personal method for organizing much longer projects just in case one of you gets hit up tomorrow for a ghostwriting project. Up to now, how have you been organizing your big projects?

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How to Write a Free Ebook in Just 7 Days

Men With Pens

After all, writing ebooks are typically known as huge, long projects, right? One simple structure you can use is this: Explain the concept or idea. How to Write a Free Ebook in Just 7 Days first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Well, you can. Give an example or mini case-study.

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How to Write a Kick-Ass Review

Men With Pens

After listening to hundreds of albums and spending hours brainstorming ideas, researching concepts and discographies and writing and editing reviews, I’ve come up with a few techniques to give my reviews that added awesome factor. Of all the columns in my online metal magazine, writing reviews takes the longest. Make it personal.

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168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

Men With Pens

I didn’t have enough time to work on projects I wanted to start. I had even less time to work on projects I needed to finish. We basically have a very poor concept of time beyond what we think we know of it. Or work on that project to bring in some passive income. (Well, the five-year-old, at least. What friends?!