Hi All,

Just wanted to pass on the info for this workshop sponsored by Communication Central. It is in Rochester, NY the first weekend of October. Click here for details: Build Your Communications Business.

Earlier I blogged about a writer who was obviously able to string together words, as she wrote for Salon.com, but I questioned her business skills, as she wrote term papers for cash (gasp!) and her rate was way too low for such work anyway. I hypothesized that this writer is probably writing these cheapo papers because she has no business savvy.

Guess what? You can write like the muse is on your shoulder, but if you're not making that cash, you might be missing these 8 business skill that all freelance writers need.

Haha! You thought you were coming here to tell me what-for, huh?

Well, I don't specifically advocate this particular kind of freelance writing, but it does exist. This occurs when college students hire freelance writers to write their term papers for them. The papers are passed off as the students' own original work. Tsk tsk. No, I don't do it, but it is done.

A freelance writer on the front page of Salon attempts to defend her decision to sell this kind of freelance writing. Here is my question: if her writing is good enough to land on the front page of Salon, why must she stoop to taking this crappy work? AND---***AND*** her rate is very, very low. She should at least double (if not triple) what she charges!

What do you think of writing term papers for cash?

No, seriously, people. I'm really burned out here. I am a voracious reader of freelance writing blogs, and after years of following the best and brightest, I know that there is not a thing under the sun that hasn't been covered. Now I know we don't have to talk about something new every time we blog, but I'd just like to find something to write about that grabs me.

Still looking...

Meanwhile, feel free to leave questions and comments and they might be tomorrow's blog!