Series

To find series and related posts, look for the topic in the alphabetical list below. You will find links to related posts on the subject.

Barter:
Barter—Part 1: What Is It?
Barter—Part 2: What Is the Benefit?
Barter—Part 3: Who Does It?
Barter—Part 4: How Does It Compare to Cash? 
Connecting—Part III: Trade Exchanges

Bible:
Reading the Bible: Part 1 - Bible Reading Plans
Reading the Bible: Part 2 - Reading to Learn and Understand

Blogging:
Blogging Ethics
Bogging Metaphor: Blogging Is a Large City with Hundreds of Small Neighborhoods
Comments and New Plugins
Double Whammy: Blast from the Past Meme and Carnival of Circular Communication
A Humorous Look at My Pet Blogging Peeves
Tips for Better Blogging
What Do You Think of Weekly/Monthly Roundups, Themes, and Link Love Posts?  
What Blogging Means to Me

Client Relationships:
Building Long-Term Client Relationships - Part 1: Why
Building Long-Term Client Relationships - Part 2: Getting Started
Building Long-Term Client Relationships - Part 3: My Business Model
Building Long-Term Client Relationships - Part 4: Example - The Beginning
Building Long-Term Client Relationships - Part 5: Example - The Relationship Continues
Building Long-Term Client Relationships - Part 6: Nine Tips for Success

Clients’ Book Awards:
Exciting news … and you can make it more exciting
The Last Boat Out is an EPPIE winner!
The New Day Dawns is a contest finalist!
Spring House is a Finalist in the Indie Book Awards!

Copyright:
Copyright: Part 1 - Just Because It’s Online Doesn’t Mean It’s in the Public Domain
Copyright: Part 2 - US Copyright Law
Copyright: Part 3 - Fair Use
Copyright: Part 4 - Protecting Your Copyright

Critique and Other Writing Groups:
About Critique Groups
Beware of the Wrong Critique Groups 
The Value of Brainstorming
The Value of Writers Groups

E-books and E-Publishing:
Answers to a Writer’s Questions, Part 2: Children’s Book on CD
Answers to a Writer’s Questions, Part 3: Marketing a Children’s E-Book
E-Books, Part 1: I read throughout a four-hour power outage
E-Books, Part 2: Short Nonfiction (How-To) E-Books
E-Books, Part 3: Books from Electronic or Traditional Publishers
E-Books, Part 4: Electronic Reading Devices
Read an E-Book Week
Self-Publishing Primer: Part 13 - Do I need a Web site and should I make my book available as an e-book?

Editing (also see Writing and Self-Editing): 
Editing: Part 1 - What is editing?
Editing: Part 2 - What are the different kinds of editing?
Editing: Part 3 - When should I start editing?
Editing: Part 4 - What are style guides and why do I need them?
Editing: Part 5 - What steps should I follow when I edit?
Editing: Part 6 - What should I look for when I edit?
Editing: Part 7 - Do I need an outside editor?
Who Needs an Editor?

Freelance Writing:
So You Want to Become a Freelance Writer? Part 1: Learning about the Business
So You Want to Become a Freelance Writer? Part 2: Choosing What You will Do
So You Want to Become a Freelance Writer? Part 3: Finding Gigs
So You Want to Become a Freelance Writer? Part 4: Advice from the Pros

Freelance Writing and Editing Rates (see also Resources for Writers):
How Much Will It Cost? Average Freelance Editing Rates
Self-Publishing Primer: Part 11 - How Much Does Self-Publishing Cost?
What are your prices for writing and editing services … and how much value do you give?
Working with a Professional Editor: Part 1 - Finding the Right Editor
Working with a Professional Editor: Part 2 - How It Works 
Writer’s Worth Day

Goals and Productivity:
2008 Blogging Goals? Plans, maybe …
Focus and Organization
Looking Ahead
Looking Back
Memes and Gotta Get Goals!
Shared Answers 2007: Part 1, The Problem
Shared Answers 2007: Part 2, The Solution 
SMART Goals
Productivity Tips

Job Search:
Job Search: Part 1—How to Write an Interview-Winning Resume
Job Search: Part 2—Cover Letters
Job Search: Part 3—Interviews

Journaling:
Journaling: What the heck is a journal anyway?
Journaling: Connecting the Dots

Life Lessons/Inspiration (also see Rejection):
25 Words of Work/Life Wisdom
Balance in Life
Blogging for a Great Cause: Bloggers Against Abuse
Catalyst: God’s Tool
Life Is a Piece of Cake
The Most Basic Human Right: Life
Rebooting and the Fourth Commandment
Slavery and Abortion: Moral Relatives
What I Learned from Animals
What I Learned from Door-to-Door Sales
What I Learned from My First Vacation in a Wheelchair
What I Learned from the Law
What I Learned from Mashing It Up
What I Learned from Working for the Government
What I Learned from The World of Sports
You May Never Know the Impact You Have

Lillie and Her Writing (also see Stroke):
An Anniversary: How I Became a Full-Time Writer
A Different … and Special … Family Vacation
Dream or Destiny … The End! 
Eight Random Facts
Eight Random Things about Lillie
Five Things
Free Stories and Articles
It’s Funny NOW, But Then … It Was Frightening: MRI Horror Story  
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know: Eight Things About My Writing and Me 
My Love Affair with Writing 
Remembering My Parents
Seven Random Things

Magical Thinking:
1. What I Learned from People with Magical Thinking
2. Authors and Magical Thinking
3. Someone Who Isn’t a Magical Thinker
4. More on Magical Thinking

News Releases:
News Releases: Part 1 - What a News Release Is and What It Isn’t
News Releases: Part 2 - When to Send Them
News Releases: Part 3 - How to Write Them
News Releases: Part 4 - Where to Distribute Them

POD (Print on Demand):
POD: Part 1 - What It Is
POD: Part 2 - Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing with POD
POD: Part 3 - Pros and Cons of Using a POD Subsidy Publisher
POD: Part 4 - POD Publishers 

Rejection:
Every “No” Is Just One Step Closer to a “Yes”
Rejection: Keep Looking for the Right Address
Rejection: Your baby is ugly!
What I Learned from Rejection

Resources for Writers (see also Freelance Writing):
Authors on the Net: A Resource for Writers
Blogs by and for Writers
Freelance Writing Job Sites
Nothing Binding: Making a Connection between Readers and Writers
Reference Resources for Writers and Readers 
Resources for Students and Educators … and Maybe the Rest of Us, Too
Resources for Young Writers 
Resources for Writers
Writing and Publishing Q&A

Self-Publishing/Publishing:
Self-Publishing Primer: Parts 1 - 14
Self-Publishing Primer (the entire series compiled in a PDF file)
Finding a Publisher
Five Publishing Hurdles
The Realities of the Publishing World: Traditional, Subsidy, and Self-Publishing

Sources of Freelance Business:
Connecting - Part I: Referrals
Connecting - Part II: Search Engines
Connecting - Part III: Trade Exchanges

Stroke:
National Stroke Awareness Month: My Stroke - the Beginning
National Stroke Awareness Month: My Stroke - The Next Three Days
National Stroke Awareness Month: My Stroke - the Aftermath
National Stroke Awareness Month: Stroke Risk Factors and Symptoms

Working with a Professional Editor
Working with a Professional Editor: Part 1 - Finding the Right Editor
Working with a Professional Editor: Part 2 - How It Works 

Writing Ethics
Ghost-Writing: Is It Ethical
Writing Ethics 1: Fake Testimonials
Writing Ethics 2: Voting in Readers’ Choice Contests
Writing Ethics 3: Reviews
Writing Ethics 4: Amazon Ranking and Bestseller Status

Writing and Self-Editing (also see Editing):
Blogs That Roar: 3 Tips for Powerful Writing 
Editing: Turning Dreck into Prose
The First Draft: Pure Green Dreck
How to Write an Interview-Winning Resume 
Lessons for Writers from the Spurs’ NBA Championship
My Ideal Writing Weekend
Rules or artistic license
Seven Tips for Professional and Nonprofessional Writers
Ten Tips for Self-Editing
Tips and Tricks: How to Write, Send, Reply, and Forward E-Mail
Top Five Keys to Successful Persuasive Writing 
Write What You Know or Know What You Write?
Writing about Tragedy
Writing versus Editing