Freelance Job of the Day

Ghostwriter: GHOSTWRITER NEEDED TO HELP POUND OUT FIRST DRAFT OF A NOVEL (FICTION) NOVEMBER 23- JAN 4 AT AN OVERSEAS RETREAT. ALL EXPENSES PAID, PLUS FLAT FEE OF $5-$10,000. PLEASE REPLY TO EDWARD_PRIOR@YAHOO.COM. LETTERS WITH ATTACHMENTS WILL NOT BE OPENED - NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE. REFERENCES NECESSARY, INCLUDING PUBLISHED WORKS IF AVAILABLE.
(Posted 10/28/04)

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Quote for Friday

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

- Winston Churchill

Just for Fun: National Drunken Writing Night November 6

Not exactly sure what it is, but last years rules were: 1. Participants must take at least one drink per hour OR one drink per story (whichever is more often) from the time of their first post; 2. Participants must post at least one story every hour; 3. The story may be of any length or topic, fictional or non-fictional, but horror stories are the overall theme of the night; 4. There will be no restrictions on content, so read at your own risk; 5. The night ends when only one writer is left standing...or sitting...or in any event, writing.
http://www.weirdsmobile.com/b/archives/002829.html

Publication Problems

Due to unforseen technical difficulties brought on work-related travel, Freelance Daily will not be published on Thursday, October 27 or Friday, October 28.

A makeup issue will be sent over the weekend of October 30; regular publication will resume on Monday, November 1.

Sorry for any trouble.

Freelance Job of the Day

Film reviewers, feature writers: Leading Los Angeles-based film site looking to expand its current roster of freelance writers by one or possibly more. Assignments include mainstream and indie film reviews, DVD reviews, opinion essays, feature interviews and news pieces. Only the first initial piece will be on spec; all subsequent assignments will be paid. Please e-mail up to three published relevant articles or URLs, along with your current contact information. Only those in whom we are interested will be contacted further. Thanks.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wri/46858897.html
(Posted 10/26/04)

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Quote for Wednesday

Get an agent. Make no excuses for the failure to do so. Get an agent. Otherwise you’re a babe among wolves.

- Brendan Francis

Freelance Job of the Day

Articles on Orange County: OCexecutive.com is seeking freelance articles about life and business in Orange County, California. Articles on the topics of local business, business profiles, dating, restaurants, special places, lifestyle 25 - 40, and action sports are welcome. Typical length between 250 and 450 words. Pay commensurate with experience. Minimum of $75 per accepted article. Assignments available for candidates with proven background. Contact Mike Lewis - Chief Editor, mLewis@OCexecutive.com
(Posted 10/25/04)

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Quote for Tuesday

An author ought to write for the youth of his generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterwards.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Freelance Job of the Day

Reporter (Washington, D.C.): The District Chronicles needs experienced and highly-motivated reporters to cover news in Washington DC, southern Maryland, and northern Virginia. Must have great time management skills, meet deadlines, and work flexible hours to accomodate our production schedule. Transition to staff position contingent on work ethic and the ability to produce award-winning copy. Please contact Larry Kaggwa at (202) 806-9401 to schedule an interview. Or e-mail us at lkaggwa@howard.edu, "subject: "freelance writer" with your contact info.
(Posted 10/22/04)

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Quote for Monday

As for the amateur, his difficult is that his work, once on the page, hardens as cement hardens and can no more be changed. When he has learned to change it, to consider it in this light, to consider it in that, to hold the subject warm in his affections at the same time his mind appraises the form – when that time comes, he is no longer an amateur.

- Edith Ronald Mirrielees

Market Monday

Market Monday is a weekly feature that looks at markets for you to pitch your work. The idea being that, while the daily job leads we send are good for paying the bills, these markets will give you an opportunity to work on projects that truly interest you. Each week we’ll be focusing on two to five high-quality markets. We’re looking to showcase lesser known markets that still offer rates of 50 cents a word or more and have immediate needs for freelancers’ work.

Diversion
Target audience: Magazine covering travel and lifestyle, edited for physicians
Frequency: Monthly
Circulation: 176,000
Rates: 50 cents to $1.00/word
Terms: Pays three months after acceptance
Rights: Varies
Kill Fee: 25 percent
Address article queries to: shartford@hearst.com
Mailing address: 888 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 969-7500
Fax: (212)969-7563
Web site: www.diversion.com
In the editor’s words: "We get so many travel and food queries that we're hard pressed to even read them all. Far better to query us on culture, the arts, sports, technology, etc."
Market notes: Diversion offers an eclectic mix of interests beyond medicine. Regular features include stories on domestic and foreign travel destinations, food and wine, sports cars, gardening, photography, books, electronic gear, and the arts.

Although Diversion doesn't cover health subjects, it does feature profiles of doctors who excel at nonmedical pursuits or who engage in medical volunteer work.

Key To This Market: Break in by "querying with a brief proposal describing the focus of the story. It should be on a topic in which you have demonstrated expertise."

Columns open to freelancers include travel, food & wine, photography, gardening, cars, technology. Length: 1,200 words.
(via Writer’s Market)

Freelance Job of the Day

Writers/Directors: Vanguard Media an Independent Film/Documentary Producer is intesested in hiring writers and directors to work with our staff to develop new and innovative projects. We are seeking experts and professionals at all levels. We are also seeking to fund projects and script development. If you want to be considered for any of these opportunities please call 866-848-4968 or e-mail to the address below. kwallis@vanguardh.com
(Posted 10/21/04)

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Quote for Friday

If I were to advise new writers, if I were to advise the new writer in myself, going into the theatre of the Absurd, the almost-Absurd, the theatre of ideas, the any-kind-of-theatre-at-all, I would advise like this:

Tell me no pointless jokes.
I will laugh at your refusal to allow me laughter.

Build in me no tension toward tears and refuse me my lamentations.
I will go find me better wailing walls.

Do not clench my fists for me and hide the target.
I might strike you instead.

Above all, sicken me not unless you show me the way to the ship’s rail. For, please understand, if you poison me, I must be sick. It seems to me that many people writing the sick film, the sick novel, the sick play, have forgotten that poison can destroy minds.

- Ray Bradbury

Freelance Job of the Day

Military history writers: militaryhistory.net is getting ready to launch, finally, and I am still looking for some articles and poetry for the first and second issues. Articles should include a list of references at the end, along with suggested reading. Length is variable, depending upon the depth required to cover the subject. Payment will range from $50-$100 initially, if the site grows in popularity, pay will increase as well. Require 3 year non exclusive license, with a renewal at end of that time if both parties are in agreement. editor@militaryhistory.net

(Posted 10/20/04)

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Quote for Thursday

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate. The “Ode on the Grecian Urn” is worth any number of old ladies.

- William Faulkner

Freelance Job of the Day

Freelance celebrity reporters: A leading national magazine publishing company is seeking seasoned freelance reporters to cover news in various cities/regions across the country such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Denver, Boston, etc. Qualified candidates must have a minimum of three to five years reporting experience, preferably with experience reporting on celebrity and/or pop culture. Freelance reporters will be engaged on as as-needed basis. To apply for this excellent opportunity please send resume with 'day rate` requirement to myresume@amilink.com or fax to 561 989-1298.
(Posted 10/19/04)

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Quote for Wednesday

It gives a man character as a poet to have a daily contact with a job. I doubt whether I’ve lost a thing by leading an exceedingly regular and disciplined life.

- Wallace Stevens

Freelance Job of the Day

Script needed: Producer/director with financing already secured seeking a laugh-out-loud comedic short script which can be produced for $15,000 or less. Length should be no longer than 20 minutes, shorter is better, but all will be considered. When complete, short film will be shown to many high profile TV executives and will run the festival circuit as well. Also seeking a feature length thriller and/or horror to be produced through a connection with established production/distribution company. Please email scripts right away to sabrina_mansfield@yahoo.com or call 213 219-8866 with questions. You can also mail to Sabrina Mansfield, 829 North Cherokee Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028
(Posted 10/18/04)

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Quote for Tuesday

Choice of subject is of cardinal importance. One does by far one’s best work when besotted by and absorbed in the matter at hand.

- Jessica Mitford

Freelance Job of the Day

Business writers: Independent publisher of business history books seeks authors based in the following areas: Alabama, Toledo (Ohio), Nebraska, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Delaware, and New Jersey. Writers MUST be based in the state, region, or city covered in the book and have in-depth knowledge of the area’s business and entrepreneurial climate. Only experienced, published writers will be considered. Authors must be able to create an engaging narrative from what can be dry material. Research skills and attention to detail are essential. Book writing experience preferred but will consider candidates with business-related magazine experience. Publications are of art-book quality and are sponsored primarily by government departments, which use the books as economic development tools. Average book length is 13,000 to 15,000 words, 7 to 10 chapters. Writer submits two chapters at a time over a period of approximately 5 to 6 months. Please e-mail resume and three writing samples to editorjob@cherbopub.com. You will be notified if you are selected as a candidate. Please do not call.
(Posted 10/15/04)

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Quote for Monday

Says the God of Art:
I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold.

- Howard Lindsay

Freelance Job of the Day

Kids Web site writer: Writers needed to answer emails for award-winning kids education web site, BrainPOP.comYou should be a speedy typer who feels at home on a computer. Someone who can communicate with kids. A writer who can write in a casual and fun manner, while maintaining accuracy. Education background is a plus. Please look at BrainPOP.com before applying to see what we're all about and apply by email including your resume and a cover letter.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wri/45592178.html
(Posted 10/14/04)

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Quote for Friday

A sentence should read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end.

- Henry David Thoreau

Freelance Job of the Day

Mexico City correspondent: The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA), a Washington, D.C.-based news publisher, seeks a freelance correspondent in Mexico City. This reporter will cover news from Mexico for BNA's full range of nearly 200 publications, including international trade, environment, banking, taxes, securities, electronic commerce, and other areas relating to business, law, and government. Spot news stories to be filed on a daily basis, along with regular filing of longer analytical pieces. Please see our web site at www.bna.com for more information about BNA and its coverage. Qualifications required: fluido en español; writing for English language publications on daily deadline; AP style skills; proven knowledge of federal government processes including Congress, ministries, and courts; ability to write clearly and concisely about complex topics; a highly developed nose for news. Ideal candidates will be self-starters who work well independently. This freelance position offers a competitive pay rate commensurate with experience and is expected to be the reporter's primary string. For consideration, submit a cover letter, resumé, and three published hard news work samples (URLs are acceptable) to correspondentjobs@bna.com or fax +1-202-728-3350. **Only candidates already residing in Mexico City will be considered. NO phone calls please.
(Posted 10/13/04)

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Quote for Thursday

The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of an individual or of human nature in general; if it be false, it is a picture of nothing.

- Samuel Johnson

Freelance Job of the Day

Call For Entries – Short Story Competition: We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or less. But don't be too long about it — the deadline is December 1, 2004! For complete guidelines and an entry form, visit www.writersdigest.com/contests/short_story.asp The Prizes:
1st Place: $3,000, 2nd Place: $1,500, 3rd Place: $500, 4th through 10th Place: $100. Plus, the names and story titles of the 1st-10th place winners will be printed in the June 2005 Writer's Digest, and the winners will receive the 2005 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market.
(Posted 10/13/04)

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Quote for Wednesday

Never get sick, Hubert, there isn’t time.

- Hubert Humphrey’s father

Freelance Job of the Day

Researcher/fact checker for author (Northern California): Seeking a meticulous and detail-oriented researcher to assist on a book based on The Wall Street Journal's page one story on the Mondavi family, "Inside a Napa Valley Empire, A Family Struggles with Itself." This is a major book project under contract with Gotham Books, an imprint of Penguin US, with a firm delivery deadline of January, 2006. This freelance job would involve 5-15 hours a week, pay $10 per hour plus expenses, and acknowledgement in the book. The work would involve historical research, combing through legal documents, and fact-checking, as well as general organizational tasks. It is a great opportunity for an aspiring journalist to work on a serious work of narrative non-fiction. It is also a chance to learn from a veteran journalist. Candidates with roots in the Napa Valley are particularly welcome. To apply, please email your: 1) Name, contact details, and a brief description of why you're interested in the job. 2) Your qualifications for this job. 3) Your availability, particularly addressing the question of whether you could commit to working on the project through January, 2006. 4) Do you have your own transportation? 5) Are you willing to provide references? 6) Do you have any potential conflicts of interest in researching this subject? Please email your reply to julia.flynn@wsj.com and note in the subject line: "Research job." Telephone calls are not welcome. Candidates will be contacted for interviews by the end of October. Thank you for your interest.
(Posted 10/6/04)

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Quote for Tuesday

Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes.

- Isabel Shenker

No Freelance Daily This week

Because of a family death Freelance Daily will not be published the week of Oct. 4. I expect to resume publication on Monday, Oct. 11. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Freelance Job of the Day

Temporary reporting position: The Chronicle of Higher Education seeks an experienced reporter to immediately fill a temporary position in the paper's Money & Management section. The assignment has an expected duration of six to eight months but could lead to a full-time position. Requirements: The successful candidate will turn out compelling stories of unimpeachable accuracy that get to the bottom of higher-education business and management. He or she will have expertise in financial matters; be an accomplished beat reporter; and have the ability to break news and identify long-term business trends. Applicants should be skilled at writing short, tight news items as well as longer narrative stories. Salary is competitive. Benefits include health-care coverage. The Chronicle, an equal opportunity employer, is an independently owned newspaper read by college and university administrators, faculty members, graduate students, policymakers, and journalists. Contact: Send a cover letter, resume, and 5 clips to: John Pulley (john.pulley@chronicle.com) The Chronicle of Higher Education 1255 23rd St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037
(Posted 9/30/04)

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Quote for Friday

It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.

- T.S. Eliot