13 Free Things For Writers
Do a little poking around and you’ll find good stuff for free for writers and editors. Here’s a list of stuff I like:
- The 3 Keys to Making Your Writing Pay! - free ebook by me and a free subscription to our newsletter.
- Freelance Writing Jobs – posted for free 3 times a week. Subscribe to the newsletter and/or subscribe to the RSS Feed. (You may also want to read RSS for Writers.)
- 30 Days to Better Business Writing – excellent!
- Free Online Classes for Writers
- 9-week screen writing class by Steven Barnes
- 50 Awesome Open Source Resources For Writers And Writing Majors – I’ve used NotePad+and like it.
- An annual eCalandar for Writers – nifty and useful – it’s a printable .pdf file.
- Free ebooks - really at FictionWise – and not just fiction for free. Free to join too, and yes, you can buy other ebooks there as well. This is a Barnes and Nobel company. Suspect it may be worth watching. When I figure out how to give a way an ebook there I’ll let you know.
- WordPress – the blogging software is totally free. I use it and their famous 10 or 15 minute install works – took me about 30 minutes the first time, but it works.
- PayPal – totally free to set up an account that lets you get paid from around the world and let’s you pay the same. Sure, there are some fees, but they are less than many places. Plus PayPal has shopping carts, and all sorts of other tools for selling online and off.
- Royalty Free Photos – most of the photos you see on this blog, including the Free tag here, come from Stock.xchng. Some require specific credit be given, many don’t.
- Image Program – GIMP has a great reputation for helping you create and work with images. Some say it works as a PhotoShop replacement. I haven’t tried it yet, but I will.
- Free Trade Magazines – order those that tickle your fancy and develop a new market. Some may require fairly detailed information about you and your work. Go for it.
Let me know if any links are broken and if you know about free stuff I should add.
As you might guess, this blog is all about either becoming a freelance writer or making more money as a freelance writer. I post freelance writing jobs.
Write well and often,
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Thank you, Anne! Looks like some good stuff. I always appreciate FREE.
Thank you very much Anne! I will certainly be checking them out as well.
I truly love your emails that I receive alerting me to freelance writing opportunities. This has been SO very helpful and I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate it and you!
Keep up the good work dear and make it an awesome day!
Deb
Golly, Anne! These are nifty! I’ve explored some of them; must spend an afternoon looking at all of them. Muchas gracias!
Thank you Anne, for the links!
Thanks for including my free online courses site Anne. Way to light a fire under me to remind me to update with more writing courses — have a new blogger starting on that site soon, so that’s where I’ll have him focus.
And thanks for the other great resources (wasn’t aware of a few of them!).
You’re welcome Jenn – they look like great courses… suspect I’ll take one or two.
Always appreciate free resources, thanks so much Anne!
You’re Welcome Deb… I like free too