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		<title>Good luck with that</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2010/06/26/good-luck-with-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Christine, I have a complete manuscript you will edit for me. I saw your name on the website of Canadian Editors Association. The work is fiction with one hundred and four (104) pages. Cost it, prepare an agreement and send me your banking banking information  or order means of  payment to enable us commence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=232&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City of interns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favourite Seinfeld episodes was on last night, the one where Kramer gets a intern. Kramer&#8217;s intern serves &#8220;Kramerica Enterprises&#8221; by setting up coffee shop trips with Jerry (&#8220;Do you need directions, Mr. Seinfeld?&#8221;) and assembling chicken wire. The scam comes to an end when the internship supervisor notices the tasks are mainly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=178&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opposing thoughts on a creative career</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admittedly, I&#8217;ve not been feeling rah-rah-rah about the writing/editing game lately. But this post came along just in time to provide some motivation: Five Opposing Thoughts on an Art Career. I hope it picks you up, too. Tagged: motivation<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=173&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stuff costs money</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/06/25/stuff-costs-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally post links to YouTube videos, but I was sent this one today and found it cathartic: The Vendor-Client Relationship. Lady getting highlights: &#8220;It&#8217;s just a test &#8230; then if my husband likes it you can roll the costs over into the next time.&#8221; Tagged: freelancing, funny, videos<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=169&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Proactiveness</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/04/17/proactiveness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My two favourite stops to look for freelance writing and editing job leads each morning are Freelance Writing Jobs, a network site out of the US with a daily list of leads culled from from the web, and Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs, a blog focusing on jobs and contract positions for writers in Canada. Both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=129&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t stop believin&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From time to time, you can get a little blue about the prospects. You wonder if you&#8217;ll ever be hire to write or edit anything again, ever. You apply for things day after day after day, and never hear back. And often, you apply for jobs or write proposals for projects that you&#8217;re 99 percent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=127&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why you shouldn&#8217;t write custom samples to get a writing job</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2009/03/26/why-you-shouldnt-write-custom-samples-to-get-a-writing-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found a link to this discussion board that illustrates very starkly both why you should be skeptical of very low-paying ads for writers on Craigslist, and why you shouldn&#8217;t write samples specifically for a job unless you know who you&#8217;re sending it to: Getting Free Professionally Written Articles. You&#8217;re welcome. Update: Looks like they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=123&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Busy bee</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/12/09/busy-bee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fall been one of those wonderful periods when I&#8217;ve had plenty of work to keep me busy. I&#8217;ve been copyediting/proofreading for alive and blush magazines, writing lots of reviews of restaurants, stores, and everything else on the map for Yelp, plus writing some book reviews for subTerrain and doing odd editing and writing jobs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=53&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s an honour being norminated</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/08/12/its-an-honour-being-norminated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning, I received an e-mail with the subject line (in caps): &#8220;THE PULITZER PRIZE 2009 NOMINATION LETTER.&#8221; Well, isn&#8217;t that exciting. After all, I am a nationally published writer and all. Here is the e-mail, cut and pasted, warts and all: REF:PULITZER PRIZE ATTN: I write to acknowledge the above attachment to us of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=32&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When work is slow</title>
		<link>http://christinerowlands.com/2008/07/30/when-work-is-slow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I probably do as much work as someone with a full-time job, but I only get paid when I actually produce something. When paid gigs are sparse, or you&#8217;re waiting on someone else so you can begin to do a job, you&#8217;ve got to find other things to do. Look for work &#8211; the websites [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christinerowlands.com&amp;blog=3082206&amp;post=26&amp;subd=wordymatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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