As we mentioned earlier, Yahoo has taken on the task of producing a “style guide” for the Internet. Those of you who are already in the professional writing business know about the different writing styles out there. There is AP Style, which is based upon a book by AP called The Associated Press Stylebook. Then [...]
A handful of interesting articles worked their way through my RSS Reader this morning and I thought I would share some of them here for others who might also find them interesting for their freelance writing business. This list is not an endorsement of the content that is linked, which I may or may not [...]
Understanding copyright law is not easy. It certainly is not as easy as some people make it sound. The context, situation, and even media type all factor into how copyright applies, or does not apply.
In my ongoing saga for finding a good, stable webhost for my websites, I have found a new snag. HostGator web hosting comes recommended highly from A TON of different WordPress bloggers as not just a great web host, but a good WordPress web host. Only, here is the thing. It is now WAY after [...]
ArcticLlama is undertaking a major redesign and content update of our freelancing business website. Follow our progress through ups and (hopefully not many) downs.
Does a single WordPress installation use more memory that a user gets on a Dreamhost shared hosting account?
How hosting my websites with Dreamhost is working out for my writing sites after almost two years.
The local newspaper has an interesting story about what they term "gigonomics". Gigonomics is just economics with eco replaced with gig, so Gigonomics means the economics of being gig based as opposed to job based. The Denver Post is seldom cutting edge, so I’m sure the term comes from somewhere else, but it was the [...]
When we started the Arctic Llama professional freelance writing blog our missions was clear, to help inform, educate, recommend, and inspire both those who hire freelance writers and those who are, or wish to become freelance writers. Over the last several months, our little blog has drifted off course with all manner of posts regarding [...]
Well, my experiment with automatic tweeting has been a good one. I think I am getting good results out of it, and I like both the feedback I get and the conversation that sometimes occurs. But, there is one problem. TweetSuite runs my links through TinyURL, which is fine except for the fact that I’ve [...]
So, how cool is this? The guys over at oDesk.com have published a list of the Top 100 Freelancing Blogs. Guess who is at Number 7? As a professional freelance writer, you know that your stuff gets read 100 times a day in various formats out there…somewhere. But, it is always a bit of a [...]
