Link Love

Pass the Link Love, Please

It is time for me to overtly share some linky love with you. The following articles have caught my attention and are posted here in no particular order:

  • I stole some headline creating ideas from Laura Spencer when I read her 25 Best Selling Words post. Dependable & energizing words guaranteed to grab the attention of quality readers! I used a total of seven of them thus far in this post.
  • Jennifer, at Catalyst Blogger wrote, “When Charging Rush Rates Backfires,” a piece which covers her personal experience of overcharging a client in hopes that they will go away. Guess what? They accepted her bid! It looks like Jennifer will be very tired over the next several weeks.
  • Copywriter Bob Bly asks, “Do You Write the Way People Talk?” which I found to be a good reminder for me not to use stilted language in my writings. I prefer conversational writing, words that engage readers as if you were talking to them face to face.
  • I nearly forgot about the pending screenwriters strike until I read Maria Schneider’s The Writer’s Perspective blog today. On the Screenwriters Strike discusses the issues behind the strike, particularly the impact new media (internet) is having on the writing industry. Even if you don’t write for Hollywood, you can certainly understand how important this issue is for writers of all stripes.
  • Kathy Kehrli, the Irreverent Freelancer, writes things on her blogs the rest of us only dream about posting. Okay, she tells it like it is — from bad jobs to clients who stiff writers — if you tick Kathy off there is an excellent chance that you will be featured on her blog and gain her Middle Finger Award. Kathy may not name names, but she gives enough hints to her freelance writing colleague readers to help us avoid falling prey to their dastardly schemes.
  • Brian Clark, of Copyblogger fame, received a nasty surprise when he realized that Google dropped the PageRank of his blog down. No, he doesn’t sell links and there doesn’t appear to be anything else he is doing wrong until you read his Thanks Google! post and you begin to wonder if the Big G has it out for him. Note: Google still hasn’t done an official export to the Google Toolbar of updated PageRank for all sites since April 2007. Instead, Google is penalizing certain sites now for various transgressions, real or imagined.

That’s all the link loving I have to share for my readers today. Don’t forget to snag a feed if you haven’t done so yet.