Comments for The Life and Times of a Freelance Writer http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:02:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Writing Proposal Letters by Advice for Freelancers: Read Ads Carefully » The Life and Times of a Freelance Writer http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2008/12/26/how-to-write-a-great-proposal-letter/#comment-63 Advice for Freelancers: Read Ads Carefully » The Life and Times of a Freelance Writer Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:32:09 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2008/12/26/how-to-write-a-great-proposal-letter/#comment-63 [...] my post The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Writing Proposal Letters, I blithely advised to read all ads carefully before applying. I guess it’s time I took my own [...] […] my post The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Writing Proposal Letters, I blithely advised to read all ads carefully before applying. I guess it’s time I took my own […]

]]> Comment on Aspiring to the 9th Grade Level, or, How Simple Language Will Reclaim Our Knowledge by Jennifer (Saunders) Escalona http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/01/15/aspiring-to-the-9th-grade-level-or-how-simple-language-will-reclaim-our-knowledge/#comment-61 Jennifer (Saunders) Escalona Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:22:15 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/01/15/aspiring-to-the-9th-grade-level-or-how-simple-language-will-reclaim-our-knowledge/#comment-61 Jen - Thanks for your comments! Your grandmother was obviously a wise woman. I really do think that being able to make complex ideas simple, palatable and, so it follows, workable, is a talent that doesn't come easy. And again, thanks for your comment! Also, I just moved my blog (new name, excuse for a new blog and website!) and I would be obliged if you are interestd in my posts if you would check me out over at http://blog.jennescalona.com. Jen - Thanks for your comments! Your grandmother was obviously a wise woman. I really do think that being able to make complex ideas simple, palatable and, so it follows, workable, is a talent that doesn’t come easy. And again, thanks for your comment!

Also, I just moved my blog (new name, excuse for a new blog and website!) and I would be obliged if you are interestd in my posts if you would check me out over at http://blog.jennescalona.com.

]]> Comment on Aspiring to the 9th Grade Level, or, How Simple Language Will Reclaim Our Knowledge by Jen http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/01/15/aspiring-to-the-9th-grade-level-or-how-simple-language-will-reclaim-our-knowledge/#comment-60 Jen Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:53 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/01/15/aspiring-to-the-9th-grade-level-or-how-simple-language-will-reclaim-our-knowledge/#comment-60 How could anyone think that simplicity is easily produced? Yikes! This was a great post. I think my great grandmother said it best when she said, "It is easier to be good than to be simple." Being able to explain something complicated to the masses is a gift very few people have. A smart person showing off their smarts is just a party trick or a peer review article. Writing simply and well is something few achieve. How could anyone think that simplicity is easily produced? Yikes!

This was a great post. I think my great grandmother said it best when she said, “It is easier to be good than to be simple.” Being able to explain something complicated to the masses is a gift very few people have. A smart person showing off their smarts is just a party trick or a peer review article.

Writing simply and well is something few achieve.

]]> Comment on Ink or Swim: An Introduction to Freelance Writing from Lynne Beach by Lynne http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/03/05/ink-or-swim-an-introduction-to-freelance-writing-from-lynne-beach/#comment-44 Lynne Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:22:57 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/03/05/ink-or-swim-an-introduction-to-freelance-writing-from-lynne-beach/#comment-44 Thanks, Yolander! I appreciate the encouragement. I love your site, btw. It's #5 on my bookmark bar. Thanks, Yolander! I appreciate the encouragement. I love your site, btw. It’s #5 on my bookmark bar.

]]> Comment on Ink or Swim: An Introduction to Freelance Writing from Lynne Beach by Yolander http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/03/05/ink-or-swim-an-introduction-to-freelance-writing-from-lynne-beach/#comment-43 Yolander Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:08:44 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/03/05/ink-or-swim-an-introduction-to-freelance-writing-from-lynne-beach/#comment-43 Nice to meet you Lynne! Since your first name is my middle name and my first name has nothing to do with you, I feel compelled to lend you some ink. Your sister was right- the only advice is to DO IT :) You are a writer. You should say that to yourself at every opportunity so you will believe it. You should go for every job opp until you start to feel discerning. You should not ask, you should do. I know it sounds all pushy and crap, but seriously, it works!! I love your style and will make your blog a regular stop. Nice to meet you Lynne! Since your first name is my middle name and my first name has nothing to do with you, I feel compelled to lend you some ink. Your sister was right- the only advice is to DO IT :) You are a writer. You should say that to yourself at every opportunity so you will believe it. You should go for every job opp until you start to feel discerning. You should not ask, you should do. I know it sounds all pushy and crap, but seriously, it works!! I love your style and will make your blog a regular stop.

]]> Comment on The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Writing Proposal Letters by The Life and Times of a Freelance Writer » Blog Archive » Advice for Freelancers: Read Ads Carefully http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2008/12/26/how-to-write-a-great-proposal-letter/#comment-38 The Life and Times of a Freelance Writer » Blog Archive » Advice for Freelancers: Read Ads Carefully Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:22:15 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2008/12/26/how-to-write-a-great-proposal-letter/#comment-38 [...] 26. December 2008: The Freelance Writer's Guide to Writing Proposal Letters Links Archives [...] […] 26. December 2008: The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Writing Proposal Letters Links Archives […]

]]> Comment on Don’t Stay Murklins, Save a Word Today by Jennifer Dunn Saunders http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-32 Jennifer Dunn Saunders Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:35:41 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-32 I could never get through that movie. I admit it... Atreyu scared the pants off me. I could never get through that movie. I admit it… Atreyu scared the pants off me.

]]> Comment on Don’t Stay Murklins, Save a Word Today by Yolander http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-31 Yolander Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:32:30 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-31 It's like The Neverending Story for words! Atreyuuuuuu!!!! It’s like The Neverending Story for words! Atreyuuuuuu!!!!

]]> Comment on Don’t Stay Murklins, Save a Word Today by Jennifer Dunn Saunders http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-30 Jennifer Dunn Saunders Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:43:12 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-30 Well, now you are no longer murlkins regarding the definition of that very important word. Did you adopt one? Are you now a word parent, responsible for one little word's ultimate fate? Well, now you are no longer murlkins regarding the definition of that very important word. Did you adopt one? Are you now a word parent, responsible for one little word’s ultimate fate?

]]> Comment on Don’t Stay Murklins, Save a Word Today by Justin Corwin http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-29 Justin Corwin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:32:21 +0000 http://blog.jenniferdunnsaunders.com/2009/02/05/dont-stay-murklins-save-a-word-today/#comment-29 I'll admit it, the only word on there I recognized on sight was vacivity(containing nothing. emptiness). I have heard "murklins" but didn't know what it meant! I’ll admit it, the only word on there I recognized on sight was vacivity(containing nothing. emptiness).

I have heard “murklins” but didn’t know what it meant!

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