Articles

• (Almost) Everything you need to know about freelance writing > based on the presentation given by Paul Lima at  PWAC Toronto's kick-off seminar in October
• GST FAQ for Freelance Writers
• Paul Lima's Freelance Writer's Blog
• Lima’s Lines and other Podcasts on the process of and business of writing
• Entrepreneur Exclusives - interviews conducted by speech writer and podcaster John Watkis
• Much Ado About Time Management
• Is E-mail Eating Your Precious Time?
• Place Five Arrows in Your Marketing Quiver
• If you are in business, then it's time for a website
• Freelance Writing Do the Math: How much can you
  earn writing for newspapers and magazines?
• Deflation & the Freelance Writer: Why freelance writers
  should fight to raise their rates
• Hints for Negotiating Corporate Writing Rates
• Send in the Writers: How to / Why to... Hire a Freelance Writer
• Finding New Markets & Recycling Articles
• Breaking Into US Markets
• PR Primer for Small Businesses & How to Write News Releases
• Writer, Heal Thyself: Writing for Health/Medical Writing & Markets
• Experiences with Agents: How to work with book agents
• Looking for information on contacts? Check out:
  - Contracts checklist and S.M.A.R.T. Contracts (PDF file):

The Art of the Query:

1. Everything you wanted to know about Query Letters, and then some: Straight from the source's mouth
2. 21 Rules for Writing Stellar Query Letters
3. PWAC Toronto's Query Lab with Heather White, features editor, Homemaker's; Angela Lawrence, senior editor, Style at Home; Bonnie Reichert, former editor-in-chief, Today's Parent; Randall Scotland, former editor-in-chief, Canadian Retailer
4. Yes Checklist - What to discuss/negotiate when an editor says Yes to your article query
   

Motivation & Craft:

1. Dark Dingy Basements of the Mind... and other reasons why writers can't write
2. On Fear of Failure & Success: Which Fear Holds You Back?
3. Ideas, Inspiration and Dogs - Why Every Freelancer Should ABC (always be curious)
4. Job was a Freelance Writer: Find out with whom the Biblical scholar was really angry 
5. The Art of the Personal Essay
6. Imposing the Question: Interviewing
7. Advocacy Journalism
   

Books for Writers  

1. The Business of Freelance Writing: How to Develop Article Ideas and Sell them to Newspapers and Magazines
2. The Six-Figure Freelancer: How to Find, Price and Manage Corporate Writing Assignments
3. How to Write Media Releases to Promote your Business, Organization or Event
4. It's 11 pm. Do you know where your Web site ranks? How to optimize your Web site for the best possible Search Engine results
5. You do not have to be a fan of Stephen King to learn from On Writing
   

Writers Associations

• PWAC (National) - Professional Writers Association of Canada
• PWAC - Toronto Chapter
• Writers.ca - Writers for hire; searchable directory of Professional Freelance Writers (must be a PWAC member to be listed)
• Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ)
• Canadian Authors Association (CAA)
• Editors Association of Canada (EAC)
• Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators & Performers (CANSCAIP)
• Playwrights Union of Canada (PUC)
• The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC)
• The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) - representing freelance writers working in film, television, radio and new media production
• PEN Canada - works on behalf of writers who have been forced into silence for writing the truth as they see it
• Writers Circle of Durham Region

Resource Web Links

• PWAC Toronto's Web site - Read PWAC Toronto's notes from evening seminars
• 10 Reasons to Join PWAC & the Toronto Chapter
  
• PWAC's writers resource page
• Sources Directory - expert contacts and media spokespersons
• Computer Assisted Reporting in Canada (CAJ resource)
• JournalismNet Canada - WARNING! You can spend hours (days!) here
• NetWords e-Listings: Workshops, seminars & events for writers in/around  the GTA

Periodical Directories

• Culture Canada's   Periodical Directory
• Strategis.ca - Industry Canada's Trade Magazines: Click on "Industrial Category," then on a specific industry, then on Industry News. Often includes Canadian and US publications. Note: Not every sector has an Industry News section.
• Rogers Media - Consumer and Trade magazines
• Trade Publications -lists of and links to numerous publications
• Links to Thousands of Newspapers Online - Search by country or region
• Global Directory of Newspapers
• NewsLink - Canadian newspapers by province and type
• Newspaper and Magazine Directory -  browse by country or subject
• Google's magazine and e-zine links
• Google's newspaper links
• Yahoo! newspaper links
• Yahoo! magazine links

Job Boards for Writers and Communicators

• Jeff Gaulin Job Board - for journalists and PR professionals
• Bowes Publishers Job Board is now Sun Media employment listings
• Charity Village - non-profit jobs (not all writing-related)
• Playback Magazine
• Media Job Search Canada
  
• Cultural Human Resources Council
• Work in Culture.ca
• Marketing Magazine
• Also check the associations, above, for job boards, job listings (some may be for members only) and other resources