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As freelance writers, we all know that there are advantages and disadvantages to being self employed. Some of the best things are obvious:

• Setting your own schedule
• No boss breathing down your neck
• Working on projects you like
• Working when and how you are most productive

Of course, there are disadvantages, too:

• Setting your own schedule
• No boss breathing down your neck
• Taking on projects you don’t like but feel you need
• Staying productive

One of the biggest pitfalls that many of us experience is getting distracted by all of the fun stuff we’d rather do when we should be working. I’m about to make that worse. While working on a recent project, I found a bunch of writing blogs that have threatened to suck away my productivity.

Being the swell gal that I am, I wanted to share them with you.

• Grammar Girl – I still use her mnemonic device to keep “affect” and “effect” straight.
• WWdN – I’ve loved Wil Wheaton ever since he was Gordie in Stand by Me, and this is one of the few blogs that I read just because I want to. (It doesn’t hurt that he writes about writing, either.)
• Apostrophe Abuse – I admit to being snobby about apostrophe use, but these folks take the cake.
• Indexed – One of my favorite blogs of all time. Not technically a “writing” blog, but you have to admit that Jessica understands words!
• The Rejecter – If nothing else, I just like the name of the blog. It’s written by a literary agent’s assistant and has good advice for those wishing to publish books.

While there are so many others, I wouldn’t want to jeopardize your productivity for the entire week. I hope you enjoy these blogs. If you happen to have a favorite way to waste time when you should be working, I’d like to hear about it. Maybe you could put a little linky-link in the comments section, yes?