What’s notable this week? Well, I gots myself a laptop (early birthday gift from my husband) and I also dove in to Freelance Success‘s Summer Query Challenge, which is acting as a great motivator for non-blog-related activities. Of course, all blog-related activities have suffered.

Truce?

• Where I Write
• WordCount’s Q&A with Helium.com CEO Mark Ranalli
• Jezebel’s Mommy Bloggers Feud Over Swag
• Freelance Switch’s 10 Ways Freelancers Can Get Help and Support
• Shine’s Volunteering Your Way into a Job
• FreelanceParent’s 67 Freelance Niche Writing Markets You May Have Never Considered
• MediaBistro’s Personal Essay Markets, Part II
• The Wall Street Journal’s Freelancers’ Guide to Getting Paid — On Time
• Lisa Romeo Writes’s And Now We Come to the End
• Lifehack’s 7 Great Questions to Ask at a Job Interview