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Writing Talk - Rates Rant
Here’s something new for the blog: an occasional comic strip about an aspect of the writing life. The series is called Writing Talk. Here’s the first strip: Rate Rant Related PostsSetting...
Writers - Promote Yourself On Wrideo
As a writer, I am often frustrated when promoting my work on the social bookmarking sites. Many of the sites don’t have specific categories for writing, and they certainly don’t have su...
New Writing Content Channel
If you’re part of my Plurk network, you’ll already know that I’ve been working on a project for the past few weeks. Today’s the day it goes live - the Get Paid To Write Online...
We Made The Final!
Mike Stelzner’s list of the finalists in his top ten blogs for writers competition is out. There are some great blogs there, and thank you for helping Get Paid To Write Online make the cut. Mi...
Top Blogs For Writers - Your Vote Counts
Mike Stelzner of Writing White Papers is once again running his top blogs for writers competition. Last year, this blog made the first cut, but was just out of the final ten. Undaunted, I’m aski...
New Gig: WeBooks
I don’t mention every gig I get on this blog, but since I’m writing about writing, this one is relevant. It’s for WeBooks.co.uk, an ebook publisher who makes the ebooks available onl...
Organizing Your Freelance Writing Career
When I published the readers’ interview the other day, there was a follow up question from Melissa, who said: ‘I was hoping to find out how you schedule your time and keep organizedR...
The Freelancing Life
This is a guest post from Julie-Ann Amos. There is a saying that goes: A group of people that numbers in the millions, upon hearing the word ‘9 to 5′, develop grotesque facial tics. We ca...
Expand Your Skill Set
When Sharon gave the shout out for guest posts I was eager to put up my hand. Get Paid To Write Online has been such an inspiration and guide for me through these past several months. Then of course I...
Top Pitfalls For Newbie Copywriters And How To Avoid Them
If you are just starting out as a freelance copywriter, it can be hard to know how to build your clientele quickly, generate immediate cash flow and garner repeat business. Well here’s a tip: Most...
The Born Again Blogger
The false start to my blogging career is lost in the mists of time. Really. As a confirmed technophile, I started using Blogger when it first came out, didn’t like it and cancelled my account ...
Blogging Start Group Writing Project
I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while and when chatting with some friends on Plurk, we decided the time was right for a group writing project. The theme: getting our blogging start. I ...
Plurksourcing: Favourite Writing Blogs
I’ve been spending some time on Plurk recently and one thing it’s good for is canvassing opinion. I asked a group of writers for their favourite writing blogs. These are the ones they list...
How To Promote Yourself With Squidoo
A recent gig creating lenses for a client reminded me of how useful Squidoo can be for self promotion. I have to be honest: although I have eight lenses, I don’t promote them very much so I don&...
Posts On Writing July 2008
It’s that time again where I share what I have been reading on the web. I was interested in 12 Realities of Pricing Design Services which offered some advice that applies to all freelancers...
A Smorgasbord Of Writers
I love this blog! Where else can you hang out with the men with pens or collect some tips from the freelance writer’s blog? You can discover how to build a writing career, write for cash or take...
Why I Love Working At Home
I was tagged by Dana to list the reasons why I love working at home. Way back in another life, I worked as a journalist in an office. Then I worked as a journalism tutor in another office. Then I trad...