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Writing – It Pays To Get Organised
I have a system – and as a writer, I need it. When I started freelancing, it wasn’t hard to keep track of my clients – I didn’t have that many of them. Now, it’s different, and I need to be very organised to keep on top ...
Tips for Reaching Writing Goals
Writing goals are good. Staying on track and reaching your goals is very fulfilling. They’re good if you’re a freelance writer and if you’re a fiction writer, and they’re also good if you write as a hobby as well. Whether you need to meet mon...
Is Your Writing Like Powdered Milk?
There’s a fine line between research and plagiarism. How often have you researched a topic only to find that someone else has already said it in the best possible way? When that happens, the temptation is to rewrite and disguise it, but use it ...
Write Right Online – A Review
I’m always interested in reading books about writing, so I was pleased when Andy Hayes, asked me to review Write Right Online. Andy’s a travel writer and the 30 page book shares what he has learned about online writing. Who The Book Is Fo...
New Writer On Get Paid To Write Online
A couple weeks ago, I put out a call among my contacts for someone to contribute regularly to Get Paid To Write Online. The reason? I’m happy to say that my writing career is thriving, but that means that I haven’t posted on the blog as ...
Switching Off: A Quick Update
Switching Off A couple of weeks ago, I asked if you knew how to switch off. I said that I was heading off for a week without work. Dear readers, I did it – more or less. The time I had spent on preparing clients and future posting blog work re...
Remembrance Of Augusts Past
Today sees the launch of a new occasional feature on this blog – a retrospective. When you blog for a long time, there are some good posts that readers never see. Today I’m presenting some of my favourites. This Month In … 2006 It ...
An Ebook In 20 Minutes With Zinepal
I created an ebook/ezine in about 20 minutes today – and I did it using Zinepal. This handy online tool (which you can try without even signing up) allows you to pull together recent posts from your blog (via the RSS feed) or from any web page ...
Do You Write For HubPages Yet? If Not, Why Not?
Today’s guest post has been contributed by Julie-Ann Amos of ExquisiteWriting.com HubPages is, like Helium, Constant Content, Squidoo and any number of others, an online community to post articles. The idea is you post content and the site re...
Rebalancing My Writing Career
Are you doing what you planned with your writing career? For me, the answer is yes and no. When I first thought about writing as a career, I had no idea of the form it would take, but I assumed that at some point I would write a novel, get published ...
Keeping Up With Your Work On The Road
by Andy Hayes You may have heard all about the latest trend of becoming a Location Independent writer. It seems great – and in fact, it is – being able to work wherever you want. But even if you aren’t cutting ties and taking your...
Freelancing Through The Summer Vacation
It’s summer! For most people, the summer holidays are a time to rejoice and to plan vacations, but for work at home moms with school age children, there’s often a sense of thinly veiled panic. ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write ...
Ten Reasons To Live The Nomadic Lifestyle
The results of the survey on lifestyle design by Free Pursuits and Location Independent are in – and I’ve found them fascinating. Here are ten reasons that writers and others were inspired to ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write...
How To Put Your Best Foot Forward As A Writer
The way you present yourself to clients can have as much to do with winning writing commissions as your skill level. Clients will never find out how good you are at writing if ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write Online Copyright 2005-2009 ...
14 Great Posts On Writing And Blogging
It’s a long time since I’ve done a post roundup. Although I’ve streamlined my RSS reader, there are still quite a few posts that hold my attention. Here are 14 of the best ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write Online Copyri...
Where I Get Paid To Write Update
Almost three years ago, I published a list of some of the most lucrative writing markets I had found. At the time I listed the following places which had proven useful for me ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write Online Copyright 2005-2009 W...
Location Independent Group Writing Project Roundup
The Location Independent Group Writing Project was great fun, generating several posts that sparked good discussion on the topic of location independence. While there are a few common elements about people’s views ...Another great post from ...
The Portable Writer
As a writer I’ve lived through an era when my boss thought computers would never catch on to an era where the tools I need are increasingly available online. I no longer need ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write Online Copyright 2005-...
Location Independent Group Writing Project
Are you excited about your freelance writing career? Want to share some of that excitement with us? The freedom to choose is an essential part of the freelancer’s lifestyle - the freedom to ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write Online ...
Star Trek Lessons On The Writing Life
You may not know that I’m a Star Trek fan. I was raised on the Original Series and have watched Next Generation, Voyager, a few episodes from the other series and all the ...Another great post from Get Paid to Write Online Copyright 2005-2009...
Writing Markets: Textbroker
A couple of weeks ago, I published a mini-review of GetAFreelancer. George Angus stopped by to tell me about another freelance marketplace called Textbroker. I invited George to review it for Get Paid To Write ...Another great post from Sharon Hurley...
Has Recession Been Good For Your Writing Business?
Late last year I wrote about Recession and the Freelance Writer. At the time, I shared my initial thoughts on how economic recession might affect freelance writers. Many of you also contributed your ...Post from: Get Paid to Write Online Has Rece...
Tumblemoose In The Spotlight
Today’s task for the 31DBBB project is to feature a reader. That’s something I’ve been planning to do ever since I published my Getting To Know You Post and I want to start ......
Good Writing - It’s Not Complicated
Stephen King says (in On Writing) that there’s no hope for a bad writer ever to become a good one. I disagree. I think it depends on the reason the writer is bad. It’s true, that ......
How To Write With A British Accent
It’s often tricky to learn how to write for people who speak a different language. I’m not talking about the plethora of international languages, but of the difference between writing for a British ......
39 Writers You Should Follow On Twitter
These days you can often find me hanging around on Twitter. Part helpdesk, part virtual water cooler, it’s a great place to connect with people in the writing business - or just random strangers who have ......
Five Great Posts From My Favorite Writing Blogs
In the last edition of my free newsletter, I outlined five writing blogs that I can’t live without. These are blogs that I rush to every time there’s a new post to see ......
Writing Talk - Freedom
Here’s a strip I think many of us can relate to, and with a long weekend just starting, it seems timely to publish it here. Newsletter subscribers got a preview some time ago. Related PostsNight ShiftAh ......
Getting To Know You
When I first started this blog’s predecessor back in 2005, I knew all my readers. Most of us were just starting our blogging journey and we grew and learned together. One of the great things about blogging is building a community. With thousa...
Writing Talk - More Scams
Here are the belated follow-ups to my comic strip titled Scam spotting. Hope you haven’t been caught by any of these. Related PostsWriting Talk - Scam SpottingScams are still alive and well in the freelance writing world, and it's not always ...
