January 2007

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One of the things I did when I started my freelance writing career was to write reviews for consumer sites. I learned a lot from that experience, and I’ve collected in all in an article entitled What I Learned From Writing Reviews. Here’s an excerpt: On the paid to review ...

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Whether you’re freelance writing or in any other career, it’s important to have goals. They keep you focused and, in the tough times, remind you why you’re churning out articles at 1 cent a word. I have a lot of goals for my career – and not all of them ...

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It’s hard to maintain your motivation with freelance writing sometimes. Take today. I am nearing the end of a long assignment for a discerning client (no, you did not hear me say picky). The articles are on mortgages and there are more than 140 of them. I have 26 more ...

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Trick Falls asked for a list of blogs, lenses and websites. I do a lot of promotion, so it took me a while to collate this. In fact, I’m still not sure that I’ve got everything. There are many article directories that I submitted only a few articles to and ...

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What do you do as a freelance writer when you are in danger of missing a deadline? I have to say that I don’t usually miss deadlines – it’s bad for business. But this week, I was let down on a job, which left me with too much work to ...

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Freelance Writing Is Funny Freelance writing is a funny business. What a difference a year makes. At the start of last year I had been freelancing for only a few months and had yet to make any decent money (or any money from writing). I was about a month into ...

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