May 2007

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It’s one of those days. All the work I have been chasing has finally come in and now I am officially snowed under. Within the next week, I have to produce articles and blog posts on property, the internet, writing and assorted subjects as well as fleshing out the content ...

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If the seeming demise of WritingUp has left you down, then weep no more! From out of the ashes has arisen a site that will be better, stronger and much more reliable. It’s called Communati and its mission is to take the best from WritingUp and leave the worst. Here’s ...

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I’ve been tagged for a Thinking Blogger award, courtesy of Showintale Journeys. I am pleased and touched, because the award is for blogs that make you think, which is a nice accolade for any blogger to receive. Now it’s my turn to pass it on. I’ve got to choose five ...

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Well, I usually wait a while before posting collections of links, but I’ve found some great stuff in the last week that I’d like to share with you. First of all, there’s Inkwell Editorial’s series on freelance mentoring. It’s in three parts. Parts one and two each cover five things ...

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Sometimes you have to blow your own trumpet, otherwise who else will do it. I’ve been a member of Helium for a while (in fact, I plan to review the highs and lows one day) and I have a few articles on there. Not as many as some of my ...

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Someone paid me a great compliment today. She said that she had learned a lot from my blog. Hearing that from just one person makes writing this blog worthwhile. When I started blogging, I didn’t know that my fledgling blog would turn into this. It turned out I had a ...

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Can positive thinking help you attract the kind of writing clients you need? There’s a lot of information out there that says that positive thoughts and intentions help you to tap into the abundance that is already out there. This applies to every aspect of your life, including your writing ...

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Time for me to spread some Linky Love and highlight some of the writing related posts that have caught my eye. First up is 13 Breeds of Freelancer on the FreelanceSwitch blog. It’s great fun seeing which category you fit into and the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. A ...

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As a freelance writer, you can’t rely on clients sticking around. And it doesn’t have to be your fault that they leave. Take this example. I have a client who saw one of my promotional efforts, approached me to do some writing on online business, and paid promptly and well. ...

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Jinger Jarrett wrote a post somewhere about the value of using Squidoo to create a business profile (if anyone knows where, I am happy to link to it). Jinger gives great advice, so I decided to create one for myself. It’s a work in progress, but eventually it will bring ...

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Notice the colorful icons beneath each post. They are from a service called Click Comments, designed for those who don’t want to comment but want to leave feedback. I’m trying it on this blog. I’d like some feedback from you, though. 1. Would this stop you from commenting if you ...

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Have you seen this spoof ad for ghostwriting web content? Have a look at this post. Not sure whether it’s sad or funny. It makes me think that when we agree to those jobs we’re being taken for a ride. (On the other hand, maybe we are also feeding our ...

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It’s just about two years since I made the decision to leave my job as a journalism lecturer and become a full time freelance writer and ghostwriter. Well, actually part time, since the point of doing it was to spend more time with my daughter, who’s now at school. I ...

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The other day I was having an online chat with a friend. I was telling her about some of the problems I had had with some writers. She asked me whether working with a team of writers was really what I wanted to do. That made me examine my reasons ...

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I’ve just realised something. Nearly every writer I know at the moment is a mom. Some have new babies, some have older children, some even have grandchildren. There are lots of us juggling writing careers and motherhood. Some of us are freelancing full time, while others are combining writing with ...

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Sometimes you need a little help to make a success of your freelancing career. I know I did – and still do. So to make it easier, I’ve written an article about five things I have learned about freelancing – some of them the hard way. Here’s an excerpt: Any ...

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People are always interested to find out about ghostwriting. They want to know what’s involved and more importantly, how much you can get paid. As I point out: In today’s virtual world, you don’t have to be in the same room or even the same country to write someone’s life ...

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Today is one of those days when I’m doing a lot of admin. That mostly means checking my account, checking my list of jobs and making sure that I have paid all Paypal requests that are due. I pay within a week, so I need to keep track of this ...

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