September 2007

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This month I’ll be offering subscribers to the Writing Lab News newsletter the first peek at a paid to blog company I haven’t yet reviewed. This company is just about to have a LOT of good programmes for bloggers, so you won’t want to miss out. Use the handy form ...

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I’ve just written a post over on Daily Writing Tips. It’s a gig I enjoy, because it’s writing about writing. It’s called The Art Of Writing News. Here’s a brief excerpt: News writing is about telling a story quickly and concisely. Anyone can learn to do this, with a bit ...

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When you start out in freelance writing, one of the issues you have to face is that no one knows who you are. In fact, you’re invisible, which means that it’s difficult for people to find you and it reduces the writing opportunities available to you. However, there is a ...

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One of the big challenges of working with other writers is making sure that you all have the same attitude towards deadlines. Every now and then you may have too much work and you may get help from another writer. However, you can’t guarantee that the writer will deliver on ...

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Being able to write about a variety of topics can be both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing, because you will never run out of freelance writing work. When other writers are experiencing a slump, you will be able to turn to one of several subjects and continue ...

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I don’t normally use this language, but bitchin’ is the first word that came to mind when I read Writing Frump. That’s because that’s exactly what Writing Frump is doing, and it’s also because the blog is hysterical. It’s a new blog, but I had to subscribe right away. Writing ...

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It’s always nice to get kudos and they don’t come much nicer than these recent posts. Some time back one of my favourite bloggers, Dana Prince, reviewed Get Paid To Write Online. Then, a couple of weeks ago I was honoured to make Writing Thoughts’ Of Note column. Last week, ...

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Smorty is another paid to blog site. It works much like the others. You sign up, which is pretty easy, submit a blog and wait for it to be approved. The approval process is pretty quick. When I first signed up with Smorty it took just over two weeks to ...

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Here’s a brief diversion from your writing today. I wrote a post a few weeks ago about whether to work or wind down at the weekend. I had some interesting feedback from readers, and I’ve noticed a few others considering the topic as well. So I decided to run a ...

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Write Really Great Keyword Articles is today’s post from Dana Prince’s Writer’s Blog. I read this blog every day and it’s one of my favourites. This post will tell you why. When you get an assignment that involves ten of the same keyword or twenty or more,it can feel like ...

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This is a heads-up about a way of building traffic to your freelance writing blog. It’s called Blogrush and it’s very similar to the concept of TheGoodBlogs and Postreach. It works like this: you sign up, grab the code and put a widget on your blog. It will display post ...

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Inside CRM has a great post on Top 10 Ways to Fire the Client From Hell. Here’s a quote: Clients are the lifeblood of any business. Without them, your venture simply doesn’t exist. On the other hand, some clients are so bad that your business, not to mention your personal ...

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It can be tough to make the decision to become a writer. Take me, for example. I started work as a journalist at 21, but I didn’t realise how much I loved the job until I stopped doing it for a while. Then I couldn’t wait to get back to ...

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Sometimes we can sabotage our freelance writing career goals without even realising it. For instance, if you are constantly worried about the time it will take you to do something, you can spend more time worrying than doing, with the predictable result. You may have set yourself the goal of ...

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There’s a great post on the advantages of the freelance lifestyle, perfect for those times when you wonder if you’ve made the right move. It’s also perfect for those who know they wouldn’t do anything else. 101 Reasons Freelancers Do it Better divides the reasons into ten categories: time, money, ...

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I always think that it’s timely to review your career goals occasionally and see which goals still make sense and which need to be updated or discarded. Best of all is seeing which goals you’ve achieved.  Before that, though, you have to learn to set goals for your career. These ...

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It’s the weekend, but the writing goes on. This weekend I’m meeting with my online writing group and finishing up a lesson for an online course that I’m writing. Are you writing this weekend? If you fancy a break, here are some helpful posts that recently got my attention: On ...

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A friend asked me today how I handle working with new clients. What she really wanted to know was how I make sure that I get paid to write even when I don’t have a relationship with a client. The answer is simple. I always ask for a deposit. That’s ...

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