November 2007

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In What Is The Biggest Writing Career Danger?, Dana Prince offers a timely warning to established freelance writers. Once we’ve got past the initial stages of taking any job, she says that it’s wise to avoid complacency or you could throw all your hard work away. Instead, Dana’s advice is ...

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Diversification is one of the secrets of a successful freelance writing career. When you find someone who will offer you work, it can be tempting to milk that lead for all it’s worth and do as much writing as possible for one client. While that may help in the short ...

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A lot of people find my blog when they are looking to make money online. In fact, they want to know how to do it. While that’s not the main purpose of this blog, like many others I want my blogs and sites to serve three purposes. First, I want ...

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The Write For Cash blog has an interesting article on Grant Writing and Proposal Writing. I often notice clients looking for this type of writing on Elance and Guru. If you are interested in getting into this type of writing, then be sure to check out this post for an ...

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Well, I am happy to say that get paid to write made the cut for the Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2007/2008. The winners will be announced in December and I can’t wait. There’s some very illustrious writing company in the shortlist, so I’m honored that this blog is there. ...

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As a freelance writer, one of the best ways to attract new writing work is to show off examples of work you’ve already done. When I started out in journalism, that meant rigorously collecting copies of every newspaper, newsletter, journal or magazine in which I had a bylined piece (and ...

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We’ve all seen the ads where writers get offered peanuts for doing lots of work. In exchange for a paltry sum, they’re expected to sign away all rights to their work. If writers are working on a work for hire business, this is normal. But what about the other times, ...

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As you know, I’ve been doing reviews of paid to blog programs. However, sometimes you just want the lowdown on what you get paid and how much you have to write. That’s what I’ve provided in my guest post on PiggyBankPie. It’s called: Ten Paid To Blog Programs At A ...

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If you hail from England, as I do, then it can be hard to get a handle on what Thanksgiving means to Americans, much less to write a suitable post about it. According to my sister, who lives in and loves Manhattan, Thanksgiving is bigger than Christmas, so I get ...

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You just never know what’s going to happen. One day, you’re merrily turning out a 1,000 word article on a topic you’re familiar with; the next, something happens to completely disrupt your routine. This could be: illness (yours or a family member’s) bereavement having relatives or friends in town In ...

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I’ve been blogging for PayU2Blog for some time now and this is the biggie. The payouts are at the low end – $5 a post – but the work is regular and plentiful, and no blogger could ask for more. When I started blogging with PayU2Blog, I got all my ...

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These days, it’s all about being positive. For freelance writers, it’s about talking up your writing skills and abilities and proclaiming your successes to the world. We don’t often like to talk about failure (ewww – who needs all that negativity to bring you down?) And yet … ignoring or ...

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Jennifer Mattern of AllFreelanceWriting has a great article on Setting Freelance Writing Rates the Right Way. It’s easy for a freelance writer to say – I earned $50,000 at my old day job and I got by fine, so I want to set a goal to earn the same amount ...

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When it comes to sharing linky love, I seem to be prone to excess. Sigh! Oh well, here are several posts that I thought were worth bookmarking in the first half of November. Most of them are about writing, ghostwriting and freelancing, but I also have an interest in blogging ...

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Now here’s a meme I really like – the Nice Award. I blushed when I read that FamilyFunandFaith thinks I’m nice. Who could ask for more? So now it’s my turn to pass it on. I think I’m supposed to choose one person, but I don’t think you can ever ...

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Thanks to the wonders of Google Alerts, I found this article on Top 7 Ways Successful Freelance Writers Juggle Work and Life. The writer talks about when it’s time to quit the day job and juggling among other strategies. I enjoyed reading it – hope you will too.

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Managing time efficiently is one of the most important skills that a new freelance writer can learn. It’s not always easy to figure out how to balance the various tasks you have to do as a writer. In Three Ways To Improve Time Management, I suggest a few ways that ...

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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get discouraged when I send off queries and get no response. Even if you’re an experienced freelance writer, there’s no guarantee that the people offering the work will get back to you. But, as I’ve learned recently, just because you don’t hear ...

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