April 2009

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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 ideas on emerging trends. So, six months on, has it turned out as I expected?   Getting The ...

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I’m always looking for ways to improve this blog for readers. The other day, while visiting the Tumblemoose blog, I spotted some handy ‘Listen Now’ buttons. The blog had an audio feed. I thought this was a great idea, because sometimes people want to listen to posts at their leisure ...

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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 with George Angus, aka Tumblemoose. I ran into George somewhere online sometime in the last year, I think, ...

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How I Put My Site On Steroids has proved to be one of my most popular posts, but it’s been three years since I wrote it. In today’s exercise for Problogger’s 31DBBB project, we were urged to update an old post. I decided to go back and see whether the ...

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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 if someone doesnt get spelling, grammar and the sheer joy of words, then becoming ...

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People always ask about making a success of blogging – how you get started, how you can earn money, how it fits in with the rest of your career. Over the years, I’ve answered a few of those questions and shared the lessons I’ve learned. Getting Started We all had ...

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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 and an American audience. I’m lucky; I read a lot and so I know a lot of ...

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The Odesk blog has compiled a list of the top 100 freelance blogs – and Get Paid To Write Online is on the list. We’re listed under the writing section, but there are blogs covering nearly every aspect of freelancing. I’m honoured to have made the list and am off ...

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Just over a year ago, I wrote about my initial experience using bidding site Get A Freelancer. At that time I spent about $13 to land a project worth around $750 and considered that fair enough. GAF got a bad press from many of my readers. With the exception of ...

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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 something interesting to say. However you feel about it, Twitter is currently an important part ...

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I’ve been writing about promotion since 2005 and over that time, I’ve learned a lot about the topic.  Many people think Self Promotion: What’s The Point? My question to you is Are You Invisible? If you are then it’s time to find out about How To Build Your Own Buzz. ...

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  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 what gems are waiting for me. To add to that, I’ve decided to feature five posts ...

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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.

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So you’re looking to get started in freelance writing? This is a favorite theme of mine and I’ve been offering advice on this topic for almost four years on this blog and longer than that offline. Here are ten things you can do to get your writing career off to ...

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