The Portable Writer
As a writer I’ve lived through an era when my boss thought computers would never catch on to an era where the tools I need are increasingly available online. I no longer need to carry much with me to have an ultra portable writing business. Here are some of the items in my writing toolbox. [...]
Develop Your Writing Career With A Mentor
One of the best ways to develop your freelance writing career is to get help from someone who has been there and done it all before. Choosing a mentor for your writing career can help you avoid some of the pitfalls that trap other writers. It’s a way of giving yourself a head start in [...]
Location Independent Group Writing Project
Are you excited about your freelance writing career? Want to share some of that excitement with us? The freedom to choose is an essential part of the freelancer’s lifestyle – the freedom to choose when you work, where you work and often who you work for. These are also fundamental to the location independent (or [...]
Star Trek Lessons On The Writing Life
You may not know that I’m a Star Trek fan. I was raised on the Original Series and have watched Next Generation, Voyager, a few episodes from the other series and all the movies (except the last one, but I’ll see that soon). I got to thinking about the lessons these characters can teach us [...]
The Location Independent Freelancer
About a year ago – maybe more – I happened upon a website that completely matched the way I thought of my life. That site was all about being location independent and designing a life that worked the way you wanted. I liked it so much, that I immediately adopted the phrase as part of [...]
Cleaning Up Get Paid To Write Online
In my quest to improve your reader experience, I’ve been going through the blog checking on dead links. Thanks to a handy WordPress plugin I have removed most of them. The down side is that some of my old link posts may have fewer links than you expect, because sites have changed their permalink setup [...]
Evergreen Articles: Cash Cows of the Freelance Writer
The freelance writer can make an immediate return on topical articles but for an enduring income, writing articles containing evergreen content is the better investment. What is evergreen content? Evergreen content is subject material that will be just as relevant to future readers, as it is to today’s reader. It is free from writing that [...]
Writing Markets: Textbroker
A couple of weeks ago, I published a mini-review of GetAFreelancer. George Angus stopped by to tell me about another freelance marketplace called Textbroker. I invited George to review it for Get Paid To Write Online. Textbroker Review One of the most common questions that I get from folks who are just starting out in [...]
Guest Post On Tumblemoose: Overworked Writers
The Tumblemoose blog has just published my guest post on: Six tips to avoid being an overworked writer: When you focus on the financial bottom line, it’s too easy to forget to take care of other important areas of your life, such as friends, family and yourself. And that can do long term damage to [...]
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