You all know I like time-travel, right? Well, for this month’s Word Carnival, I’m traveling back in time to give myself some writing business advice. I’m not going too far, just to around mid-2005 when I first decided to go freelance. The reason? To stop my future self from making a mistake. Getting Started: What [...]
About Sharon Hurley Hall
Sharon Hurley Hall has been mentoring writers here at Get Paid To Write Online since 2005 to help them improve and build sustainable and successful writing careers. Check me out on sharonhh.com. Feel free to connect with me online on Google+.
May 21, 2013
How To Read This Blog When Google Reader Goes
Google Reader is shutting down on July 1st – that’s bad news if that’s how you’re reading this blog. I won’t speculate on Google’s reasons for shutting down a service that many people love (there’s plenty of that online already), but I will tell you how you can keep reading this blog if you’re a [...]
April 24, 2013
Five Fatal Flaws that are Killing Your Writing Business
What stops your writing business from being successful? Start a discussion with any group of writers and the same topics come up over and over again. That’s why this month’s Word Carnival is so timely, inviting me to Vanquish that Nemesis – identify the things that get in the way of small business success and [...]
March 27, 2013
The Writing Biz: Six Lessons from Star Trek’s Mr. Spock
I loved Star Trek as a kid; I still do. So imagine my glee when this month’s Word Carnival had the theme Close Biz Encounters of the Sci-Fi Kind. My favorite character from the Original Series (and in fact any series) was Vulcan Science Officer Mr. Spock. He was a man of few words, often [...]
March 11, 2013
Freelancer’s Bible Review
I was very excited to get my review copy of The Freelancer’s Bible (I love, love, LOVE reading new books) and I couldn’t wait to see whether it lived up to the promise of the name. You expect a bible to be “authoritative, informative and reliable” – and the Freelancer’s Bible certainly delivers. As an [...]
February 27, 2013
The Tools I Love for my Writing Business
Valentine’s Day 2013 has come and gone but love is still in the air – at least when it comes to the Word Carnival I take part in every month. The thing is, I’ve already talked about romance and my writing business, so this month I’m going to do something different and share the tools [...]
February 23, 2013
Wealthy Web Writer Review
Make more money from writing – that’s the goal of many freelancers. The trouble is that we all need some help to do it. That’s where a site like AWAI’s Wealthy Web Writer (WWW) comes in and I was delighted to be asked to review it. Here’s my experience of the site. Wealthy Web Writer [...]
February 22, 2013
Get Paid to Blog with Plum Deluxe
This paid to blog opportunity came in by email from Andy Hayes (contact details below). I’m posting it here in case you’re interested – Sharon Tired of reading endless amounts of generic blog posts all full of the same “tips?” Rather get involved with a website that talks about a more holistic approach to, well, [...]
January 30, 2013
Your Writing Business – How to Rekindle the Romance
No matter how much you love your writing business, there are days, weeks and months when you don’t feel motivated. To be fair, this can happen at different stages. For me, it’s happened: when I was starting out and realized how much work I’d have to do to have a sustainable income at the pitiful [...]
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