Remembrance Of Augusts Past
Today sees the launch of a new occasional feature on this blog – a retrospective. When you blog for a long time, there are some good posts that readers never see. Today I’m presenting some of my favourites.
This Month In … 2006
It Shouldn’t Happen To A Freelance Writer (how I dealt with having a piece [...]
Rebalancing My Writing Career
Are you doing what you planned with your writing career? For me, the answer is yes and no. When I first thought about writing as a career, I had no idea of the form it would take, but I assumed that at some point I would write a novel, get published and earn lots of [...]
Ten Ways To Start Your Writing Career Right
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 a flying [...]
Writer Without Portfolio
If you’re planning a writing career, then you need to have a way of showing off your work to prospective clients. Most people don’t just jump into writing; they have written all kinds of things for years and like the process enough to think of turning it into a career. The question [...]
Looking Back On 2008
How have you done on your goals for 2008? I was looking around for the post where I wrote down my goals and I couldn’t find it, so I guess they must just have been in my head – or scattered around several posts. Anyway, my goal list for 2008 looked something [...]
Transferable Skills: Research And Organization
I was chatting with a friend the other day and we got to talking about skills. Specifically, how to parlay the skills you’ve acquired into something that’s useful for building a freelance writing career. Transferable skills have been a career development buzzword for some time now, and that’s exactly what you need as [...]
Taking the Plunge: Becoming a Freelancer
This is a guest post from Deb Wunder.
It all started with a blog. Seriously. And not even my blog. That was part of the process.
Nor did it hurt that I knew I could write. I knew that because a bit over a decade ago I sold more than enough sf/fantasy short [...]
Organizing Your Freelance Writing Career
When I published the readers’ interview the other day, there was a follow up question from Melissa, who said: ‘I was hoping to find out how you schedule your time and keep organized’.
This is a difficult area for many writers, especially those who are juggling multiple commitments. In the past, I’ve [...]
Sharon Hurley Hall: Readers’ Interview
When you participate on the social sites, people are always asking questions. I thought I’d go one step further and ask my Plurk and Twitter pals if there were any questions they wanted to ask about my writing career. Here are their questions and my answers:
Konstantino: How did you decide on [...]
What Is Your Dream For Your Writing Career?
I was inspired by a recent post from Crystal at BigBrightBulb. She asked what we wanted to be when we grew up, encouraging us to share our childhood dreams. That thread makes good reading, but it got me to thinking that we don’t only have dreams for our lives when we are children. Our dreams [...]
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