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Writers and Social Media Tools – Are You Using Social Media to Further Your Writing Career?

Written by Dana Prince on October 28, 2009 - 4 Comments
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Some writers use social bookmarking tools to follow the bloggers that they regularly read and to occasionally chat with other writer friends.  Social networking can be a great way to take some of the isolation out of working from home alone. But if you’re not also using social media tools to your advantage to boost [...]

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Writers, Are You Working Too Hard?

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on October 24, 2009 - 6 Comments
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Is your writing career wearing you out? How would an extra hour a day help you? New freelance writers often go through the following cycle: Take every writing opportunity that arises Write all day and all night Run out of time to spend on other aspects of life Burnout or wonder whether this career is [...]

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Passive Writing Gig Hunting – Get Paying Clients to Find You

Written by Dana Prince on October 7, 2009 - 4 Comments
Filed as: freelance writing, get paid to write, promotion, writing career

When you work as a freelance writer, job hunting can be a big part of your day and because time is money, doesn’t it make sense to handle it in a way that saves you time and increases your income? I try to handle job hunting in the same way as making passive income. Here’s [...]

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Switching Off: A Quick Update

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on September 25, 2009 - 8 Comments
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A couple of weeks ago, I asked if you knew how to switch off. I said that I was heading off for a week without work. Dear readers, I did it – more or less. The time I had spent on preparing clients and future posting blog work really paid off, so all I had [...]

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Do You Know How To Switch Off?

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on September 2, 2009 - 15 Comments
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A lot of freelancers have been talking about vacations recently – how to take them, when to take them, how to manage your clients. I must admit that it’s something I’ve written about in the past and quite recently too. However, I’m not sure I ever achieve the right balance. Retreating From The World I [...]

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Remembrance Of Augusts Past

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on August 31, 2009 - 0 Comments
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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 [...]

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Rebalancing My Writing Career

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on August 7, 2009 - 20 Comments
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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 [...]

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Ten Ways To Start Your Writing Career Right

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on April 7, 2009 - 10 Comments
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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 a flying start. Get a [...]

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Writer Without Portfolio

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 7, 2009 - 4 Comments
Filed as: Best Of, writing business, writing career

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 is, have you [...]

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Looking Back On 2008

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 2, 2009 - 6 Comments
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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 like this: get [...]

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