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One of the most attractive aspects of being a freelance writer for me has always been the ability to work as and when I want to. I have realised over the last few months that I work longer hours compared to when working in an office, but I still have ...

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When I started writing on a freelance basis, I was doing so on an evening while I still lived at home with my parents and worked in a full time salaried role. Being a typical family, it was very rarely quiet throughout the house and so I carried out almost ...

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Every now and again here at Get Paid To Write Online, I make a post about words or languages. Things have been somewhat hectic over the last few months and so my working time has been dedicated more to delivering piece after piece than thinking about the various different aspects ...

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Every now and again, I take some time out from work and just look and what I’ve been doing, what I was doing a few weeks or months previously and what I’ve got lined up in the coming weeks and months. I don’t schedule the time in or set aside ...

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I didn’t always know that it was freelance writing I wanted to do as a career, but from being 8 or 9 years old, I’ve always known that I wanted to be my own boss, something that I always thought would lead me to working as and when I wanted, ...

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As a writer, most people expect me to be really pedantic when it comes to spelling and grammar.  I’m not just talking about in the business world here, either – some family and friends tend to look at me in a certain way if we’re, for example, sat in a ...

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I had today’s post written and ready to publish, but earlier in the week something happened which made me put my original post back a week and write this post instead. Recently, a writer friend contacted me asking if I would be interested in any 500 word pieces on a ...

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One year and one week ago, I wrote my first post here at GetPaidToWriteOnline.com. I honestly don’t know where the time has gone. I remember being at my parents, having dinner about 13 or 14 months ago, checking Twitter on my phone and happening to see a tweet by Sharon ...

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I’m a big fan or having lots of ideas on the go at once, thinking about them in short bursts on a sporadic basis, as I’ve found that, personally, if you’re focused on just one thing at any one time, you can become too obsessed with it and everything else ...

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Last week, Carol Tice made a post on her blog about practical tips for freelance writers, from freelance writers and as you’d expect, the post was really informative. Although each point mentioned could be talked about in-depth, the second one that was mentioned in Carol’s list – relating to how ...

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I’ve been writing a weekly piece here at GetPaidToWriteOnline.com for almost a year now (a year!) and for anyone who reads my posts regularly, you’ll be aware that a common, underlying theme has run through them – I work in a full time position, freelance in my spare time, but ...

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Every week, we get thousands of people reading the information that’s published here on GetPaidToWriteOnline.com. Before I started writing here, I used to visit regularly and take in everything that both Sharon and Dana said. Over the last few few months, I’ve been getting to know Sharon a bit better ...

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Not really a title you’d usually see on a blog promoting freelance writing, right? Since I started writing here back in August 2010, I’ve always aimed to provide an insight into the freelance writing career. Focusing on how you can develop and further your writing career, as well as encouraging ...

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A few months back, I wrote a post called “Today, I’ll Be Mostly Talking About Words” where I talked about my love for words and provided some explanations and information on some of my favourite words. After what has been a busy, confusing and simply odd few weeks (over here ...

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It’s taken years, but the world has come round to the type of writing I like to do. When I was in high school and university, my teachers were unimpressed by the brevity of my essays. As a language student (English, French, Spanish) I had to write lots of essays, ...

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One of the benefits I love about freelance writing is that it is such a flexible occupation in every sense. I’m sure freelancing in other career routes can be particularly flexible, but I can’t imagine any other freelancing job whereby you can actually work when and how you want. It ...

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It’s Sunday afternoon.  We had friends stay over last night and they left a few hours ago.  It’s glorious outside. I’ve mowed the lawn, put our new barbecue together (although if my partner is reading this, I helped put the new barbecue together), finished reading the last few chapters of ...

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Things have been particularly busy for me lately and I’ve had to outsource some work to a few different people. The writing wasn’t particularly complex and so I felt comfortable outsourcing it, as the process is generally straightforward – I explain what I need writing to the writer, I get ...

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