Sometimes you have to blow your own trumpet, otherwise who else will do it. I’ve been a member of Helium for a while (in fact, I plan to review the highs and lows one day) and I have a few articles on there. Not as many as some of my friends, but a respectable number. [...]
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Category Archives: work at home
Happy WAHM Day
I’ve just realised something. Nearly every writer I know at the moment is a mom. Some have new babies, some have older children, some even have grandchildren. There are lots of us juggling writing careers and motherhood. Some of us are freelancing full time, while others are combining writing with full time jobs outside the [...]
Freelance Writing: 2007 Career Goals
Whether you’re freelance writing or in any other career, it’s important to have goals. They keep you focused and, in the tough times, remind you why you’re churning out articles at 1 cent a word. I have a lot of goals for my career – and not all of them involve writing. In talking to [...]
Blogging For Smarties
Blogging For Smarties is not the opposite of Blogging For Dummies, a book which tells us how to do what we already do here at WritingUp.If you want advice on smart blogging, try Performancing.com, Problogger.com or read Seven Essential Blogging Habits. This is about a conversation with my three year old which made me think [...]
My Writing Week, June 4-10, 2006
I’m on a bit of a roll now. I’ve been doing some writing for Lifetips on fruit, video chat and Spanish (more about that in another post), while trying to keep up with my blogs. The schedule is hectic, partly my own fault for doing some really bad writing late at night. The result was [...]
Working and Mothering
Like many of the people here, I’m a work at home mum. In lieu of any inspiration for another freelance writing tip, I thought I’d share with you what my week is usually like. In essence, it breaks down into two parts. Monday to Wednesday, my daughter is at nursery (because those were my work [...]
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