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It’s about time for another roundup of posts that made me think in the last couple of weeks. A post on Dosh Dosh about reaching 10,000 subscribers made me wonder whether all the things we do to promote our blogs are really worth it. Dosh Dosh concludes that great content ...

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It’s time for another writing blog review. This time, I want to focus on the Writer’s Blog by Dana Prince. Although this blog has only been around for six months or so, it’s packed full of useful information. I keep bumping into Dana in other places (she’s a really friendly ...

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I’ve been following the Problogger 31 Days To A Better Blog Project, though I’m keeping to my own schedule.  I’m running about a week behind, but since you can do the tasks anytime, it doesn’t really matter. One of the tasks from last week was to set a schedule for ...

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How to Create the Ultimate Home Office for Writing is the title of my latest article on Garden and Hearth. As writers we may find ourselves crammed into the only available space at home, but there are still some things that we need to do our jobs. Check out How ...

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As freelance writers and ghostwriters, we often need to do quick internet research on topics we may know very little about.  If we’re going to be professionals, then we have to find a way to decide whether the information we use is really reliable (Wikipedia may have a lot of ...

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While waiting for a phone call, I decided to do some stumbling. One of the first sites I stumbled across was NinjaWords, which claims to be a fast, accurate online dictionary. It certainly is fast – and it seems to be accurate. It also stores your search history. You can ...

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I’ve been a big fan of Squidoo for some time, and have three lenses there, including on on site promotion. So it’s no surprise when I find quality content that is just waiting to be discovered. Today’s discovery is a lens on ghostwriting. How To Hire A Ghostwriter is aimed ...

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As a working writer you should always have a plan B for when technology lets you down. It’s my own fault. I should have known better. In fact, I usually do. When I first owned a computer in the early 1990s, I fell prey to a Word macro virus. I ...

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I started a newsletter in April. Why? Because I thought I ought to. All the site building, traffic building material says you should have a way to communicate with visitors to your site. This makes you a real person, builds a relationship and keeps people coming back to the site. ...

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When it comes to tools that help me do my job better, free is always good in my book. When writing web articles, writers often need to know how many times they have used particular keywords and keyword phrases. Some employers specify a particular keyword density, while others ask for ...

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I’m just starting a new gig for a writing website. (Sneak preview is available here.) While I was checking over my articles, I noticed that some strange characters had appeared in the text. I knew immediately that the error came from Microsoft Word. Word is one of the best of ...

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Numbers are not my strongest point. I’m OK with the basics – I can add and subtract (and occasionally multiply and divide) but that’s as far as it goes. As a freelance writer, you often find yourself having to deal with numbers. Here are some tips on doing this.

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This article highlights ways for writers to track article submissions, essential when you’re doing a lot of writing.

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