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I pride myself on never missing a deadline. Lots of people – both writers and clients – ask me how I do it. Let me tell you a story that showed me what to do. Several years ago I was working as the editor of a monthly magazine. The editorial ...

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A guest post written by Barbara Plotkin The year was 1996. The place, a prominent media company that just laid off its entire catalog division. In one day I lost everything—my job, my insurance, my livelihood. The timing was perfect. Something was underfoot. Something so big and powerful that it ...

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Guest post by Andy Hayes About this time of year, a lot of people go into reflection mode, wondering what they did right and wrong last year and how they can fix it this year.  Let me be honest: you should be monitoring, measuring, and changing course regularly throughout the ...

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Writing goals are good. Staying on track and reaching your goals is very fulfilling. They’re good if you’re a freelance writer and if you’re a fiction writer, and they’re also good if you write as a hobby as well. Whether you need to meet monetary goals, want to hit word ...

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There’s a fine line between research and plagiarism. How often have you researched a topic only to find that someone else has already said it in the best possible way? When that happens, the temptation is to rewrite and disguise it, but use it anyway. The trouble is, that’s not ...

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Today’s guest post has been contributed by Julie-Ann Amos of ExquisiteWriting.com HubPages is, like Helium, Constant Content, Squidoo and any number of others, an online community to post articles. The idea is you post content and the site rewards you in some way. In HubPages’ case, you get the Amazon ...

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by Andy Hayes You may have heard all about the latest trend of becoming a Location Independent writer. It seems great – and in fact, it is – being able to work wherever you want. But even if you aren’t cutting ties and taking your writing business on the road, ...

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It’s a long time since I’ve done a post roundup. Although I’ve streamlined my RSS reader, there are still quite a few posts that hold my attention. Here are 14 of the best I’ve read recently: 15 Applications No Online Business Can Live Without Why Personal and Business Branding Work ...

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The Location Independent Group Writing Project was great fun, generating several posts that sparked good discussion on the topic of location independence. While there are a few common elements about people’s views of the location independent lifestyle, there are also many different ways to enjoy this independence, expressed beautifully – ...

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As a writer I’ve lived through an era when my boss thought computers would never catch on to an era where the tools I need are increasingly available online. I no longer need to carry much with me to have an ultra portable writing business. Here are some of the ...

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Are you excited about your freelance writing career? Want to share some of that excitement with us? The freedom to choose is an essential part of the freelancer’s lifestyle – the freedom to choose when you work, where you work and often who you work for. These are also fundamental ...

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You may not know that I’m a Star Trek fan. I was raised on the Original Series and have watched Next Generation, Voyager, a few episodes from the other series and all the movies (except the last one, but I’ll see that soon). I got to thinking about the lessons ...

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Stephen King says (in On Writing) that there’s no hope for a bad writer ever to become a good one. I disagree. I think it depends on the reason the writer is bad. It’s true that if someone doesnt get spelling, grammar and the sheer joy of words, then becoming ...

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It’s often tricky to learn how to write for people who speak a different language. I’m not talking about the plethora of international languages, but of the difference between writing for a British and an American audience. I’m lucky; I read a lot and so I know a lot of ...

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These days you can often find me hanging around on Twitter. Part helpdesk, part virtual water cooler, it’s a great place to connect with people in the writing business – or just random strangers who have something interesting to say. However you feel about it, Twitter is currently an important part ...

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  In the last edition of my free newsletter, I outlined five writing blogs that I can’t live without. These are blogs that I rush to every time there’s a new post to see what gems are waiting for me. To add to that, I’ve decided to feature five posts ...

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It’s time again for the annual roundup of this year’s best posts. Thanks to the nifty Popularity Contest WordPress plugin, it’s easy to see which posta have had the most attention from you. Without further ado, here they are: Setting Blog Posting Rates Ad Revenue Share Is NOT A Paid ...

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Everywhere I go online these days, people are asking where I’ve been. I didn’t think I had been that absent, but then I looked at my blog’s archives. Last January I posted 24 times; in November, that was down to 2. Shocking, I admit it freely. That absence was mirrored ...

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