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By April 16, 2008

I’m not a mirage. Honestly. I’m a real, living, breathing person. And I’m a real writer, too. When people think of writers, they often think of famous novelists, best-selling authors or respected journalists. Web content writers don’t get a look in. And yet we are real writers, too. Just like ...

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By March 12, 2008

A friend asked me the other day what my career plan was. It was a good question. Although I love what I do, and wouldn’t go back to working in an office, in another ten or 15 years, I would like my writing career to look very different. When you ...

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By March 10, 2008

Men with Pens is one of my favorite new blogs. It’s the successor to the Web Content Copywriting blog which I mentioned last year. Run by James Chartrand and Harry McCLeod, this is a writing blog with a difference. These guys really know how to write unique blog posts. It’s ...

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By February 11, 2008

How much time do you spend on writing each week? When you sit at your desk to write, is that all you do, or do you get distracted by other things. I’ll come clean and say that I am prone to distraction. In addition to writing/blogging, I also spend my ...

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By February 2, 2008

A lot of the advice about freelance writing focuses on how to get started. You find out about creating a portfolio, getting published and promoting yourself. What you don’t hear as much about are the times when the shine goes off the writing life. We’re all human, and freelance writers ...

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By January 24, 2008

In my last post in this series I answered Rachel‘s question about why I decided to freelance. However, wanting to go freelance doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea to just jump ship and do it. Rachel also asked: ‘Should a young freelancer like myself try to get a stable ...

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By January 18, 2008

I’ve just completed a travel piece about a place I’ve never visited. It may seem a strange thing to do, but this was the commission that my writing client gave me. Usually a travel piece is full of local color, but how do you add that if you’ve never set ...

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By January 10, 2008

As a freelance writer, you can make your life a bit easier by planning the content that you write. It may seem easier to do a brain dump and write whatever comes to mind on a given subject, but that won’t help you to organize it in a way that ...

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By January 4, 2008

One of my blogging friends, Familyfunandfaith, has honored me with a ROAR award. Thanks, FFF. All I have to do is give three writing tips and name five more bloggers that deserve the award. So here are my tips: 1. The only way to get good at writing is to ...

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By January 2, 2008

There’s always a lot of debate in the freelance writing world about writing for free. The main question is: should you do it? Before I attract a hailstorm of criticism over the very notion of writing for free, let me say up front that I believe that freelance writers should ...

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By January 1, 2008

I love writing about writing, blogging and online promotion. In fact, I love those subjects so much, that I write on these topics for several sites. Following in the footsteps of Anne Wayman, Lorelle and others, I’ve decided to post an occasional round up of my posts on other sites, ...

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By December 30, 2007

I don’t know about you, but I’ve scaled back on work during the last week so I could spend some much needed time with family and friends. However, I can’t stay away from the computer for long and I’ve been paying attention to these posts, which give a guide to ...

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By December 21, 2007

If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the last couple of weeks trying to finish things. As the end of the year approaches, there’s always a flurry of action, as if loose ends will cause major problems if they’re not tied up before Christmas. For me, it’s about being able ...

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By December 20, 2007

Is Writing an Art or a Craft? That’s a question that I’ve wrestled with before, and have had some great discussions with other writers about how they see their profession. As well as my own piece, there’s a fine debate by the writers of the JCM Enterprises blog, titled Is ...

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By December 19, 2007

As you know, I think all writers should blog. That’s because blogging is a great way to sharpen your writing skills in a relaxing way. Having a blog is also a wonderful way to connect with potential clients, with other writers and online friends. And of course, it’s a fantastic ...

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By December 18, 2007

I’ve been writing about copyright for a long time. In fact, two of my early articles on this blog’s predecessor were titled Copyright: rent, don’t sell and Copyrights and copy wrongs. You could call it a recurring obsession. Now, I’ve been talking about copyright again, but this time it’s to ...

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By December 11, 2007

Mike Stelzner has published the winners of the Top 10 Blogs for Writers – 2007/2008 competition. Congratulations to all the winners. There are some great writing blogs there, many of which I subscribe to. Check out the list – there’s plenty of useful information on the writing business.

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Have you ever wanted to write a sales letter that could sell anything? I have, so when I needed to write one, I went out and found some advice from James Frey about how to do it. I also checked with some copywriting buddies for a suitable formula. Here it ...

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