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My keyboard shelf is currently propped up against a wall. I’m typing with a keyboard on my lap. This takes me back to last year, when I moved into the house and was working under some unusual conditions. I’ve known this was coming for a while. The shelf has been ...

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I’ve been trying to get better about linking to posts I’ve enjoyed. Here are some of the posts I found noteworthy in October: The Importance of Socializing for Freelancers How To Blog a New Niche: 5 Steps How-To Be A Collaborative Blogger How Microblogging Can Help You Nightmare on Writing ...

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I found ChrisBlogging a few months ago and immediately felt at home. Looking back, this blog must have started around the same time that this blog got its own domain. ChrisBlogging, run by freelance writer Chris Bibey, is about ‘freelance writing, blogging for cash and more’ – and I always ...

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Every now and then I write a series of posts on a similar theme. Sometimes that’s because there’s too much to be said to fit it into one post. At other times, it’s because I find related topics at different times. However, it’s not always easy to find these posts ...

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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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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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