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10 Most Common Writing Mistakes

Written by GuestWriter on March 1, 2010 - 16 Comments
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When writing for an audience, there are few more embarrassing things to discover after submitting your work than a mistake, or worse yet, mistakes in your submission. Not only are they embarrassing, but your mistakes could cost you future work with the publisher or diminish your credibility in the eyes of your readers. To avoid [...]

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Great Advice On Web Content Writing

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on February 22, 2010 - 9 Comments
Filed as: web content writing

Oh joy! Another book from James Chartrand — I could hardly wait to open my review copy. Write For the Web is an 86 page e-book which answers new freelance writers’ questions about writing web content and launching successful freelancing careers. It’s written in James’s no-nonsense style and is divided into five sections covering the [...]

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What To Do When Your Writing Client Can’t Pay You

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on February 21, 2010 - 9 Comments
Filed as: writing business

While economic cutbacks may have benefited many freelancers there is one consequence that is not so welcome — when your client has a cash flow crunch and can’t pay you. What do you do in a case like this? Here are some ways to work out your next course of action.
Are you sure the client [...]

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The Evolution Of A Freelancer

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on February 14, 2010 - 12 Comments
Filed as: writing career

When I started freelancing, I said yes to pretty much every job that came along. My reasons for doing so were that:

I needed the publishing credits for my resume
I needed the money
I didn’t know when the next job was going to come along

It made sound financial sense to accept everything that came my way. There [...]

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How To Keep Deadlines Every Time

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on February 4, 2010 - 3 Comments
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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 staff consisted of me, a sub [...]

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Are You Still Relevant?

Written by GuestWriter on January 15, 2010 - 9 Comments
Filed as: writing

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 would change the world as we knew it. [...]

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Running The Numbers On 2009 Freelancing

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 8, 2010 - 9 Comments
Filed as: writing business

Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid To Write Online assesses the health of her freelance writing business and shares ways to improve profitability and job satisfaction in the coming year.

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Get Paid To Write With Wikinut

Written by GuestWriter on January 8, 2010 - 2 Comments
Filed as: get paid to write

This guest post has been contributed by Andy Walton of Wikinut, an ad revenue share writing market.
Been made redundant? Try sharing your knowledge for cash
The global recession has hit many people across all sectors, leaving millions of people looking for work. And finding the next job can be tough, and often dispiriting.
If you’re in this [...]

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Improving Your Writing in 2010

Written by GuestWriter on January 1, 2010 - 0 Comments
Filed as: writing

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 year.  But I respect tradition, so [...]

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Get Paid To Write Online 2009 – My List Of Lists

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on December 27, 2009 - 6 Comments
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I said to someone the other day that I hadn’t published a list of writing posts for the holiday season yet. Of course, that’s only because I was too busy writing for clients to put one together. This year, instead of doing my lists in separate posts, I’m going to do them all in one, [...]

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