Career

Allison on January 28th, 2012

I can hardly believe it is the 28th already! It has been a testing month (leaky roof, repairs and a fall down the stairs and a bruised coccyx for my partner) but despite all that I have still managed to achieve my writing goals for the month. I started the year with the intention of [...]

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Allison on January 25th, 2012

Just a short post today, because I wanted to share with you what happens when you set a goal to achieve something with your writing. I set myself a goal at the beginning of January to find ONE new client via my professional website, www.allisonwhitehead.co.uk. While some clients have found me through this blog, I [...]

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You know how sometimes you get a mental picture of something, only to find afterwards that you had your facts wrong? I’ve had just that kind of thing happen to me this week. I live in the UK so it’s around that time when you need to think about getting your accounts in order in [...]

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Allison on October 17th, 2011

I love my freelance writing career.   I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. But a freelance writing career isn’t something to be picked up and discarded when something better comes along. Unfortunately a lot of people seem to think this is the case, and we have the economy to thank for it. I can fully [...]

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Allison on October 10th, 2011

Well it’s about time I updated my blog to let you all know where I’ve been and what I have been doing for the past I-don’t-know-how-long. There have been some very good reasons why I haven’t updated my blog, although I will admit I could have (and should have) been updating it at least sporadically.

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Allison on July 5th, 2011

You’d better be, because sooner or later things will change. How do I know? Because it’s just the way things are.

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Allison on February 26th, 2011

It’s been a strange old week really as far as my freelance writing career is concerned.

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Allison on January 5th, 2011

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately…

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Allison on October 18th, 2010

Do you write what you know about – or do you let it limit your topics?

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Allison on October 12th, 2010

Discover the theme of my latest Squidoo lens for freelance writers.

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Allison on September 21st, 2010

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a writer. Writing as a career was something I always wanted to do.

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Probably most people who have an online writing career will have been affected in one way or another by the recession. I think I have weathered it quite well all in all, but that’s not to say I haven’t had to make changes an

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Allison on April 26th, 2010

This is what I have been pondering over lately. You’ll notice I haven’t blogged for a couple of weeks and to be honest this is the main reason for it.

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When you think about writing for online markets, what type of work do you think of?

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Allison on December 27th, 2009

Online writing doesn’t just fall into one huge category. There is a lot more to it than that.

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