Freelance
How often do you really search for freelance writing opportunities? I’ve been a bit more active on LinkedIn lately and I’ve noticed some people tend to take part in a lot of conversations on there, many of them about freelance writing opportunities. That’s great because there are a lot of really nice people (writers from [...]
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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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It’s been a strange old week really as far as my freelance writing career is concerned.
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It’s a common enough feeling, since having a writing blog means putting your own thoughts and feelings on the page.
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Freelance writing online is an amazing profession. Okay I know I might be a teensy bit biased because this is what I do for a living.
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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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I’m not talking about evenings or general days off here. I’m talking about proper holiday time.
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It’s that time of year again in my household where we stop working and give ourselves a well earned break.
his is really a sequel to my earlier post about my own 5 writing resolutions for 2010. Even as we are rushing around trying to plan for the big day on the 25th December, it’s good to set aside some time to evaluate how our writing careers have developed during the year.
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Online writing has a lot of benefits. Firstly if you work for yourself you have total control over what jobs you take on, how much you write and how many people you write for. But how many clients do you actually have?
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It sounds glamorous doesn’t it? The idea of setting your own hours, selecting the jobs only YOU want to do, and earning however much you want to earn from your own writing efforts – it is all very alluring.
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“I want to sell articles, but I don’t know what to write about.” This is something I get asked quite a lot, so I thought I would reveal the answer here in case you are having the same problem.
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Ouch. The loss of any writing client can be a disappointing time. This is particularly true if you have been writing for them for quite a while and you’ve got used to that stream of income flooding your way.
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Some writers do have blogs, but you would be surprised by how many don’t. Blogging is not only a skill that should be built up to enable writers to be able to write and sell blog posts to clients, it can help them too.
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This is something that has occurred to me lately, as I have a number of writing projects that are either started but stalled, or on the back burner. These are all projects that are for me – not for clients, but for me.
