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Allison on February 22nd, 2012

I’m back for day three of the roofing process and I’ve got another quiet day ahead for my online writing. But here is the strange thing – my work seems to have fitted around the roofing job automatically. We only found out last Friday that the roof was being done this week, and yet the [...]

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Allison on February 21st, 2012

It’s day two of the writing and roofing routine! It’s been okay working downstairs on the dining room table, although since we have open chimneys bits of dust and grit keep coming down every now and then. It’s okay once you get used to it. I’ve got half a day’s worth of work to do [...]

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Allison on February 20th, 2012

… and the new one starts to go on. We were up at 7am so we were ready and able to move the car if need be when they turned up. I set up my laptop (not used in six weeks!) and did a slew of updates and scans while we were having breakfast. By [...]

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Allison on February 17th, 2012

Just a couple of hours work to fit in this morning before I can start my weekend. How much time do you allow yourself off if you work as a full time online writer? Freelance writing jobs can take up huge swathes of your day if you let them. I must admit I’ve taken a [...]

Continue reading about [Day 17] Just a few freelance writing jobs to do today

Another bitty day of work today, as my sister and kids are coming round tomorrow. Thus my partner and I have some housework to do as well as working. I’ll probably have one or two bits to do tomorrow morning before they arrive, and then I can enjoy three days off from writing before returning [...]

Continue reading about [Day 16] Roof tiles, writing jobs and a lack of concentration

Allison on February 10th, 2012

Whoa – one third of the way through the month already! Today has been hectic already; I’ve got several deadlines on jobs that are due today, so I’m working with my head down to get all those done first. 1457 – here’s a little insight into how my day has gone so far. I had [...]

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Allison on February 9th, 2012

Morning all. I can’t believe it’s Thursday already. My writing week always seems to fly by so quickly. Normally I will find some time to look for new sources of work or new clients, but I haven’t done a lot of that this week. What with the gas leak at home and catching up on [...]

Continue reading about [Day 9] Articles, blogs and real life

Are you ready for another day at my writing desk? I certainly am – I’m dressed up warm with my electric heater going full blast and it’s actually quite toasty in here. I’d still sooner have the central heating but we won’t have that until (hopefully) later on Saturday. Until then I have some client [...]

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Allison on February 7th, 2012

0747 – I was indeed up by 7am this morning… and in bed asleep by half eight last night! I think the stress of yesterday (and the realisation that we had a major gas leak) hit me later on in the day. I felt so tired. MUCH better this morning thankfully after a good night’s [...]

Continue reading about [Day 7] Cold but productive on another online writing day

Morning all! The office clear up on Saturday has really done wonders for my positivity this morning. Monday has started as it usually does, completing a few weekly blogs for various clients. Monday seems to be the preferred day for many people when it comes to blogging; not sure if this applies to everyone or [...]

Continue reading about [Day 6] The story of an online writer continues – with a dramatic interlude

Morning! Ok day three of my 29 Days of Online Writing, and I’d decided I deserved a lie in this morning. For me this typically means setting the alarm for 8am instead of anything between 7am and half past, so not really much of a lie in. But I’ve found I don’t write so well [...]

Continue reading about [Day 3] The cat makes an entrance – and I get the weekend off!

0717 – It’s day two and I got up at 7am this morning to get a good start on the day. Armed with tea and toast, I am going to start by writing three short articles to complete the work due on one of our own sites before I do any client work. I know [...]

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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 13th, 2012

Unless you are already a writer, you might wonder what an online writer actually gets up to all day. Do we really sit and read tweets and status updates, or even visit our favourite websites when we should be working? Working from home can definitely have its perks, and I for one wouldn’t want to [...]

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