Organisation

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 [...]

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Hi all. It’s not a day for writing today – apart from adding a short entry to my 29 Days of Online Writing series. If you read yesterday’s entry you’ll know that I managed to get all my work done in plenty of time to have the whole weekend off. That means I have no [...]

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Allison on January 21st, 2012

I thought I would stray away from blogging about writing directly today in favour of blogging about my office. I’m lucky enough to have a dedicated room for writing in, although I have still been known to write in bed and even in the bath from time to time. Yep it has happened. But I [...]

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Allison on December 18th, 2009

Okay so what makes up the week of an online writer? Well it depends on what kind of work you do, who you do it for and how much of it you do.

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Don’t worry – it is a perfectly normal feeling to have, especially if this is your first eBook contract for a client. I’ve got an easy solution…

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Allison on October 2nd, 2009

When you read this I should be somewhere in deepest Cornwall with my better half, exploring all the haunts I used to love as a kid. Ah, the beauty of being able to blog in advance and schedule my posts with Wordpress!

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Allison on September 8th, 2009

I thought it was about time I added a new post to the goal setting for writers section of My Online Freelance Writing Career, so here it is. Goal setting is extremely important if you want to make sure you get the most out of your writing career as possible, and that’s why you should get used to making daily goals as quickly as possible.

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Allison on July 29th, 2009

Well it’s been an interesting day today. Apart from my regular work I now have a new notepad on my desk in readiness for this new article writing challenge that is starting on Saturday…

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Allison on July 20th, 2009

Hang on a minute – have I strayed into computer lessons here?

Well I suppose I have in a way, but this has every relevance to your writing, so bear with me!

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Allison on October 1st, 2008

Well hello all – I am back from holiday and sitting in my writer’s chair once again! And you know, although it’s always sad to finish a holiday and come back home to normality (especially after the great time we had), I’m ready and raring to go and it was good to start writing again.

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Allison on September 6th, 2008

Hi all – this will be my last blog post for a few days as we are off to a trade fair for our eBay business, which we run alongside my writing. We went last year and we’re really looking forward to going again, and it will give me a few days off from writing.

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Allison on July 3rd, 2008

Hi all,

I’m having a great day planning my writing around the tennis at Wimbledon, but it occurred to me that planning is really something we writers should be doing all the time. After all, when a new job comes in you need to be sure that you can complete it in plenty of time before that deadline looms…

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