Writing

Allison on January 31st, 2012

It’s hard to believe it, but tomorrow is February 1st. And that means it is the first day of my month long insight into the life of an online writer. As of tomorrow I will be posting to my blog every day (except on days off, like Sundays for example) and sharing with you what [...]

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Allison on November 8th, 2011

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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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 26th, 2011

Let’s get one thing straight before I write anything else. I’m not against NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in any way, shape or form. In fact it’s quite the opposite – I think it’s a great idea. But although I did give it some consideration this year, I’ve decided to forego the challenge once again. [...]

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Allison on October 18th, 2011

Can you make fast money from writing online? Well it all depends what you mean by ‘fast money’. I was browsing on Yahoo Answers recently and it was amazing how many people wanted to know about making money from writing, how easy it was and whether they could do it quickly. All these questions started [...]

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Allison on October 11th, 2011

During my time as a writer I have come across lots of great books and resources that I can honestly say have helped me enormously in my development as a writer.

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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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How often do you toot your horn about your writing blog? No matter how proud you are of it, you may still be in the shy and retiring group when it comes to spreading the word.

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Allison on June 8th, 2011

I’ll be the first one to admit I probably don’t advertise my writing skills as much as I should.

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Allison on March 20th, 2011

If you have visited my blog over the last few days you may have noticed an ad on the right side of the page that says ‘PLR Articles Online – now open’.

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This is a short post, because everything you need is at this link…

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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 February 19th, 2011

If you read my blog regularly you’ll probably remember that back in January I wrote a post about getting more writing done in less time.

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Allison on February 16th, 2011

I know because it’s happened twice to me, and it’s all thanks to the power of regular tweeting and how it will alert you to more writing possibilities.

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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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