Writing Life
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 [...]
Continue reading about [Day 4] Tidying my writing desk (it’s under all this lot somewhere…)
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 [...]
Continue reading about [Day 2] Wrist exercises, writing jobs and a woeful finish…
Glad you could join me at the very beginning of my new 29 Days of Online Writing blog series! Here we are on the first day of a brand new month and I’ve kicked off a VERY cold day at 8am by clearing out some emails. I responded to one or two clients, and now [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
Continue reading about An office clear out – or a clear out between the ears?
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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It’s hard to believe it’s 2012 already! I’ve had a nice rest over Christmas and the New Year, and got started back at my desk yesterday, so I thought it was high time I wrote a fresh blog post. I’ve been over on my professional site already, at AllisonWhitehead.co.uk, writing the first of a series [...]
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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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.
You’d better be, because sooner or later things will change. How do I know? Because it’s just the way things are.
Continue reading about Are you ready for change in your writing career?
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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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.
Continue reading about UPDATE – Shorter writing days mean more writing gets done
It’s a common enough feeling, since having a writing blog means putting your own thoughts and feelings on the page.
Continue reading about Are you nervous of starting your own writing blog?
