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Archive for January, 2008
What Makes an Expert an Expert?
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in General, Uncategorized, Writing Development | 2 Comments »
What makes an expert an expert? Last week Kevin Ott posted an article about some backlash against the practices of some SEO experts. It got me thinking about the multitude ... Read more..What Is Your Writing Process?
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Freelance Writing, Improve your writing | 1 Comment »
The more I read about writing, the more I see that I've been doing it all wrong. Not that I'm thinking of changing. I've learned to embrace my ... Read more..Gutting It Out
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Freelance Writing, General, Improve your writing, Productivity, Writing Development | No Comments »
Sometimes life seems to get in the way. Most bloggers aren't fortunate enough to be able to do this for a living. For most of us, it ... Read more..Understanding the Job
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Client Relations, Freelance Writing | No Comments »
I watched The Apprentice last week, and it was a good reminder about keeping good communication with the client. For those of you not familiar with the show, it involves Donald ... Read more..Print Articles Versus Web Articles
Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Freelance Writing, Writing For the Web | No Comments »
The other day I was reading an article from Jennifer over at CatalystBlogger, and it got me rethinking about an issue that comes up from time to time. That ... Read more..Do You Squidoo?
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in Blog Marketing, Social Media | 1 Comment »
One of my goals for '08 was to get better at using social media as a marketing tool. This week I've been taking a look at Squidoo. If ... Read more..Study, Study, Study
Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Freelance Writing, General, Improve your writing | 5 Comments »
The other day I wrote about the importance of writing often in order to develop your voice, and to be able to write more naturally. However, there's more to ... Read more..Write, Write, Write
Saturday, January 12th, 2008 Posted in General, Writing Development | 3 Comments »
One thing that I really struggled with when I became a writer was finding my voice. I had a tendency to be very stiff in my writing. My ... Read more..Specialist or Generalist
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in Freelance Writing, General | 3 Comments »
When I first got started as a freelance writer I read a lot of advice that said that to be successful you had to be a specialist. There's a ... Read more..Freelance Writing and the Free Market
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Finding Jobs, Freelance Writing, Writing For the Web | 3 Comments »
Last week, Deborah at Freelance Writing Jobs greeted quite a stir when she posted her article about the $3 writing jobs. As much as I understand the desire, or ... Read more..Guru or Elance?
Friday, January 4th, 2008 Posted in Finding Jobs, Freelance Writing | 3 Comments »
What is your preference? As a freelance writer I am always on the prowl for paying gigs. I did my time with the low paying jobs, and I ... Read more..Starting to Take Shape
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted in General, Planning | No Comments »
Slowly but surely the blog is starting to take shape. I have a pretty good list of categories to get me started, so I have a lot of areas ... Read more..The New Plan
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Posted in General, Planning | 2 Comments »
So here's the plan. Last year I got pulled off track by too many low-paying/low potential jobs. In a way they were necessary evils, but now they're merely distractions. ... Read more..A New Beginning
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Posted in General | 2 Comments »
I must be insane! What am I doing starting a new blog? I barley have the time to keep up with the writing assignments I already have, but as this ... Read more..