Archive for the ‘Being A Freelancer’ category

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Why Write For Demand Studios

April 4, 2009

My recent series on the ins and outs of writing for Demand Studios emphasized how important it is to work smart and fast when writing for them. But, that doesn’t mean it can’t be very lucrative if you do it right.

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Turn Professional Experience or Certifications into a Writing Career

March 23, 2009

How to take your professional experience or certifications and turn them into a lucrative freelance writing career.

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Is Elance.com Worth It?

March 19, 2009

Is Elance.com the solution to your freelance writing dreams? Take a look at some “top-budgeted projects” to get a glance inside.

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Make Money Writing for Demand Studios

March 16, 2009

If you want to make good money writing online for Demand Studios, you’ll have to crank them out fast. Here’s how.

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How Demand Studios Works

March 15, 2009

Want to make money writing for Demand Studios. This is how they work.

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Is Demand Studios Worth It?

March 14, 2009

Demand Studios taks all kinds of writers and let’s them write online from their own home, and it pays cash. Is it worth it?

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Adventures in AP Style – Prefixes

March 13, 2009

The Associated Press Stylebook is the gold standard for journalistic (non-academic) style writing.  The concepts of AP Style, for the most part, simply mirror those of good grammar and writing that is not wordy or overly flowery. Still, there are multiple concepts, examples, specific exceptions, and bizarre conventions that stump even seasoned writers with years [...]

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Getting Lorem Ipsum Text

March 3, 2009

Need a way to get a feel for what your document or file will look once it is filled out with text. That’s what Lorem Ipsum is for. What it is and where to get it are both here.

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Making Money with Freelance Writing Doesn’t Always Mean Writing What You Want

February 24, 2009

As I complete what is at least my 38th article on credit ratings, credit scores, and credit reports, I am motivated to write a quick post here on the blog. I am a freelance writer.  That means that I can come and go as I please, I can wear flannel pants all day (I do), [...]

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Adventures in AP Style – The Taxman, Tax Man, Cometh?

February 18, 2009

Ah, the good old AP Stylebook , source of answers for professional writers everywhere.  On some days, it seems there is nothing it doesn’t know.  On other days, you can’t help but wonder why in the world it doesn’t have what you are looking for. Since it is tax season, we venture into the latter [...]

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How Blogging Tools and Spellchecker are Alike

February 13, 2009

Spellchecker can lull even the most detail oriented person to sleep.  Sometimes, as you push a late night deadline, or pull and all nighter to finish that big project, you can help but start hitting “Change” or even “Change All” whenever the spell check box pops up on the screen. Then, one day you are [...]