If you are reading this freelance writing blog, I hope that you are either pursuing a writing career as a freelance writer – or otherwise – or that you are interested in writing better. Although there are many professional writers who become writers and stay writers without traveling down any of the various literary forks [...]
I’ve written a handful of posts lately about my new netbook for writing that I have been using. That has led some readers to query about whether or not I had abandoned by my other computers in favor of the writer’s netbook. Far from it, my desktop computer remains my primary writing computer and a [...]
As professional writers, we know all to well the frustration of copyright infringement and people stealing professional content to fill up junk websites filled with advertisements and affiliate links. When it comes time for freelance writers to find and use stock photography to go along with our writing efforts we play by the rules. If [...]
I had a chance to get some hands on time with an iPad the other day. Like everyone else, I thought it was really cool at first. I mean, imagine the possibilities. But, then as reality sat in, I could only actually imagine two possibilities (games and reading), neither of which justifies a $100 device, [...]
The precise meaning of words and the proper construction of syntax is often too mundane to be observed by many. However, to the professional writer and those who strive for excellence, getting the words right is important. Here is one of many instances.
The single best piece of advice any freelance writer can get when they are just starting out as a new freelance writer.
As a freelance writer, I need a way to create, organize, and keep notes, sources, and even snippets of text or dialog, as well as article ideas. Around my home office, I have literally a hundred or more notebooks jammed with scribbles, ideas, magazine clippings, and newspaper articles. While opening up one of those notebooks [...]
As a professional freelance writer I focus on the words, the copy, the text. Sure, we do some newsletter work and we have built some very nice layouts. It is not like writers don’t care what their writing looks like, it is just that design is its own skill set, with its own techniques, tricks, [...]
When it comes to writing, there are numerous kinds of people who do it. There are professional freelance writers, there are both published novelists and unpublished novelists (more nicely referred to as aspiring novelists), journalists, copywriters, hobbyists, poets, experienced writers, novice writers, work from home Moms, work from home Dads, online writers, offline writers, screenwriters, [...]
As a professional writer I am on a perpetual hunt for two things. One, is more places to sell writing, or otherwise earn money writing, and the other is more time to write. No matter how hard one looks, there can never be enough of either. The constant pursuit of writing excellence can be enhanced [...]
Is Dreamhost a good web host solution for professional writers? I’m not so sure, anymore.
