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Keys to Having a Productive Writing Session

by Julie McElroy on January 24, 2012

Far removed from the days of typewriters, writers are faced with distractions right in front of their face as they write. The Internet.
As you are reading this right now, I bet many of you have multiple tabs or windows open in your browser.
Besides this one, I have eight other tabs open. Eight. Why?  I don’t know. [...]

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How to Choose a Writing Niche and Why It Matters

by Julie McElroy on December 12, 2011

As a freelance writer, you may feel compelled to write about any topic under the sun in order to get work or have enough material. You are not alone in this thought process.  I have to admit, I have been doing this for a long time, and only recently changed that strategy. But the truth [...]

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How to Create Your Writing Content Strategy

by Julie McElroy on December 9, 2011

As the end of the year draws near, it is common to start rethinking about your goals – your personal life’s goals, your fitness and diet goals, and your career goals.
In the career sense, I am always thinking about my writing goals, but often times, they seem to fall to the wayside. Each year, I [...]

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7 Content Ideas When you Don’t Have Time to Write

by Julie McElroy on September 21, 2011

It is not always easy to come up with original, substantial content for your blog on a regular basis.  Life gets busy, other things may be pulling you in a different direction.  Keeping regular content on your blog is important not only to satisfy the search engines, but to keep readers coming back for more.  [...]

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5 Common Freelance Writer’s Errors to Avoid

by Chris Hoole on August 19, 2011

Working as a freelance writer can be an incredibly rewarding career for anyone who is creative, likes to find out new snippets of information and enjoys the freedom of being in charge of their own work.
However, as it is a career which attracts a certain type of person I think that probably means that we [...]

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Don’t Let it Get You Down

by Chris Hoole on August 5, 2011

Whoever said that freelance writing is easy obviously hasn’t tried it. There are certainly some great benefits to be had from this career but you will definitely pass for some difficult moments as well.
There is no secret recipe for getting through the tough times, or if there is no one has told me about it [...]

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