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Can Suite 101 Bounce Back?

by Julie McElroy on September 7, 2011

I have had a love-hate relationship with Suite 101. Since it is the first place I began my online freelance writing career back in 2008, I guess I have never completely given up on the roller coaster relationship.  I took a hiatus at the end of 2009, but that was more for personal reasons.
I have [...]

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Should Tighter Writing Guidelines Demand More Money?

by Julie McElroy on March 29, 2011

With all the recent crackdown on “content farms” and junk floating around the Internet from search engine giant Google, many content sites are becoming more strict on their submission guidelines.
Sites like eHow and Suite 101 are revising their guidelines to align with the quality Google is expecting and looking for. Consequently, this affects writers for [...]

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One of my long-life writing dreams is to be a travel writer. Someone who travels the world like Samantha Brown or Anthony Bordain and learns about cultures. Then puts those experiences in a book or an article that millions of readers view.
Well, that dream has not come true yet.  Well, not exactly.  I do write [...]

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Getting my Suite 101 Articles Done

by Julie McElroy on May 2, 2010

Once again, three months fly by with me trying to knock out articles for my Suite 101 contract. Ten in a three month time period does not really seem like much. Does it?  I guess not. Well, I have written six and have four more articles to go by the end of May. 
I guess what [...]

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Freelance Writing for Websites: Find your Niche

by Julie McElroy on February 10, 2010

There are endless opportunities to find freelance writing gigs.  If you just do a Google search, you will find all kinds of links to writing jobs. They may not all be good opportunities or many not even legitimate. There are great websites that have information and include compiled links to writing jobs. Two of the [...]

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Oh the Joy of Passive Income

by Julie McElroy on August 25, 2009

So, this summer, life happened. And then it happened again, and in August, life happened one more time. In other words, I have had some big things happen in my life this summer that have been distracting me from writing.
Since about the middle of May, I have not written a single article on any [...]

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