The name of your blog should reflect the main body of your content or it should be a direct representation of you or your business. The name begins the journey. It is important that you find the right partner for the path that you are taking. What is a host? …Click Here to continue
Blogging from the VERY Beginning
Blogging and online writing both look like massive elephants on the supper table. The tasks seem so big that you have no idea where to start. I had a conversation with a great friend who faces this task and she told me I needed to write some Beginner Basics for …Click Here to continue
Writing Obstacles Come in All Sizes
The schedule fell into place and 6000 words flowed easily onto the pages. It felt great to check off the work projects and make time for personal projects along the way. Day two may not have been as productive, but 4200 words still felt like an accomplishment. Wednesday morning started …Click Here to continue
Staying the Course for Writing Success
I shared my plans about the classes my sons were taking in the next few months. One has a competitive drama group and the other will probably do art or music. “So you want them to stay broke!” I understood what the man was trying to say. There are certain …Click Here to continue
Answers for Full-time Freelance Writing
I want to be a full-time writer. How did you do it? Let me start by saying that I am a full-time freelance writer at work on a full-time writing career. I think that that the two directions are different, although they can be related. Today my freelance writing pays …Click Here to continue
The Curse of the Unsubscribe
Putting the newsletter together took time and effort. It was important to provide some new information and to encourage readers to visit the website to read old posts as well. I even had an editor take a look at the content just to be sure no errors got through. The …Click Here to continue
Measuring Success for Freelance Writing
Each morning starts with a quick look at my statistics for Successful Freelance Writer (and all of my other sites). I look to see which articles are getting the most views and how readers are getting to my site. Today I found a new website – two actually. Get in …Click Here to continue
Breaking the Word Dam for Freelance Writing
The words should be pouring out through the keyboard. Quiet fills the space and the kids will be occupied for the next hour. Yet the words seem caught up in my mind. They are locked away by the muse and seemed determine to stay hidden in that dark corner. Writing …Click Here to continue
Writing Projects Gone Wild
The list of projects became longer than the piece of paper. It was too much. I officially have too many irons in my fire. There are so many crammed into that pour flame that it is amazing it still produces any heat. There is no problem with juggling a lot …Click Here to continue
Breaks for the Successful Freelance Writer
My brain took a vacation and my muse went along for the ride. That is never a good combination. The cut goes even deeper when there are projects on the table demanding to be completed. The goal of 5800 words that I set just the other day is laughing at …Click Here to continue
