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Get Into the Writing Zone: Environment

Image via Wikipedia Do you find that you are having a hard time getting into the writer’s zone?  You know what I mean – that place where everything just goes smoothly.  The words flow, the ideas come fast and furious, and you aren’t getting distracted.  It happens to every writer ...

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My First Contest! Win a Book!

I’m truly loving my new design but one thing I have never been able to settle on is a tagline for my blog.  I like the title (Life of a Text Media Addict) but the tagline?  I just can’t settle on something I like! So, I want your suggestions!  Take ...

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4 Tips for Beating the Dreaded Writer’s Block

Image via Wikipedia It happens to everyone at some point in time.  I know it has happened to me and I’m willing to bet it has happened to you.  You know what I’m talking about right?  The dreaded writer’s block!

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List My 5 – New Site for Residuals

Image via Wikipedia It’s late but I wanted to give you a quick heads up on this new site that I found through Gina at The Mom Writer.  It is called List My 5 and basically you just make lists of 5 things.  It could be 5 Bed and Breaksfast ...

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How To Avoid Getting Scammed When Applying For Writing Gigs

Image via Wikipedia As writers we are always wary of getting scammed by people that are trying to take advantage of us.  We hear about it all the time and it has happened to many of us.  It hasn’t happened to me yet so I don’t know if I’m just ...

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One Month into Full-Time Writing

Image via Wikipedia Well, I’m one month into full-time writing and loving it. I’ve been hustling my butt to get extra writing to top off the one regular writing/social media job that I have and I have not found it difficult. In fact, some days I’ve had too much.  But ...

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4 Ways to Get Online Writing Samples at the Beginning of Your Career

Image via CrunchBase If you’re just getting started with a freelance writing career you may have noticed that all of the good jobs ask for writing samples.  But if you haven’t actually had any clients yet how do you get them? Getting writing samples online is really not that difficult. ...

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Moving

Image by Leia via Flickr Not the blog – me, as in I’m moving to a new home.  And I’m packing.  Do you know how much I hate packing?  I’ve got today and tomorrow left and the whole house needs to be packed up.  And then I have to unpack ...

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On Becoming a Freelance Writer: One Guy’s Story

I’ve met a lot of great people online since I started freelance writing and some of them have been very encouraging.  Most of them really.  Most recently, I’ve become familiar with Carson Brackney and his writing.  I immediate fell for his writing style and have been hooked on his blog ...

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Getting Private Clients

Image via Wikipedia You know, on several of the writing boards that I frequent I see that most of the women who work at home (and some of the men) are freelance writers and most of them write for content sites like Internet Brands or The Content Authority.  And there ...

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Why Businesses Should Hire Professional Writers

Image via Wikipedia Most of us learned the ins and outs of writing, basic grammar, and sentence structure in high school.  But do you really think that your writing is good enough to convince someone to buy your product, to switch from the competition to you, or to effectively express ...

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