Archive for the ‘Discussions’ Category
Monday, October 15th, 2007
I've been itching to respond to Jennifer's post at CatalystBlogger: Five Reasons to Embrace the Humble Keyword Article Gig for a few days now, after seeing it mentioned at Anne Wayman's blog. So here are some of my reasons as to why most freelance writers should reject these keyword ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
As an independent professional, do you respond to everyone who contacts you? I don't. I had a comment left publicly for me on a forum today because I didn't respond to someone's contact through the forum's private message system. While a part of me understands their frustration (I struggle to ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
There are going to be a few potential changes going on with the structure here at SixFigureWriters.com. One involves a design change. The other involves a potential name change. Please share your thoughts:
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Personally, I'd say no, every book doesn't deserve to be published. Some simply have no market, so it makes no sense to publish them (either through a publisher or as a self-published book). Others are simply written very poorly. Let's face it... a lot of people want to be writers, ...
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
"Writer" is such a broad term isn't it? There are so many ways to make money with writing. What do you focus on? Where does most of your writing income come from? My writing income is rather diverse, and only part-time, but I do well enough with ...
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Monday, March 5th, 2007
I've decided to periodically feature some interesting discussions or other blog posts on some of our favorite blogs by fellow freelance writers. Find out what writers are talking about this week around the blogosphere.
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
I came across a blog post by Denise (of the SFC) asking what people consider when determining the difference between a "professional" writer and just an amateur or hobby writer. I hear this question a lot, especially from people who try to say you can't determine what makes a "professional" ...
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
There's been a lot of buzz about standardizing freelance writing rates lately, between the freelance writers' manifesto, Yuwanda Black's Should Writers Earn a Minimum Wage?, and some commentary on the Content Done Better blog. It's an interesting topic for anyone in the freelance writing field, and I'd meant ...
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
By Yuwanda Black
InkwellEditorial.com
With election season here, raising the minimum wage is a hot topic. This got me to thinking about freelance writers – severely underpaid professionals, in my humble opinion.
Freelance writing is a profession where competition is fierce – so much so that many of us work for far below ...
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
Trying to move from low-paying markets to higher-paying ones as a freelance writer can be difficult and a little bit scary. There's a "transition period" where you'll find yourself stuck between taking low-paying jobs to keep paying the bills, and writing queries and waiting on responses. Juggling your time between ...
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