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Entries from December 2008

E-Books, Good or Bad?

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

E-books are more than prevailant on the internet, everywhere you look you can find ebooks promising wealth, riches, successs and even a better sex life. But how useful are these electronic books to you as a freelance writer?
For the most part E-books are garbage, they tend to repeat the same basic facts over and [...]

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Tags: Articles

Mix and Match Your Sentence Length

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

The great thing about writing is that variation helps you.  If you are doing the same work over and over again every day then you are doing something wrong!  But there are all kinds of variations that you can use in your writing, be it dialect, vocabulary or length.
Today I am going to have a [...]

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Tags: Articles · Sales · Writing

Humour (Or Humor for the Yanks)

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Using humour in your writing is a dangerous, yet well worthwhile aspect of a writers job.  Humour itself can help to hold an audience, sell a product and bring in repeat visitors.  It is infact one of the best ways to make people enjoy what you write.
The problem is of course that one mans Joke [...]

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Tags: Sales · Writing

Be Your Own Editor

September 19th, 2008 · No Comments

When you write for yourself you often forget that sometimes your writing is not perfect.  This was never thrown in such bright relief to me as the day i put up this site for review on the Digital Point Forums on which my website was taken apart piece by piece and blasted by a multitude [...]

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Tags: Personal News · Writing

Percentages

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments

When you start out freelance writing you will find for the majority of the work you will get paid in a lump sum for each piece of work. As you find yourself with repeat and loyal customers however some of the more business smart may offer you a percentage.
By taking a percentage you are [...]

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Tags: Freelance · Work For Yourself

Update - Third Google Payment

September 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This month I received my third google payment of £101! quite an achievement in my eyes
On top of that I also expect my 4th Google AdSense payment to come through soon for a massive £164, that’s currently around $290. The falling British pound is helping me out quite a lot at the moment!
I [...]

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Tags: Personal News