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Monster List of Freelancing Tips

January 15, 2008 by J.C. Hewitt · 5 Comments 

A successful year of writingYou may not find everything on this list useful, but surely you’ll find something on this list that is worth your time.

  • Successful freelance writers don’t underprice their services. Charging too little not only hurts the freelancer, it hurts the whole freelance industry. When you underprice your services, you make it harder for other freelancers to charge a reasonable rate.
  • Successful freelance writers don’t overprice their services. There are plenty of writers out there willing to work for next to nothing. It is a plague on the industry. Unfortunately, this means that when you overcharge for your services, it is easy for clients to find cheaper workers. The key is to charge a reasonable rate that reflects the quality of your service (most cheap writers aren’t very good) but recognizes that you are in a competitive industry. Read more
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27 Things This Writer Loved About 2007

December 18, 2007 by J.C. Hewitt · 6 Comments 

Link Love

  1. Blogging and WordPress – It has never been easier for writers to find an audience
  2. StumbleUpon — They send me more traffic than anyone but Google. If you aren’t a member, sign up now!
  3. OneNote — Finally, Microsoft released a product that a writer can love
  4. Lulu– It has never been faster or cheaper to put a book into print
  5. PhraseExpress — Put your boilerplate on speed dial
  6. FreelanceSwitch – They write about freelancing so I don’t have to
  7. Indeed – A great place to look for a job
  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows — It’s finally over
  9. 30 Poems in 30 Days — It brought a lot of new friends to the site
  10. NaNoWriMo – 50,000 words in 30 Days!
  11. The 4-Hour Workweek — The book about business every writer should read
  12. Google Reader — The best place to keep track of all my favorite blogs
  13. Zen Habits — I was at least 4% less angry this year thanks to Leo
  14. ProBlogger – And my blog was at least 4% better thanks to Darren
  15. Blind Date With Cavafy — My favorite book of poetry this year
  16. The Comics Curmudgeon — Comic strips today are just plain lousy, and Josh makes that funny
  17. Pearls Before Swine — Proof that comic strips can still be funny
  18. Superbad– Proof that teen sex comedies can still be well-written
  19. Californication – The best show about a washed-up, immature, sex-obsessed writer since Murder She Wrote
  20. Fresh Air — Every year, Terry Gross keeps getting creative people to talk about process without becoming an SNL parody
  21. Tucson Weekly — The only newspaper left in my home town that is worth reading
  22. Free software — Some things are worth the lack of price
  23. The Well-Fed Self Publisher — Every writer who wants to understand the publishing business should read it
  24. Low-Carb Monster Energy Drink — Without it, half this blog would not get written
  25. The Daily Show / The Colbert Report — This double punch is not only funny, it’s given hundreds of writers exposure they would never have gotten otherwise
  26. Want to Write a Novel Badly? Here’s How! — My most popular article this year
  27. WiFi — 2007 was the year that wireless Internet really came of age and I was finally able to blog from anywhere, which coincidentally is where I am most of the time!
Filed Under: Blogging, Fiction Writing, Freelance, Link Love, Poetry, Productivity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Business
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200+ Articles for Bloggers

August 21, 2007 by J.C. Hewitt · 17 Comments 

BlogWriters are embracing blogging in greater and greater numbers. It is a great way to get your voice heard and even make a little money. The beauty of blogging is the low initial investment. That means anyone can give it a try. That is also the problem with blogging. There are plenty of people out there who don’t know what they are doing. If you want to blog well, here is an extensive guide to articles about blogging. If you manage to get through all of these, you might just stand a chance of becoming a successful blogger. Please note, many of these links come from Problogger.net’s recent 31 Days to Building a Better Blog. I sorted them, prettied them up and added more.

Blogging For Beginners

Mistakes

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