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Help for freelancer writers and bloggers: Blogs to check out
Freelancing can be lonely business: sitting at a desk, tapping away at a laptop, contact through email. Thank goodness for the internet which means that the company of other freelancers is only a short search away. There are some fantastic bloggers out there for the freelance community. There is lots of helpful information on just…
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What is Plagiarism and How Do You Avoid it?
Definition of ‘Plagarism” from Etymology Online: plagiarism (n.) “the purloining or wrongful appropriation of another’s ideas, writing, artistic designs, etc., and giving them forth as one’s own,” 1620s, from -ism + plagiary (n.) “plagiarist, literary thief” (c. 1600), from Latin plagiarius “kidnapper, seducer, plunderer, one who kidnaps the child or slave of another,” used by Martial in the sense of “literary…
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How to connect with bloggers in your niche
First of all, I want to apologise for using the word, ‘niche’ in a heading! Getting a bit jargon-y there! A niche is simply a narrowed-down subject that you like to blog about. The narrower the better if you really want to know your subject well. I have just read the blogging challenge email where…
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Freelancer Friday – What makes a readable blog post?
30 Day Blogging Challenge Day 5 Blog post visitors are tricky beasts! We are told that we have a very short time in which to grab their attention and persuade them to stay on the blog. How can you ensure that your blog visitors might be tempted to stay? When you are a freelancer, it…
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How to Invoice as a Beginning Business Owner
30 Day Blogging Challenge Day 1 As a beginning business owner, one of the most important things to get over is your delicacy around money. If your business is to survive, it is important that you get paid.Some businesses start out with accounting software, and invoicing can be a part of that – set up…
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What systems does a beginning freelance business owner need?
Setting up as a freelance business owner can be quite exhilarating – that rush of being your own boss and working as much or as little as you like, however there are some things that you will need to get organised. There is no one else to do it, it’s just you. What kind of…
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Freelance Interview with Sarah Arrow of Sark e-Media
Sarah Arrow of Sark -Media has agreed to be my next interviewee. I hope you enjoy her answers as much as I did. Name: Sarah Arrow Writer Alias (if you are willing to let us know) I have several, including Sarah Stanton, Danielle Stanton, Danielle Field and few others that I’d rather not mention. How…
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A Quick Style Guide
When you are producing your piece of writing for a client, it is best to be consistent with grammar and spellings, particularly when using headings. Here are some of the most common things to look out for. Headings The beginnings of words in a heading should be capitalised unless they are small words such as…
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You Got a Writing Job – Now What?
The answer came back to your carefully crafted email, letter, query etc and it was positive. You have got a writing job! Now what?
