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How much does it cost to run my freelance business?

Courtney — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:53:27 +0000

As I stared at another huge receipt for gas in my husband’s car, I began to wonder what my work-related expenses really looked like. Although I’ve been happily puttering around town with the gas light on for the last week, my freelance business is not without expenses. Here they are for August: Internet access (bundled with [...]

It’s Okay to Start Low!

Courtney — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:20:59 +0000

I know I’m going to ruffle some feathers with this one but I feel like it has to be said. I see a lot of badmouthing $5 article writers and it’s definitely understandable. I get annoyed when someone inquires about my services and then disappears when I mention price. It’s frustrating to bid on projects [...]

Top Writing Blogs of 2008

Courtney — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:40:07 +0000

Nominations are open for Writing White Paper’s Top Writing Blogs of 2008! Please head over there and vote for your favorite writing blogs in the comments section. My vote is going to Sharon Hurley Hall at www.getpaidtowriteonline.com. Her friendly personality shines through her educated posts. She manages to teach without being condenscending and seems to really [...]

Why I Started Blogging

Courtney — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:30:55 +0000

Sharon at Get Paid to Write Online asked her readers to explain why they started blogging, which caused me to reflect on the past year and a half or so since I started, then quit, then started this blog again. If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I [...]

Why aren’t more writers marketers?

Courtney — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:54:20 +0000

I ran across a post on the Warrior Forum the other day asking this very question. Why aren’t more writers marketers? The response to this question in the thread ranged from “I’m trying!” to “There’s no way I’d want to market…writing is much better.” I used to ask this question myself, until I started doing more [...]

Google Books - Wow!

Courtney — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:31:18 +0000

I’m always on the lookout for quick and easy research that will give me a crash course on a topic. Research doesn’t scare me…but some topics you need to know about before you can even know what questions to ask! That’s why I was so excited to find Google Books. I’m sure to some of [...]

A quick update

Courtney — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:29:56 +0000

Whew! I just caught my breath after writing over 60 articles in the last two and half weeks, and 50 of them were 800 words! I have about a dozen different topics in my blog’s drafts folder and, as per usual, no time to put them into a coherent order. So instead I’d like to share [...]