Enough already with the cliches. If you write about business, technology or niche subjects, you probably have to bat off the cliches like flies. OK, did you notice that both of those sentences included cliches? That’s how hard it is to keep them out of your writing. But you should keep them out, if you […]
How to be a blog star – take a class or teach yourself
Want to start a blog but aren’t sure how to get started? One way is to take a class. Another is to teach yourself. Mediabistro.com is offering three new, short classes on starting a writing-related blog as part of its Crash Course series of mini-seminars. Classes are online and on demand, so you sign up […]
Picture this – Use an avatar or illustration to promote your freelance writing blog
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about an avatar? If you’re using a blog or Website to advertise your freelance writing business, including an avatar, illustration or cartoon version of yourself can say a whole lot more than a photograph about you, your business and your attitude about what you do. […]
Dennis Cass on book launch 2.0
Dennis Cass is a writer, journalist, teacher, book doctor and also really funny. His first book, HEAD CASE: How I Almost Lost My Mind Trying to Understand My Brain, is out in paperback and he’s started a Website to promote it. He also created this short video on YouTube that skewers all the Internet promotional […]
New WordPress feature, Possibly Related Posts
If you have a blog on WordPress.com, you may have noticed a new feature called Possibly Related that links posts from other blogs in the Comments section of posts on your blog. The crew at Automattic introduced the feature in late April to add an element of social networking to blogging. At least that’s what […]
How freelancers can use social bookmarking sites
Susan Johnston, the freelance writer also known by her nom de blog, The Urban Muse, writes about social bookmarking sites in a guest post on Freelance Writing Jobs, another nifty blog for writers. Johnston uses Del.icio.us, a popular social bookmarking site, to access her bookmarks from anywhere, to keep track of research for articles she’s […]