A common question for freelancers with blogs is how to increase traffic. It’s a great question – and I’m the first to admit I don’t have a lot of answers. I’m slowly building traffic to this site by: ¤ Posting a message on the online bulletin board of the freelance writer group I belong to […]
You are what you read
They say you are what you eat. I say, you are what you read. If you want to be a reporter, you have to read the news. That used to mean reading a newspaper every morning, or even two or three. Now you can get your daily dose of news online. I’m agnostic on that […]
My 3 a.m. muse
My muse visited again the other night. I don’t know why she comes in the middle of the night, or when I’m in the shower or walking the dog. When she arrives, it’s usually to hand me an idea, sentence or opening paragraph for a story that I’d been searching for. If I’m in bed, […]
WordCount's May Blogathon Begins
5/07 UPDATE: I’VE ADDED THREE MORE TO THE END OF THE LIST. MVR 5/02 UPDATE: I’VE ADDED A COUPLE MORE LATECOMERS TO THE END OF THE LIST. MVR NOTE: I’VE ADDED TWO LATECOMERS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. MVR I’m ushering in May by kicking off a blogathon, where I promise to post something […]
WordCount Blogathon: A Post a Day for the Month of May
Starting tomorrow, May 1, I’ll be embarking on a month-long blogathon that I’m calling A Post A Day for the Month of May. I have a big birthday in May, and to celebrate I’ll be writing a post every day of the month. I’m also trying to write much shorter, more spontaneous blog posts and […]
10 Ways to Promote Your Freelance Writing
Long-time freelancers approach writing as a business, and they market it that way too. Not all freelancers do the same kind of marketing. Some have Websites. Some have blogs. Some belong to writers’ groups and regularly attend conferences to meet with other writers and editors. There are so many ways to promote yourself it’d be […]