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Don’t Forget Income Taxes as a Freelancer

For a professional writer or those freelancing part-time, it feels great to land jobs and get paid. The income validates the work performed and it probably helps get bills paid. However, a technical writer can’t forget that at the end

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Sing a Song of Subheads

It’s great to have an engaging headline that draws a reader to your content, but don’t stop there. Keep your article moving along with subheads that sing. Subheads break up text, especially in longer articles. Bullet points are great for

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I’ve Just Been Fired – What Went Wrong?

You’ve just opened your WriterAccess dashboard and you’re looking to see if you have any revision requests or if there might be some new orders to pick up. That’s when you spot it. Your Love List number has gone down,

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My Writing Was Stolen, Now What?

People hear all the time about copyright protections and how their creative, original products are automatically protected by federal law. However, in practice this protection is a bit of a myth. While it is true that copyright law for written

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Freelance Writers: How to Take a Vacation Without Losing Your Clients

The best thing about being a freelance writer is that you can work whenever you feel like it – at least that’s what many new writers think. Before you know it, you’re drowning in deadlines and you haven’t had a

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Five Questions Freelance Writers Should Ask (Almost) Every Client

For a freelance writer, the abilities to communicate clearly and manage clients’ expectations are indispensable. A failure in either area can quickly lead to hand-holding disappointed buyers and spending time on rewrites instead of generating new revenue. This is the

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Creating a Workspace That Works for You

As tempting as it can be to do all your writing from the couch, the bed or a hammock simply because you can, you’ll be much more productive if you maintain a space at home that’s solely dedicated to writing

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Get More Freelance Writing Jobs: Write Effective Cover Letters

After hunting for minutes, hours, or maybe even days, you have found it: The perfect writing gig. The job description is unapologetically sprawled across your screen, daring you to close the browser. Maybe you’ve just had too much coffee, but

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Communication 101: How Straight Talk with Clients Can Make Everyone Happy

When you accept a writing assignment, remember that you and your client have a shared goal: You both want the finished product to shine. Your reasons may differ. You may have your eye on establishing a quality body of work

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Having What It Takes For The New Age Of Journalism

If you want to get a professional journalist or photographer boiling mad, tell them you prefer citizen journalism and blogging over traditional media methods. You will probably hear something like, “That’s not real journalism.” However, conventional journalism, like it or

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Freelance Writers: Setting a Budget

Budgeting: it’s not a dirty word. In fact, it can be empowering for a freelance content writer. Instead of worrying about making ends meet when a client pays later than you were expecting, you have the means to pay all

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Freelance Writer Legal Issues: Writing About Politics

It was never more clear to me just how smooth politicians can be until my second interview with former President George W. Bush as he campaigned for a second term as governor of Texas. I was standing in an airport

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