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You Gotta Get Active In Order to Enjoy Passive Income

I was on Kidgas’ blog today and his final statement on a recent post made me chuckle “Just wish that passive income was less active.” He’s got a point, but residual income becomes more passive and less active over time. The amount of initial activity usually depends on two things: How much money you want [...]

22Oct2009 | Felicia | 9 comments | Continued
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Oh Those Plagiarists…

Grandma, I think you’ll get a kick out of this post. Just recently you made a comment about your frustration with folks who steal content. Being new to Xomba, I decided to set a daily schedule of adding Xomblurbs/Xombytes. It seems that the successful Xombies (??) are those who post new content on a regular [...]

16Oct2009 | Felicia | 16 comments | Continued
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Writing – The Mind/Body Connection

Last night I had the pleasure of attending parents’ night at my daughter’s school. It’s my annual chance to follow my daughter’s class schedule to undergo a condensed version of her day. I started out in her homeroom and then walked around the school going to all nine of her classes. At the end of [...]

24Sep2009 | Felicia | 8 comments | Continued
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Playing the Weekly Writing Paycheck Game

Am I the only silly one or do you guys play the paycheck game? For those of you who are not familiar with the game, the object is to constantly increase one’s weekly paycheck from month to month. Here are the rules: The first month of the freelance writer’s paycheck game is all about setup [...]

28Jul2009 | Felicia | 2 comments | Continued
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Jack of all trades, master of…

As a freelance writer, I find that I am a jack of all trades and a master of very few. Part of becoming a successful writer is the ability to do research, digest information and spit it out in your own way with your own flair. How well one does this can be a double-edged [...]

26Jul2009 | Felicia | 2 comments | Continued
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A Little Motherly Writing Advice

I would be remiss if I were to constantly encourage writers to build a steam of residual income without also encouraging writers to commit to making healthy choices. The reason for the double commitment (residual income & health) is because they compliment each other. Finding a Balance It is extremely easy to become so focused [...]

20Jul2009 | Felicia | 5 comments | Continued
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Summer is Having Its Way with My Writing Schedule

No matter how hard I try, summer is having its way with me. With the entire family home it’s been difficult to write. After experiencing this writing slump (not totally self inflicted), I realize that I have to make a few changes in my writing strategy. Next year I’ll be prepared for the summer slump. [...]

17Jul2009 | Felicia | 3 comments | Continued
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Why I Love Residual Writing Income

The other day I was talking to my brother about work, writing, jobs, etc.  He’s a successful executive and travels extensively.  There are times when he’s out of town more days in a month than at home.  For his troubles, he’s paid handsomely. Being more of a free spirit I enjoyed earning money according to [...]

3Jul2009 | Felicia | 4 comments | Continued
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A Blown eHow Opportunity

Today one of my articles was featured as the eHow of the day. Last week I was contacted by someone on staff regarding the main picture for the article. Apparently the size picture I use is smaller than the “eHow of the day programming tool” requires, so she asked if I would mind if she [...]

15Jun2009 | Felicia | 6 comments | Continued
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