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Ruffled eHow Feathers

Further to yesterday’s post, I spent some time reading a particularly lively forum thread over at eHow. The thread reminded me why I don’t visit the forums very often. I usually visit them when there is a software issue or a major change to the site. Usually, if I page through the various comments, I [...]

6Apr2010 | Felicia | 29 comments | Continued
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I’m Losing Money by Writing for Demand Studios

It’s the end of the first quarter of 2010 and I did a little number crunching to make sure I’m still headed in the right direction towards reaching my goals. At first glance, here’s what my numbers told me: Articles Written Amount Earned Average Rate/Article 187 $5,735,19* $30.66

1Apr2010 | Felicia | 16 comments | Continued
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Lessons Learned as an Online Freelance Writer

There are tons of self-help books, ebooks and blogs on how to become a successful freelance writer. I’ve read a few of them and I guess I’ll never make it big as a freelance writer. Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s because I no longer feel the need to prove myself, or maybe it’s because [...]

25Mar2010 | Felicia | 9 comments | Continued
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Long Term vs. Short Term

You guessed it. This is another post on earning residual income. The other day I was listening to an old copy of a Brian Tracy CD that my hubby had. My hubby is the ultimate positive thinker. The glass is ALWAYS half full with him. That’s a wonderful trait, but every once in a while [...]

16Mar2010 | Felicia | 11 comments | Continued
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I Want to Earn Minimum Wage!

Effective July 24, 2009, according to the US Department of Labor, the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour and I want to graduate to that hourly wage. No, I haven’t lost my mind. $7.25 an hour is a very attractive hourly rate for a freelance writer earning residual income. Think about it for a minute. [...]

8Mar2010 | Felicia | 13 comments | Continued
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Digging Out of the Snow

I’m back…finally. I’ve had enough of this indoor camping stuff and I’m glad to be back online. Actually, it really wasn’t that bad. We have a couple of generators so we had lights and I was able to run the portable heaters (I bought the heaters a little while ago when I thought I had [...]

1Mar2010 | Felicia | 12 comments | Continued
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Taking a Page from Tiger Woods’ Book

Tiger’s apology made me take a look at my freelance writing career. Let me see if I can explain where I’m coming from. Tiger reached the pinnacle of the golfing profession. I’m no golfer and learned more than I cared to learn as a result of being surrounded by men who love to golf and [...]

22Feb2010 | Felicia | 10 comments | Continued
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eHow Articles Unavailable

It seems that there have been quite a few problems recently over at eHow. The problem came to my attention when I attempted to publish a How to and realized after a day or so that I had not received the usual “Your Article was Published” email. For those of you who don’t write for [...]

16Feb2010 | Felicia | 14 comments | Continued
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How Freelance Writing Classifieds Have Changed

I remember just a couple of short years ago when I began writing online, I would search the online job boards for writing assignments. I remember I landed my first “big gig” through one of these sites. If was for a trade magazine and it paid me $525 for a 1,200 word article. Wow, I [...]

13Feb2010 | Felicia | 13 comments | Continued
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