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All Entries in the "Writing" Category
Not Feeling It
Something pretty interesting has been happening with me. Every time I sit down to the computer to write, I don’t. What I end up doing is searching the Internet on subjects far removed from writing (like non-genetically modified foods and transitioning to a whole food diet). Going with the Flow In addition to my monetary [...]
Earning Residual Income as a Freelance Writer is Like Dancing
Good dancers are light on their feet. They must be able to quickly and gracefully shift their weight from one foot to the other along with the music. Really good dancers have fluid hand and body movements that accompany their footwork. One thing about a good dancer is that you know one when you see [...]
Extreme Heat and the Freelance Writer
The longer I work as an online freelance writer the more perks I find. Many of us are living through a pretty intense heat wave right now. I’m probably one of the few people that is thoroughly enjoying it. I’ve always had a preference for heat as opposed to cold. The only time the heat [...]
LeechBlock for Online Time Efficiency
I’m reading the 4 Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss for the second time. If you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you borrow it from your local library (as I’ve done) or purchase a copy. I’ve borrowed it twice from the library and think it’s time for me to purchase my own copy. What I [...]
Letting Go of Yesterday to Make Room for Tomorrow
With my new online writing strategy I decided to go through my existing blogs, my computer hard drive, my hosting account, databases and anything else that’s related to earning money online and clean out the deadwood. Because I’ve created and discontinued so many blogs, my HostGator account had quite a few unused databases so I [...]
Why NJFM Will Always be a Blog for Beginners
This blog gives beginners a glimpse into one person’s online writing journey. It is not a how to blog or a must follow blog. It’s just a blog chronicling my successes, failures and ideas. Why for Beginners I say it’s a blog for beginners because beginners usually lack confidence, have a lot of questions and [...]
The Other Side of the Writing Coin
I finally got around to putting my specs together in order to hire a few Textbroker writers to write some content for me. It was an interesting experience. The one thing I did learn about this experience is that I am a freelance writer. As a freelance writer I find it difficult to hire other [...]
Smelling the Roses
I think I need to take a little time to smell the roses. Over the past four years I’ve spent quite a bit of time writing on line. I’ve spent quite a bit of time wasting my time online too. It just seems that I always have a computer attached to the end of my [...]
A Little Spreadsheet Tip
There are a few things I do with the Income/Article Spreadsheet that might help to make your day easier. For you folks who are spreadsheet junkies, you can skip this post because I’m not going to talk about anything new or earth shattering, just something that I do to make my life easier. Column Headings [...]
Could it be My Cookies?
I need a little help from you guys. When I first uploaded the Income/Article Tracking Spreadsheet, I realized that I had forgotten to insert the auto update feature for the column headings for each month. In other words, if you change the column headings in January, it was supposed to auto update the headings for [...]
NJFM Income/Article Tracking Spreadsheet
You all know that I’m a numbers junkie and I track a host of stats when it comes to my online writing. My stats are helping me to determine what and where to write in 2011 (I’ll get into more detail about that in a later post). In the meanwhile, I’d like to share a [...]
I’m a Writer Not a Journalist
Every once in a while I allow myself to roam around the internet reading other writing sites or forums. Without fail, I’ll come across a few posts or forum threads that are less than flattering to online writers. Often times the comments are from folks who have extensive experience writing in off line publications and [...]
A Few Things I Learned about Writing for the Web
From time to time I get the opportunity to help out a few newbies by reviewing an article or two and offering advice. I preface this by saying that I’m no expert when it comes to writing on the web. It’s just that I’ve been around the block a time or two so I get [...]
A Rather Humbling Experience
Words of warning…don’t take writing advice from me! The other day I came across the Newsroom 101 website. It’s a site that will put your grammatical and writing skills to the test. They have thousands of free exercises, tutorials and general helpful information for anyone looking to make a living as a writer, especially journalistic [...]
Welcome to the Buffet
On occasion I like to cook a lot. When I do cook a large quantity of food, I pull out the heating dishes, arrange the food buffet style and invite my guest to partake. In addition to the food I provide the necessary plates, spoons forks, dishes, napkins, cups and beverage. My guests are free [...]
