Working from home as a freelance writer means owning your own business. Most of your communications will be via email. It’s fast, easy and convenient. However, some beginning writers take that for granted, and I want to make sure that you do not do that. Clean up Your Email Communications: Your Email Address: Use a professional email address. badbtch206 is not a great email address to use when trying to get work as a freelance…
"Mind Your Manners: Email Etiquette"Author: Aly Chiman
Aly Chiman
I know, you’re brilliant, you don’t need any touchy feely advice on how to create an altar to your writing. You’re doing just fine, thank you. If this is true, great! But I hope you’ll read on anyway, because I may say something interesting (it has happened at least once that I know of). It’s important to have a space set aside in your home for writing. It can be a big cushion in a…
"Your Writing Space – Get Comfortable, Get Creative, Get Writing"Marketing a self-published book, or indie as I like to call it, tends to panic an author. The internet makes us feel we have to spread the news world-wide, fly to speak in foreign cities, and understand how to code elaborate websites that give us that professional look. Best-seller status means tens of thousands of books sold, when our circle of acquaintances barely reaches the county line. Speaking of the county line, why not start…
"A Big Tip on Self-Published Marketing – Start Local"Hi Ali, I have a question concerning the choosing of a writing niche… What if an area sounds interesting but I don’t know everything involved or am not sure if I have the required skills? For instance, Content Writing sounds pretty straight forward but I don’t have much experience with SEO, HTML or any other technical jumbo that I can’t list because I don’t know it exists. Technical Writing and Text Book Writing also sound…
"How to Choose a Writing Niche: Ask Ali"One of the best things about being a freelance writer is the low overhead. There is no cost to commute to work every day, no lunch or coffee costs, no mandatory work-related clothing costs, and more. We save quite a bit of money just by working from home. Sometimes we can go a little overboard on the things we love about freelance writing, so here are some tips on saving money. Newspapers and Magazines I…
"How Freelance Writers Can Save Money"