Freelance Writing, Web Content, Funding Bids and Research
Entries from April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008
Working on the Long Tail
Writing and Page Rank When I started this website at the end of October last year, I knew a bit about page ranking and was quite surprised that two of my other blogs had been ranked, on with a PR2 and the other with PR1 - now they are both PR2 and this site, which has only been live for six months is also a PR2. I am trying t
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A Bit Like Monty Python's Flying Circus
Well, my life does sometimes resemble the famous show, if only for its complete randomness at times.
As you'll see if you look at my life generally. Yesterday I posted something on here that should actually have gone to my creative writing blog.
And then I got the surprise of my life. A couple of weeks ago on Fictionwise I interviewed author Patricia Guthrie's new book "In the Arms of the Enemy" and then yesterday she offered to host me on her blog with regard to my (not quite finished) thriller "Two Women a Week". I nearly fell off my laptop As a work at home mother my world is filled with freelance writing and research, only my bits of spare time go into creative stuff. Anyway, if you feel like reading something completely different to my usual ramblings then take a look here.
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Is This The Age of the Freelance Writer?
I have just read this post over at Daily Writing Tips and it got me thinking. The term was first coined by the German philosopher Hegel regarding when an idea, practice or philosophy have their particular time and certain concepts come to represent the Spirit of the Age. The rise of the internet and people's desire to get out of the rat race and work from home has led to a huge increase in the number of people attempting to start a freelance writing career. So my question is whether or not this is the :
Age of the Freelance Writer
If Hegel was right in his assumption that certain things happen because of the times we live in does this then mean that we are living in the age of the freelance writer? Every day a new website emerges that is dedicated to the craft or business of writing and freelance writing. Some of these will stay the course and the writer may well make a living from their craft, while others will eventually be left to gather dust.
If we do live in a freelance writing age what does this say about us as people, is the world becoming more or less literate; or is it simply that the 9-5 or later rat race has finally got to us all. That is not to say that freelance writing is not hard work, it certainly is, but it is hard work without all the worry of a boss, office politics, and fighting our way through rush hour traffic.
What do you think, is this the age of the freelance writer.?
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Publishing Chapter by Chapter
This post was actually meant of my creative writing blog but I was using scibefire and posted it in error here - age you know.
Writer's Notebook
I do try to keep a notebook but I don't enter stuff every day, there is a temptation to put almost everything in files on the computer. Having read this post
I feel that I really do need to be more diligent about keeping my writer's notebook as my creative writing often gets passed over in favor of my freelance writing. The other thing that struck me on reading this post was that an increasing number of writers are choosing to publish their novels bit by bit on their blogs.
Two Women A Week
Two Women A Week is the title of my (not quite finished) thriller about the disappearance of a dometic violence victim and the researcher (who is a reluctant private investigator on the side) trying to establish what has happened. I don't know whether I shall post the whole thing but will certainly publish some excertps on this blog over the coming days.
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