Archive for January, 2008
Freelance Writing: I’m Officially Booked
It’s been about six weeks since I started freelance writing, and now I can say that I’m booked. I cannot take on any more regular clients. Early this morning I heard about the technology writing job that I applied for. I was offered the position. Naturally I accepted. More on that in a later post. [...]
Freelance Writing: Variety is the Spice of Life
Recently, I mentioned that I received an invitation to write for another technology website. The invite wasn’t a, “Hey Opal you’re in welcome aboard!” No that email was an invite to do a short writing sample. I have no problem with that. The site owner contacted me directly. I have to admit it felt great [...]
Writing: Working My Fingers To the Bone
Working my fingers to the bone…
Whenever I’ve heard that expression I’ve always had an image of fingers feverishly working to complete some unknown task. The faster the fingers worked the more transparent the skin became until gradually there was nothing left but bone clicking madly to complete the task.
This week has flown by! It has [...]
How Often Do You Write?
That’s something I’m asked quite often. Practically every day is my response, in fact, I cannot remember the last time when I didn’t write daily. Whoops, I take that back. My appendices ruptured in 1992. I was in the hospital for about a week. The last thing on my mind was writing. I just wanted [...]
Who Me, A Technical Writer?
Confession Time
I read computer magazines and programming books like novels. I love reading about the latest software applications. The thought trying those applications on my MacBook Pro makes me giddy. Having a software developer stop by to comment on one of my posts about their application gets me excited. In total that has happened [...]
Freelance Writing: Do You Make Money From Your Websites?
This past April if you had asked me about online monetization I wouldn’t have had any idea what you were talking about. Outside my business website ways, you could make money online using your personal websites was a mystery. However being the entrepreneur I am I noticed an advertisement for reviews on one of my [...]
Freelance Writing: A Day Of Rest = Creativity
We’ve all had those days when we haven’t wanted to do too much work. Today was one of those days for myself. Fortunately, I was able to take “time off” from my business. My orders were complete, and my articles were submitted to clients.
Today was a perfect day to take off. We all need those [...]
Offline Blog Editors: Are You Using One?
All right admit it! Some of you are addicted to blogging. It’s ok! I’m right there with you. I find that it is a great way to interact with others. You can write about a variety of topics, build a friendly community, create niche websites, or create online private journals.
Yesterday I wrote how I was [...]
Writing Meme: Roar For Your Readers. Show Your Appreciation!
Amy Derby of Writing From Home has graciously given me the Blogs That Roar award. This award is extra special because it’s the first award that I’ve received on Addicted to Writing. I wasn’t expecting it, but I wanted to take the time to thank her. Thanks so much Amy.
Addicted to Writing is [...]
Scheduling Time For Blogging: How Hard Can It Be?
Over the past few weeks I’ve realized that I need to put my personal websites on a schedule. How many websites do I have? Twelve that doesn’t count the ones that haven’t gone live.
When it comes to my clients, I follow a schedule. This insures their work is completed in a timely manner. Why am [...]
