I found another good post on Writing White Paper’s Top 10 Blog Posts for Writers (The Best From The Best in 2007!). It’s on emomsathome.com which is a blog about freelance writing by two moms.
The post they chose as their best for 2007 was Finding Your Niche. They point out a wide variety of ways to recognize and approach a niche. Take a look.
Do you have a niche for your writing?
Write well and often,

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For some reason, many freelance writers hesitate to say “no,” particularly to a client. I know I used to be afraid. Part of it was my fear that this client might be the very last client I’d ever have. Where I got that notion I have no idea.
I do know that as I matured as a writer, I learned to say no to clients when they asked too much, or wanted me to do something outside my expertise, or something that I simply didn’t want to do.
Of course, I’m usually polite; I often explain why. For example, a client asked …read more

I’d just finished editing a chapter and sending off by email when a writing friend called. As soon as I said hello I realized I was still in my mental writing space and it took a moment to get present with my friend.
I don’t totally understand that space, but I value it. Another friend called it extreme focus and I suppose that’s as good a definition as any. I am focused on the writing and very little gets my attention. It’s almost a meditative space, except words are coming out of my fingers. Maybe it’s an active meditative space …read more

Successful blogs, by and large, have multiple posts each and every day, or almost. Which is just fine until you need to go out of town for a business conference or simply want a vacation. Assuming your blog client allows it, the secret to real time off is to drip future posts. Here’s what I actually do:

Open a word file and start listing ideas with no attention paid to spelling, grammar, just enough info so I’ll know what I intended. For blog writing the idea may just be a link I want to follow-up on.
When I complete the post, …read more