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Whether you are a designer, writer or an artist, having a portfolio website is a great way to increase your customer base. Besides examples or photos of your works, another important page to include is an author bio page. There are countless ways how to create it. Some people create...
Before you start handing out business cards and trying to find freelance work, it’s important to understand why companies hire freelance writers. Companies hire freelance writers for a number of reasons. When a company downsizes, for example, writers often are among the first to be let go. It isn’t because...
The majority of full-time professional writers are usually on the lookout for any utilities that will help in improving workflow as well as boosting efficiency. Writing is a passion for many, but if you want to take it up as an occupation, you need something more than just passion. A...
If you hang around freelancers, you will probably notice that the hottest topic among them is editors and their relationships with them. Editors usually check out material written by freelance writers. He can be self-employed or work for various clients, either onsite or offsite at his home. They work for...
Many people dream of working from home. But while it sounds great, working from home can be quite difficult. Sure, you don’t have a boss looking over your shoulder. But then, you also don’t have a boss to turn to when you need someone to make some tough decisions. As...
If freelancers could choose to have only one tool for their business, without a doubt it would be a blog. There are countless benefits freelancers can gain by owning a blog. It can serve as a portfolio, a way how to attract more clients and blogs can even generate some...
You get up daily in the morning to the cacophonous sound of the alarm and get ready to go out to your routine job. After working for eight hours, you get back home, grab some food and then go back to sleep. The next day, you again go through the...
The other day, I was going through a passage that said the following: “I think people talking loudly on ‘there’ cell phones in public ought to be ‘offended’. Do they have a greater ‘rite’ to be heard in public ‘then’ others? ‘Are’ thoughts are as important as ‘there’ thoughts’.” This...
Copyright is a kind of protection that authors have for their original work. This includes works in the domain of literature, drama, music and other artistic and intellectual creations that are published or unpublished. It should be noted that copyright is only a protection of an expressed idea and not...
When books or other pieces of writing are done for another person and the full credit goes to the ‘author’ with the real writer only receiving a byline, it is called ghostwriting. In most cases, the ‘author’ is a celebrity or some eminent figure, with the ability to sell books...
Very first thought – “What is Proofreading?” The word ‘proof’ is used to mean the final trial print that is used for making corrections before printing. Hence, a proofreader goes through the entire text with a fine toothcomb, trying to look for errors and glitches in the document. Proofreading involves...
Writing is a passion for many, but if you want to take it up as an occupation, you need something more than just passion. Freelance writing is a lucrative job profile not only because it pays handsomely, but also because it provides the convenience of working from home. It can...
People do judge a book by its cover. You have completed your masterpiece and just need to send it to the magical world of publishing. You have probably gone through it again and again, what next? The all important author bio still hangs over your head, like the proverbial Damocles’...
Writing is an art, a skill to express yourself, what you feel, think, or imagine. It is also the skill to express what is happening or happened in the past, as it is, in a factual manner as it can be. So What is Non-Fiction Writing? A piece of non-fictional...
Has your article ever been rejected? What do you think would have happened? A ‘rejected article’ is a failure to the writer not simply because the one who rejected it didn’t approve it, but because the writer took responsibility to do something and failed in fulfilling it. But truth be...