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All writers should change physical locations once in a while. Some of you may know that we are in the process of moving our household from one physical location to another. While the move is a very good thing for our family (nicer area) and for my business (a real office with a real door), […]

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Some may think so. In fact I’ve asked this question myself, upon occasion. You see, I’m quite open about being a work-at-home mom. Not did I once blog at a place called Work From Home Momma, but I’ve also regularly run work-at-home mom features here at WritingThougts. I also make no secret of the fact […]

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While many WritingThoughts readers are already in business for themselves, I know that some of you are in the process of deciding whether or not to start a writing business. The process of going into business for yourself can be a difficult, sometimes painful, one. I should know. I put it off for years. Even […]

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How important is it to have a photo of yourself on your blog? When I first started blogging the lack of a photo on my About page was one of the biggest criticisms that I received. “Readers can’t trust you if they can’t see you” I was told. “Nobody will take you seriously if you […]

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I think it’s been a while since I’ve done a real WAHM Wednesday post. Well, the wait is over! Today I’m posting on a real WAHM (work-at-home mom) issue for all of you freelance writers who are also WAHMs. If you have school age children, then you may also be facing what I’m facing right […]

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Years ago, I remember tagging along behind my manager as neophyte technical writer while she met with a consultant. That was the question that she asked, “How many pages should a writer produce in an eight hour day?” To better put the matter in context, we were writing technical manuals at the time. Each manual […]

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I’ve joined Twitter as an experiment to see if it can be of any use for business. You can read all about it here: Can Twitter Be Used For Business? Since I kept reading all of these posts from bloggers who claimed to be getting business use out of Twitter, last week I decided to […]

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Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and visit with the mother of one of my daughter’s friends that I only know casually. The conversation when something like this: Her, in a pitying tone: So, are you writing a novel from home? (If there had been one of those cartoon bubbles over her head […]

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Something that I’ve wondered about is whether or not anyone has ever been reconnected to old friends through blogging. Personally, it hasn’t happened to me yet. I’m a little surprised, though. I keep half-expecting to get an e-mail from someone that says: “are you the Laura Spencer that I knew at XYZ college?” Or, “are […]

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At least we say that we’re not. Not very much, anyway… A few weeks ago I asked WritingThoughts readers whether or not they found blogging to be stressful. The poll is closed now. Seventeen readers took part. Here are the results: 41% of you answered that blogging was slightly stressful. 36% of you answered that […]

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