Examiner.com – St. Louis Frugal Family Examiner
Very excited!! I applied to be the examiner.com St. Louis Frugal Family Examiner after noticing that the previous writer had not published anything since April of last year. I waited for awhile before applying to see if she would post again, but she never did. I took the chance about two weeks ago and went [...]
Slow Down on Article Writing
Before the holidays I always go a bit crazy writing articles, to make up for the holiday rush that seems to make article writing take a back seat. I have a ton of articles I have done nothing with yet, and have been throwing around the idea of tossing them up on Suite 101 or [...]
Suite 101 – Got Words?
Completely on a whim, I decided to apply at Suite 101 just to see what would happen. I have written for some pretty big named sites on the Internet, but when I applied to Suite101 in May 2008, I got turned down. Back then I was writing for families.com. Uhm. Okay.
So I put it on [...]
Past Writing Positions
I was browsing around today looking at some of my older articles I have written at a variety of locations, and ended up laughing when I landed on one site in particular.
I left them back several months ago, because the pay was pretty bad for what the article entailed – I had received a pay [...]
Article Spinning – What Do You Think?
Article Spinning annoys the heck out of me. According to Wikipedia, the definition for Article Spinning is:
Article spinning is a search engine optimization technique by which blog or website owners attempt to manipulate their rank on Google and other search engines. It works by rewriting existing articles, or parts of articles, and replacing elements to [...]
Write What You Know
Every writing class or workshop I have ever attended has taught the same phrase until it is embedded in my head. Write what you know.
It is interesting to me to go back and read articles that I had to research for, and then articles based on my own experiences or knowledge. Guess which ones are [...]
Losing a Job
Doesn’t it suck to lose a job? It especially sucks when you’re a freelancer and you rely on the income from sporadic jobs, etc. Thus is the case with a situation I am currently in. It doesn’t affect me, as much as it affects other bloggers who unfortunately chose to put all their eggs in [...]
Where Did I Go?
I certainly did not mean to disappear. It’s like I won NaNo and fell off the planet. Actually I didn’t. I just threw myself actively into writing again and had less time to spend blogging for fun, but if ever I am missing for any length of time, feel free to visit my other blog.
I [...]
Articles Picked Up By Reuters
Holy craziness! I just signed onto one of my accounts and found out that I have had a few articles picked up by various places. I was most excited about being featured on Reuters. That’s pretty huge! LOL
So here’s where you can find them:
Reuters: Our Favorite Dry Rub Recipe It was also picked up by [...]
What Happens When a Publication Closes?
It is every writer’s worst nightmare. The publication you are writing for closes its doors. Goes out of business. Disappears.
How do you cope? More than likely you depended greatly on that income and losing it is going to change things for you fast.
I have had this happen to me once, and I feel extremely blessed [...]
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Welcome!
Hi there, I am Nicole. This blog is a combination of my little corner of the writing world and the previous website known as Freelance Writer's Exchange. Please be sure and leave a comment so I know you visited, and so I can come visit you.
Are you participating in NaNoWriMo in 2010? If you are, leave me a comment with your id and I'll add you as a friend! 2010 will be my 5th year winning, and my 7th year participating.
What I'm tweeting:
- Question: Do you "people watch" to get ideas for your characters? #amwriting
- RT @centsiblelife: Time for our family fun Open Sky party! #OSfamfun
- Kids are officially off school for Spring Break. Now to find things to do to keep them occupied for the next week or so. #fb
- RT @crispycracka Blood is thicker than water, but maple syrup is thicker than blood. In conclusion: pancakes are more important than family.
- Borrowed from a friend: Be good to yourself. People will only treat you as well as you treat yourself. - Mark Victor Hansen
- Sirens lasted over 15 minutes. Tests don't run that long.
