If you’re a work at home parent, as I am, then you’ve probably been making some trade-offs over the summer. It’s great to have our little darlings at home, but it’s also frustrating when we can’t work in the usual way. For me, the summer has meant paring down to essentials. I [...] [...more]
I was tagged by Dana to list the reasons why I love working at home. Way back in another life, I worked as a journalist in an office. Then I worked as a journalism tutor in another office. Then I traded them both for a home office, and I’ve never regretted it. Here’s why: I don’t [...] [...more]
I’m not a mirage. Honestly. I’m a real, living, breathing person. And I’m a real writer, too. When people think of writers, they often think of famous novelists, best-selling authors or respected journalists. Web content writers don’t get a look in. And yet we are real writers, too. Just like other writers, we write because [...] [...more]
One of the things I love most about working as a freelance writer is that I can do it from anywhere. As long as I have access to a computer with a working internet connection, I can do my research and write and submit my articles on time. No one even has to know that [...] [...more]
Men with Pens is one of my favorite new blogs. It’s the successor to the Web Content Copywriting blog which I mentioned last year. Run by James Chartrand and Harry McCLeod, this is a writing blog with a difference. These guys really know how to write unique blog posts. It’s refreshing to read new [...] [...more]
Sometimes you just have to know when it’s time to take a day off. This is an issue that most work at home moms face, especially during the summer holidays. Most days, I try to work from just after breakfast till just after nap time, leaving several hours in the afternoon for me to play [...] [...more]
How to Create the Ultimate Home Office for Writing is the title of my latest article on Garden and Hearth. As writers we may find ourselves crammed into the only available space at home, but there are still some things that we need to do our jobs. Check out How to Create the Ultimate Home Office [...] [...more]
Happy 4th of July! When you blog a lot, it can be hard to find inspiration, but sometimes other people find it for you. Here’s what someone suggested I blog about today. Today I was trying to finish up a batch of eight articles to partly meet a tight deadline that’s looming. While I was doing that, [...] [...more]
Sometimes you have to blow your own trumpet, otherwise who else will do it. I’ve been a member of Helium for a while (in fact, I plan to review the highs and lows one day) and I have a few articles on there. Not as many as some of my friends, but a respectable number. [...] [...more]
I’ve just realised something. Nearly every writer I know at the moment is a mom. Some have new babies, some have older children, some even have grandchildren. There are lots of us juggling writing careers and motherhood. Some of us are freelancing full time, while others are combining writing with full time jobs outside the [...] [...more]
