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Lessons on Procrastination: On Messing Up and Getting Your Act Together

May 24, 2014 by Maricel Rivera Leave a Comment

Lessons on Procrastination: On Messing Up and Getting Your Act Together

Many thanks for completing these sample articles. We appreciate that they take time to research and write. I’m very sorry to inform you that we won’t be able to offer you a position at this time, as your articles did not meet our tone of voice requirements. Although your research was absolutely fantastic, in so […]

Filed Under: Lessons Learned, Motivation, Personal, Writing Tagged With: lessons learned, procrastination, wasting time

Get Things Done: Apps for Optimizing Your Writing Productivity

February 26, 2014 by Hazel Mae Pan Leave a Comment

Get Things Done: Apps for Optimizing Your Writing Productivity

When your work involves tons of research, writing, fact-checking, cross-referencing and collaboration, sometimes, you can get stuck on information overload. What you don’t want to happen is to end up wasting precious time sifting through multiple categories of data in order to try and piece together a coherent picture out of it all. Add to […]

Filed Under: Motivation, Technology, Writing Tagged With: apps, writing productivity

What Has Your Voice Been Telling You Lately?

January 18, 2014 by Maricel Rivera 5 Comments

What Has Your Voice Been Telling You Lately?

It happens to a lot of freelance writers. You have content assignments lined up. You go on to create a schedule, but instead of sticking to the schedule like a fly on its nemesis, the all-mighty flypaper, you end up doing other things – click on links shared by friends on Facebook, browse blogs that […]

Filed Under: Freelancing, Motivation, Writing Tagged With: curb those excuses, excuses, freelance writers, freelancers

Why Freelance Writers Aren’t Being Paid What They Are Worth

October 29, 2013 by Maricel Rivera 16 Comments

Why Freelance Writers Aren’t Being Paid What They Are Worth

I posted an infographic about the hidden benefits of part-time work in my other blog a few days back. One of the blog’s regular readers retorted with a comment, “I think the rates are only realistic for Americans.” While I concede that there’s truth to her words, there’s something about the comment that didn’t sound […]

Filed Under: Freelancing, Writing Tagged With: competition based on price, freelance writing rates, penny per word

Writing Productivity: How to Self-Motivate

August 31, 2013 by Hazel Mae Pan 4 Comments

Writing Productivity: How to Self-Motivate

My writing productivity has not been at par with my preset goals lately, and it’s been causing a huge strain in my confidence as an effective freelancer. A feeling that I should be leaving my current, well-paying job to focus full-time on my online writing, marketing and content development freelancing gig, especially since it offers […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Freelancing, Motivation, Productivity, Writing Tagged With: blogging, freelancing, motivation, productivity, writing, writing productivity

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