http://reginapaulwrites.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:41:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of writing to make money. I blog, and I write articles frequently, as well as books, and while that is how I make the bulk of my money I do other things as well. One of those things is I create digital art for bookcovers, ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2009/01/06/the-importance-of-diversification/ I get this question a lot from people interested in breaking into freelance writing. The truth is paying anyone to get leads in my opinion is a waste of money. There are a number of reasons I believe this, one of those reasons is my own experience with having tried ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/12/26/should-i-pay-to-get-freelance-writing-job-leads/ http://www.addsyou.com username=MjAwOC0xMS0yOSAwNDowMjoxNg== http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/12/22/i-am-now-publishing-on-addsyoucom/ Something that can be a downside to being a writer is dealing with editors. Sadly, not all editors are professionals, and you're not always going to agree with the changes they want you to make to your writing. I've personally been dealing with this a lot lately with one of ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/12/22/how-to-deal-with-editors/ Wow! I woke up yesterday morning and discovered the blog here had won an award! Very nice. So, first of all, thank you very much wantingtowork, I truly appreciate it! And everyone be sure and visit wantingtowork's blog, here's the link:  http://wantingtowork.today.com/ So, now  it's my turn, here are the six ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/12/17/i-won-the-lemonade-award-cool/ While it is possible to get writing gigs even if you don't have a portfolio, it definitely makes getting gigs a lot easier when you do have one! When I made the decision to write full-time I knew I was going to need samples of my writing and if those ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/12/09/how-important-is-having-a-portfolio/ Have you ever wondered what all the talk about affliliate marketing and blogging is all about? Well, believe it or not as a blogger ie writer you can make more income, passive income in fact by combining your blogging with marketing affliliate products. Affliliate marketing is where you promote someone else's ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/12/03/blogging-plus-affiliate-products/ I love the holidays as much as anyone, but it is also the time of year that makes me crazy trying to keep up with everything. I woke up this morning with the realization that I had completely let my regular yoga routine go to the point that I hadn't ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/12/01/juggling-working-at-home-with-the-holidays/ Up until a year ago I had never even heard the term PLR and because of that would never have considered it to be an avenue to helping my freelance writing career. PLR stands for Private Label Content. The great thing about PLR is that online business owners are always ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/11/27/plr-what-is-it-and-how-can-it-help-your-freelance-career/ If you're like me and you love to write, then you know the holidays is a treasure trove of ideas for articles. Holidays always make writing easier because finding topics to write about that you're already familiar with is so easy.  Here are some tips for holiday article ideas:  1. Write an ... http://reginapaulwrites.today.com/2008/11/25/holiday-article-writing/