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Pardon our appearance!!

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I have reverted to an old platform selection and will be updating the site within 48 hours. I needed to go back to an old version of my original layout and that will take some time. Thanks for your patience! About Doreen MartelWell-rounded freelance writer who contributes to various blogs, paid to write sites and revenue sharing sites. Doreen is legally blind and has worked at home for more than 10 years. She uses the lessons learned from this experience to enhance her writing and share information with others.Mail | Web | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Google+ |…

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My own worst enemy

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My own worst enemy

You know there are sometimes you cannot help but shoot yourself in the foot. I’m particularly good at that and tend to be my own worst enemy. Remember when I wrote the post on setting goals for 2013? I made this observation early in the post Finally I got around to deciding what I should set up for work-related goals for 2013. One of the first things I need to do is learn to not be so snarky when commenting on things that annoy me. This of course will take all of my self-preservation skills since stupidity makes me crazy…

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Celebrate a milestone: What now

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Celebrate a milestone: What now

Yesterday, I  crossed a milestone on this blog. I posted my 500th post. The very first post on this site was November of 2008. Clearly, I have not posted regularly, I’ve averaged about 10 posts a month. There is a reason that these posts are somewhat erratic. I have no clear picture of what people are reading or what they want to read!  I know this sounds silly but even my traffic doesn’t give a good indication as it’s all over the place. I bet I have a hundred posts that are not showing one single page view.  I am…

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July musings about writing and blogging

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July musings about writing and blogging

As July winds down, I’m looking back over what I have managed to accomplish this month. As my regular readers know, I really do enjoy blogging, writing and finding new ways to generate income.  I also like sharing information about what is successful, things that are less successful than I anticipated and what to avoid at all costs.  I wrote my first “scam alert” post this month, because it annoys me to no end to find out about people who are out for their own best interests and scamming people just because they can. It’s wrong, and it aggravates me!…

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From ghost writing to Freelancing

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A brief introduction to freelancingandmore's Monday blogger, Gail Seymour, long time Internet ghostwriter turned freelance whose chaotic CV includes such oddities as being a published poet, web site design, floristry, and Hostage Negotiating.

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Accidental Freelancer

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It’s always interesting to find out how people wound up doing freelance work and my story isn’t much different from others except that I have a few varying twists in my tale. I never considered being a freelancer! In fact, I simply couldn’t imagine depending on chance for a paycheck every week, I really liked the stability of the brick and mortar workplace.  What changed?  Well for me there are multiple changing points in my road to freelancing.  The first occurred in 1991 when I was informed that I had retinitis pigmentosa.  Web MD Says this about RP:  Retinitis pigmentosa…

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Spread your wings!

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If you’re a freelance writer and you are looking for (a) additional experience; (b) additional income; (c) an opportunity to build your portfolio, there are some websites that are available to you to help you do this! Here are some examples: Helium – if you’re interested in writing about a wide variety of topics and you want the opportunity to practice your writing, Helium offers you a wide range of topics that include poetry, creative writing, business, legal, family issues and the list goes on and on. One of the nice things about Helium is that you will earn residual…

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About Me

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About Me

My Profile/Portfolio: Doreen Martel About Doreen MartelWell-rounded freelance writer who contributes to various blogs, paid to write sites and revenue sharing sites. Doreen is legally blind and has worked at home for more than 10 years. She uses the lessons learned from this experience to enhance her writing and share information with others.Mail | Web | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Google+ | More Posts (665) Related Posts:Tips for finding online freelance writing jobsArticle Writing TipsSometimes it is worth the fight!Subscriber Milestones: A total head fake!March 2013: Goals attained and missed

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About this Blog

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I encourage you to share links to other websites that offer freelance jobs. However, there are some items that will be immediately removed: A)  Foreclosure assistance - Foreclosure assistance businesses are sketchy at best.  Companies that offer help and charge large up front fees are typically not companies that I would encourage anyone to get involved in.  While I’m sure there are some out there that do their businesses legitimately, I prefer to have folks who are involved with government programs such as HOPENow and FNMA work to handle these. B)  Multi Level Marketing – MLM’s are hard to do…

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