Web Writing Isn't Everything

Image by 7th U.S. Army JMTC via FlickrI'm at my best in the mornings. You would think that I use that as my writing time.  I don't.

Call me a fool but I choose to use my night, quiet time as my writing time.  Sure, I'm at my best before 9 a.m.  While I'm at my best in the mornings, my best web writing happens at night. Gimme' a couple cups of coffee and a cigarette and I'm ready to roll.  Most of the good stuff happens then and I choose to use it for stuff other than writing.

• Work out.

One of the thing that I think many web writers and bloggers forget about is their physical fitness.  Well, I'd like to remind you all of two things.  One, health and life insurance isn't cheap so it greatly  benefits you to stay in goo shape.  I mean, "not on the brink of death if you get up to get a cup of coffee" shape.  And, secondly, we all want to make lots of money with our web writing but what good is it if we die when we're young.  Work out!

• Chores/Housework

I'm a geographical bachelor which, in the military, is a common term.  What it basically means is this:  I'm happily married with lots of kids but they don't live with me.  I have to maintain my household, keep it in living conditions and ensure that I'm not getting over run with cockroaches.  I do this in the mornings, too.

• I Surf The Web

This may come as a surprise but web writers, especially those wanting to earn money, need to keep up with the latest trends, hot topics and styles.  I do this in the mornings.  I read blogs, read the news, research topics and check stats.  I don't want to be bothered with this "crap" at night when I'm actually writing.

I'm not rich.  I'm not the world's Number 1 Web Writer.  I make money from my writing though, and I want to help you to do it, too.  So subscribe and let's go for a ride!

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Making Money Writing Articles For The Web: Take It Slow

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Freelance Writing Advice for Beginners: Balancing Your Workload

As I've said in other posts I really am trying to get a few good Freelance Writing clients and work exclusively for them while at the same time compensating for "slow" times with one of the freelance writing websites that I have joined.

This is going to be harder than I thought. I already write for many different sites and yesterday I had to say "goodbye" to Break Studios. I liked writing for them, they have fun topics but I just couldn't handle another. I have started work on a series of TACFIT and Army Training video and article jobs for a private client and that was the breaking point. So, I decided to create my own "frelance writing schedule." I know. Not the discovery of the atom but it was a revelation for me.

So, here is the schedule that I made up.

Textbroker:

At least one article per weeknight with a dollar total not less than $4

Weekend afternoons, 2-4 (as many articles as I can knock out with a dollar total not less than $15

Associated Content from Yahoo:

This is where it got tricky. I can write for them anytime I want and submit for "display and performance only". But I can also pick topics off their assignment board which pay up-front

So while page views are hard to gauge I decided to pick up an assignment board topic when I see one that I can do and work on one per night during the weekdays as well with a dollar total of not less than $20 per weeil

If inspiration or a hot topic come around I'll knock that out for display only.

Blog:

I am going to hit this place up about 3 time per week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The focus will be on freelancing subjects, writing topics, and trying to get someone to visit it.

I have also signed up with a few "pay to blog" sites so we'll see if those start paying off. With those kinds of sites you are paid to put banners or write on topics on your blog and they pay you for it.

In addition to that, I have Google Adsense and Amazon affiliates enabled. Cross your fingers and pray for clicks!

Independent Publishing and Interactive Media are still slow but I'll work for them when I can and when they have work for me.

Hubpages:

Still weary of these cats but I have my Amazon and Google Adsense accounts linked to them as well so I am going to attempt a new Hub every Tuesday and Thursday.

Still waiting on BrightHub and About.com.

WARNING to Independent Publishing users. My account shows and invoice of $13.86 paid out two days ago but no Paypal message yet.

Freelance Writing Advice: Taking Some Time For Yourself As Well

Whether you can look back longingly at your old normal, 9-5 job or you are still working at it then I'm sure you can remember that you had weekends and time "off" to do household chores, spend time with family, or just chill out. Your freelance writing career must be built the same way.

If you are like me and are working full-time and freelancing on the side then you must make sure that you are scheduling time for yourself as well. And that's just what I did today. Pretty much, anyway.

I did some work on the blog here, to include this post. I wrote two simple articles for Textbroker and fa-diddled (my word that you can use) around with some research for my private client. I have a 9 hour drive to South Carolina tomorrow morning so the rest of the day I hit the gym, packed, and got Boom Boom's food ready for his time with the bird-sitter.

I think this is important. I am motivated about this new freelance writing endeavor but also recognize that if I burn out I will not be doing ANY good. I like going to the gym to relax and so I make sure I do that, usually in the morning before putting on the uniform. On weekends though I make it a point to work it into the writing schedule. And at other times it is just as important to get away from the keyboard, search engines, key word density counters, and obsessive page view tracking to have some food and watch a little TV with your bird.