The Writers Blog

  Are you stuck in front of a blank page or computer screen? Do you struggle each time you have to write? People seem to find all other tasks preferable to writing an article. There’s a term for it: “shaving the yak.” Originally coined by Seth Godin, marketer and author extraordinaire, “shaving the yak” means that when [...]

  Article marketing is an ideal way to improve your website traffic without expending too much energy. All you need do is to write a few decent articles, and your traffic will increase significantly. The writing must be relevant to the topic or niche of your website, or at least the page that you intend to [...]

  Copywriting is one of the most important parts of internet marketing. Once you get visitors to your site, you must depend largely on your sales copy to convert the visitors into customers. Sadly, many webmasters neglect the art of web copywriting. Copywriting truly is an art, but have a checklist of important points is also helpful. [...]

  Even with a dozen published books to my name, I sometimes need a dose of inspiration when I sit down to write. Above my desk, I’ve posted a paper with various pieces of fiction-writing wisdom I’ve collected over the years. Some of the advice may sound odd, but I’ve found it all helpful. Here it [...]

  When it comes to meeting deadlines, one way to manage your timetable effectively is to divide the large jobs and farm them out to several freelancers. Let’s say you’ve been awarded a writing job to write an e-book on childcare with 10 chapters for $2,000 over a 45 day period of time. Bid out each chapter [...]

  If there is one profession that is open to the bad press created by myths, created by people who don’t know any better, it is the profession of writing. Unfortunately these myths can oftentimes be offputting for budding and aspiring writers. 1: Writing is easy for some people. Let me tell you that [...]

  I love to write but there are times when I need articles in a hurry so I will decide to outsource the project. I find that what normally happens still frustrates me. If I am talking with a new supplier and they send me samples of their work, by far the majority still focus their [...]

Hi Andrew I just finished reading “101 Tips On Writing For Cash” and let me tell you it was really educating. For someone like me that has been writing for a number of years I thought it would be the same old tips that we have seen several times before. I am happy to report that it [...]

Writers Write, That’s What We Do There are times however when we can suffer from the terror and fear that is “Writers Block”. Here I sit absolutely terrified of the worst enemy a writer can have – the blank page. And, of course, the closer the deadline gets, this horrible monster, this block is turning me into [...]