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Ask a Freelancer: Helping women get published

In Ask a Freelancer, Melissa Chadburn fields questions about writing, the blogosphere, platform building, and all things scary.

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The 5 best social sites for writers online

We’ve told you the best places to read; now here’s the best spots to get social with your fellow writers in their bathrobes. 

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How social do online writers really have to be?

I meet other writers online… but then, honestly, I prefer solitude in the “real” world. Is this terrible?

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Ask a Freelancer: How to get out of the slush pile

Here’s how to get yourself out of the slush pile. With style. 

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The best literary spots on the Web

A tour of the best of the online writing universe. 

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Ask a freelancer: How to connect with writers you love (and not be creepy)

You meet them at workshops and they change your life. Now, how do you connect without getting creepy?

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Ask a freelancer: The simple 4-step recipe for freelancing

How do you actually take the leap and start freelancing? Freelancer shares her 4-step recipe for success. 

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Ask a freelancer: Kicking novel procrastination to the curb

I’ve got the inclination, the idea, even the time. Now how to I stop procrastinating and just start writing?

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Ask a freelancer: When freelance feels like freefall

Dealing with the despair of freelancing. 

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Ask a freelancer: How should I expose myself?

Platform ponderings: Should you have an author Facebook page that’s different from your personal one? How and where to best promote yourself online as a writer.

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Ask a freelancer: Write for free, or not?

I’ve been offered a regular online writing gig—for free. Should I take it or hold out for that rare bird that actually pays?

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Ask a freelancer: To blog or not to blog?

When trying to start a career as a writer, is it better to start a blog presence or not? Writer and freelancer Melissa Chadburn answers. 

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