09Oct 2012 by Philippa Willitts

Podcast Episode 8: Essential Software and Online Apps for Freelance Writers

Podcast
Episode 8 of the podcast is ready for your listening pleasure! In it, I talk with Lorrie about some pieces of software, apps or websites which really help us in the day to day running of our freelance writing businesses. We ran out of storage space for our earliest episodes. But fear not, we have made these many, many hours of freelance writing goodness available for just £10. If you want access to them all, please click Add to Cart and buy through our e-junkie account for instant access. Software and Links We Discuss Google Drive Focus Booster Open Office Mail Chimp Boomerang Remember the Milk Rapportive My guest blog post in which I, to quote Lorrie, wax lyrical about whiteboards. There are several ways to make sure that you don't…
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08Oct 2012 by Philippa Willitts

The Relentless Marketing of a Freelance Writer

About Writing
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Promotion brainstorm (Photo credit: tamurray5)[/caption] Before I became a full-time, self-employed freelance writer I read a lot on the subject. I wanted to feel prepared and not have any nasty surprises, so I consumed as much information as I could find in advance. One thing that I read again and again was that, as a freelancer, you have to be constantly marketing yourself but for some reason the reality of this didn’t sink in. I was building myself a website – that was marketing, right? And I could email companies to see if they needed a writer, so that was my marketing covered. Or so I thought. What transpired was that what I had read was right and my vague plans were severely lacking. I had…
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02Oct 2012 by Philippa Willitts

Podcast Episode 7: Freelance Writing – To Specialise or Not to Specialise

Podcast
This is the first of my solo podcast episodes - Lorrie and I are going to do some individual ones as well as continuing with the ones we do together, so I really hope you like it! Tune in for information about whether or not specialising is a good option for freelance writers. We ran out of storage space for our earliest episodes. But fear not, we have made these many, many hours of freelance writing goodness available for just £10. If you want access to them all, please click Add to Cart and buy through our e-junkie account for instant access. There are several ways to make sure that you don't miss out on A Little Bird Told Me. Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes Find us on Stitcher Smart…
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11Sep 2012 by Philippa Willitts

Podcast Episode 4: Hot Topic: Writing and Editing for free – is it ever OK?

Podcast
Episode 4 of the A Little Bird Told Me podcast is now live! Listen below, or on our Podomatic page, where you can also find all the links you need to find myself and Lorrie all over the web. We ran out of storage space for our earliest episodes. But fear not, we have made these many, many hours of freelance writing goodness available for just £10. If you want access to them all, please click Add to Cart and buy through our e-junkie account for instant access. There are several ways to make sure that you don't miss out on A Little Bird Told Me. Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes Find us on Stitcher Smart Radio And finally, please 'like' us on Facebook to be the first to hear our news…
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06Sep 2012 by Philippa Willitts

Introducing the Writers Helping Writers Collective

About Writing, Uncategorized
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Spreadsheet email (Photo credit: Christopher S. Penn)[/caption] Last night, on Twitter (follow me @PhilippaWrites), I got into an interesting conversation with @thewritesprite. She followed me, and I told her that I liked her username. She joked about how difficult it had been to choose one, and we started to talk about how, despite writing for other people for a living, writing for ourselves can sometimes be hard. There are, of course, other times when another writer's input can be very valuable - for instance it is nigh on impossible to proofread your own work. You are too involved with the text and it often takes a fresh pair of eyes to spot mistakes. And sometimes a writer can craft a catchier Twitter bio about somebody else…
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