Most freelancers end up writing through the night on occasion, either to avoid missing a deadline, or because they have overloaded themselves with work, or because sometimes, life just gets in the way of writing.

From time to time I try to update my daily working regime, either to try and get a quart out of a pint pot, or simply because I feel like a change. I am not sure whether this process helps or hinders my writing, but when I do it I feel virtuous – and it looks as though I am not the sort of writer who ends up writing through the night a bit too often.

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I am not that good at marketing and promoting my freelance business so recently I have been setting myself tasks in each of these areas to improve my progress. This last few months I have tried to be more proactive in selling my services, and I have to say it has paid off.

I have picked up a couple of regular clients, large orders, at a rate of pay that is not great, but it is acceptable. When it comes to freelance writing

Webmasters’ Forums

There are good and bad Webmasters’ forums, especially when it comes to marketing your writing. Certain forums in particular attract people who will offer to write 500 words for a dollar. Very often, the person buying them finds they are often badly written and sometimes plagiarised, which means he or she has to get them written again. Having said that, there are still plenty of people buying this stuff. f you are new to freelancing and have tried some of these forums you will know what I mean. It is possible however, to advertise your services on a forum and get a decent rate of pay.

It is a good idea to try webmaster forums ending in .co.uk. They may not pay a huge amount but if you offered to write an article of 500 words for £4 you would end up with $6.50 US, not a lot I’ll grant you, but seven times more than some people want to pay.

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