by chatfielda | Time Management
I like to be efficient. No matter what I’m doing, I like to get it done as fast as possible and in the process I end up competing with myself. It got me promoted at my first and third jobs and it kept me in good graces with my boss at my fourth (who I eventually...
by chatfielda | Time Management
Today’s post comes to you courtesy of my morning. I woke up today excited to get some work done. I have been cruising through a handful of new ideas lately and the results have already started to show up – it’s been encouraging. Then today I woke up,...
by chatfielda | Free Time
I use a lot of stuff when I log on to my computer each day. I have a laptop, lots of software to write, record or develop whatever I’m working on that particular day, and all my mobile devices to keep me connected when I leave the house. But, at the end of the...
by chatfielda | Freelancing, Writing Guides
Research, outlining, brainstorming – you’ve just poured a boat load of work into the development of your eBook and if you’re still plugging along, you’re doing a lot better than 99% of the aspiring writers out there. Now it’s time for the...
by chatfielda | Business Strategies
I logged into my Odesk account this morning to reply to a message and was greeted with a list of not two, not three, but 7 contractors I’m currently outsourcing various aspects of different projects to. These are all tasks I couldn’t perform if I wanted to...
by chatfielda | Freelancing, Writing Guides
Last time, I called research the backbone of all good content. After all, what’s the point of writing? You’re trying to convince someone that you’re an expert on a topic, or in our case that our clients are experts. So, how do you do that if you don’t learn everything...
by chatfielda | Freelancing
For a freelance web writer, there are millions of projects available every year. There’s just one problem. They are generally about topics you have no interest in, no knowledge about, or very little desire to write about. It’s a pretty common problem, and...
by chatfielda | Freelancing
A lot of newcomers to freelance writing have asked me whether the article spinning projects are a good idea. They are easy to get and they generally represent ongoing work – or at least that’s the argument. And to be honest, I completely understand the attraction....
by chatfielda | Writing Guides
The all important part 2 of writing your eBook is here and is going to be an incredibly important aspect. Not only is this the part where you actually start to commit your ideas to the screen (a profound moment for any project), but it is where you start to see just...
by chatfielda | Writing Guides
I try to be at least a little modest every now and then, but there are some topics I know pretty well, based pretty heavily on the experience I’ve racked up in recent years. One of those things is how to write an eBook, so I thought I’d bring that...
