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March 3, 2025
An Update From Sharon - March 2025
Hello {{ first name | friends}},
If all goes well, by the time you read this, I'll be wandering around Panama City. I might even have already visited the Panama Canal, which is on my list.
I recently entered a new decade, and on the advice of a very good friend (you know who you are, and thank you), I decided to mark its start by doing something I love: travelling to a place I've never visited before. It's been a while since I've done that, but having rediscovered the travel bug, I see more travel...
February 28, 2025
We Always Have to Wonder - SARN Minis #60
Hi, I'm Sharon Hurley Hall. Welcome to the Sharon's Anti-Racism Newsletter podcast, SARN Minis.
I don't know if Erin Strotman hates Black people. I DO know that at least one of the healthy babies who was born at a Virginia hospital and who "mysteriously" suffered a fractured leg was Black. And that is one hurt baby too many. Apparently, she's done it several times. And given the area she's working in, it seems likely that other Black babies are...
February 26, 2025
Anti-Racism Reading List February 2025
Hello {{ first name | friends}},
January was a long year for anyone affected by the flurry of activity from the dictator in the White House - and let's face it, with the position of the US on the global stage, those tentacles spread worldwide. As such, many of this month's articles focus on making sense of and resisting what's happening. There are also articles about racism in the UK and Canada. Let's dive in...
1. Dear Black People, It’s Time We Divest from The American Experiment by Louis ByrdT...
February 24, 2025
REBOOT: The Foxes and the Henhouse
Hello {{ first name | friends}},
It's time for the monthly article surfaced from the archives. This article originally went out to paid subscribers, and was one of the most popular articles the year it was published. I'm re-releasing it for free. Though this referred to an actual incident, I think it's very relevant now, when there are so many examples of people who despise a thing being put in charge of it (say, a department looking after justice, a policy favouring people of limited economic me...
September 17, 2020
Why Real Writers Cost Money
Here’s why professional writers are worth the rates they charge
Blogging in the “Olden Days”
A reflection on how things have changed in 15 years of blogging
September 15, 2020
How to Value Yourself as a Writer from the Start of Your Writing Career
7 tips on trusting and earning your worth as a freelancer
July 14, 2015
Scrivener: a Great Tool for Professional Bloggers
Update: See my latest thoughts on Scrivener on the FreelancerFAQs blog.
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June 17, 2015
Writer Marketing — How to Focus on Value in 2020
When I started out in freelancing on the web, the conversation was all about price — price per word, price per hour, price per article…
Writer Marketing — How to Focus on Value [2015 Update]
When I started out in freelancing on the web, the conversation was all about price — price per word, price per hour, price per article.
Continue reading on Get Paid to Write Online »
