by Amanda on December 10, 2008
Credibility is vital if your writing business is going to succeed and whether you’ve been bad or good this year is something that Google really does know.
According to reports around the internet in the last few hours, Google knows the worst band in the world but what about the worst ghostwriting website or freelance writing website? Do you show up on the front page? Well lets take a look.
There was a lot of writing about Creed showing up when the worst band in the world was typed into google, and if you don’t believe me you can read a couple of the posts that I’ve linked to below:
Inquisitr.com wrote about it
Digg has over 355 mentions of it
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by Amanda on December 8, 2008
We are almost nearing the end of 2008 and what better time than to assess all the goals and promises you made at the start of the year. Have you fulfilled yours? What goals did you make for your writing career at the start of the year?
For me there were a number of goals that I listed at the start of January. I want to increase my earnings, I wanted to spend more time with my children, and like everyone else I wanted to work less. How did I do?
Well if I’m completely honest, not too great. First of all the start of the year was pretty bad for me. My partner and soon to be husband was taken ill and diagnosed with Bergers Disease (IgA Neuropathy) a kidney disorder that can lead to kidney failure. There is no cure either so that really knocked us all for six. Because of this we had six months of steroid treatment and two kidney biopsy’s to endure and this in turn meant a writing break for me. It was impossible to focus on my writing and I took what I call a well earned break.
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