A Welcome from Sharon

Welcome to the freelance writing topic. I believe that writers can be made as well as born and it's my mission to help you achieve success in freelance writing. To do this I'll be writing articles on markets for freelance writers, giving tips on how to manage a freelance writing career and providing advice on developing writing skills. This is not just pie in the sky. With a young child at home, a couple of years ago I decided the best way to balance my life and work was to freelance – and that's just what I did, drawing on 20 years' experience of writing and journalism. I believe anyone can do the same. In the last year, I've advised several people on how to jump start their freelance writing careers – and many of them have given up their day jobs and are now getting paid to write. I love to swap tips with other writers – and I look forward to getting to know you.

Sharon's Bio

Sharon Hurley Hall is a freelance writer, editor and lecturer who has worked in writing and journalism for 20 years. She now happily combines her writing career with life as a work at home mother. Sharon is a nomad who has lived in England, France and the Caribbean.

Sharon started out as a reporter and ended up editing a national magazine. With that experience under her belt, she decided to pass on the skills she had learned to a new generation and began teaching journalism at a local university, picking up postgraduate qualifications in media and teaching along the way. Her courses focused on the skills people really need to achieve success as journalists and writers and many of her former students now have successful careers in the media.

After the birth of her daughter, Sharon decided to work entirely from home and is now a successful ghostwriter and web content writer. Along the way, she has developed expertise in a wide range of subjects. Sharon specializes in writing about writing, but has also written consumer finance, blogging, promotion, online business, parenting and much more. She has written informational articles, sales and marketing copy, blogs, e-books, children's stories, short stories and poetry and has designed books and magazines.

Sharon publishes a freelance writing advice blog and a creative writing blog, as well as several others. She is the freelance writing topic editor for Inspired Author and has updated the Self Publishing site for Lifetips. She has two courses in development – a course on journalism for Thomson Education and a course on promotion for Writers Online Courses. She has published an e-book entitled SEO Tricks, which describes how writers can promote themselves for free. She is currently working on an e-book on freelance writing.

Links To Sharon's Work

http://www.doublehdesign.com  – Sharon's website
http://getpaidtowrite.blogspot.com - Sharon's freelance writing mentoring blog
http://www.inspiredauthor.com/Business_Career/Freelance/index.htm  - Freelance writing on Inspired Author
http://www.todaybooks.com/product_info.php?product_id=145  – SEO Tricks, e-book on promotion
http://www.squidoo.com/freelanceinspiration/  - Freelance writing lens on Squidoo
http://hubpages.com/profile/rappinhood  - Hubpages profile with several articles on writing