Here’s a great testimonial from one of my recent clients, to start off the year.

“I must admit, I did the “happy dance” after reading the articles. They’re perfect! No edits necessary. I’m not accustomed to that.” – Vickie Perry Barker.

I love it when my clients are happy.

I’ve started writing for Suite101. It’s great because I can write about a wide range of topics. Here are the articles I’ve written so far:

I started a new blogging gig at BloggingTips in September. Here are the posts I’ve published so far:

• Confessions Of A Theme-A-Holic, 03 Dec 2009
• Four More Twitter Account Cleaners, 26 Nov 2009
• 4 Twitter Account Cleaners, 19 Nov 2009
• Is Tweetvisor A Brizzly Beater?, 12 Nov 2009
• Blogging For Revenue Share – Pros And Cons, 05 Nov 2009
• The Case Of The Disappearing Blog, 29 Oct 2009
• Five More Great Sites For Writers, 22 Oct 2009
• Four Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Blogging, 15 Oct 2009
• Three Challenges When Managing A Twitter Alter Ego, 08 Oct 2009
• Why IntenseDebate Beats Echo, 01 Oct 2009
• 3 Easy Ways To Deal With RSS Overload, 24 Sep 2009
• Rebadge Your Blog Content With Zinepal, 17 Sep 2009
• Two Weeks With Echo, 10 Sep 2009

I’m still posting on travel on the Taking Off Travel Blog. Here are more of my recent posts:

November 2009

• 26: Traveling The Blogosphere – November 2009
• 25: PRF Mentioned In CBS Thanksgiving Travel Spot
• 24: The View From The Wing – Photo Post
• 19: Reflections On A Year Of Travel Blogging
• 17: Sharing Travel Experiences – A Review
• 12: Easy Ways To Guard Against Airport Luggage Theft
• 10: More Airport Security On The Horizon
• 05: Three Travel Trends That Tick Me Off
• 03: The Best Free Blackberry Apps For Travelers

October 2009

• 29: Seven More Travel Bloggers You Should Follow On Twitter
• 27: Inside Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Airport
• 22: New Jersey Images
• 20: Top Tools For Staying Connected
• 15: PRF Offers Savings As New AARP Travel Provider
• 13: My Favorite Florida Eatery
• 08: Boo! Spooky Halloween Vacations 2009
• 06: Save Time And Money With Offsite Airport Parking
• 01: New Jersey In Pictures

September 2009

• 29: Traveling The Blogosphere – September 2009
• 24: One More Time, With Feeling
• 22: Ovi Maps – A Great Tool For Business Travel
• 17: Location Independent – Run Your Business From Anywhere
• 15: Coasting And Karting In Florida
• 10: On The Water In Florida
• 08: A Vacation In Hollywood
• 03: Working On The Road
• 01: Facebook For Travelers – Part 2

August 2009

• 27: What Kind Of Packer Are You?
• 25: Time Lapse Travel Moments
• 20: Travel Planning With GoPlanit
• 18: Traveling To The Hurricane Belt?
• 13: Traveling The Blogosphere – August 2009
• 11: Exploring Anchorage, Alaska Airport (ANC)
• 06: Couchsurfing Revisited
• 04: Carnival Celebrations Around The World

July 2009

• 30: How To Choose Offsite Airport Parking
• 28: Build Travel Packs With Planet Eye
• 23: Taking The Guesswork Out Of Trip Planning
• 21: Business Travel – Do You Dare To Unplug?
• 16: July Business Travel Gadget Roundup
• 14: Taking Off Travel Blog – Six Of The Best
• 09: Seven Long Haul Travel Tips
• 07: Best Job In The World – Where Would You Choose?
• 02: Exploring Birmingham, Alabama

These are my latest website and tool reviews on PiggyBankPie.

I last updated you on my web activities in September. Since then, in addition to the new writing gigs I’ve landed, I’ve also been featured in an interview with John Bardos of JetSetCitizen about being a location independent freelance writer. It was a real pleasure. I’ve also been getting active on Brazen Careerist, where I wrote a post called Working From Wherever – Getting Into Location Independent Living. Suz James was also kind enough to describe me as one of the best self taught SEOs she knows in a post she wrote for Get Paid To Write Online. That means a lot coming from a qualified search engine marketer. Thanks, Suz.

One of the projects I’ve been working on behind the scenes is a new site called Location Independent Parents. Lea Woodward, Amy Palko and I share our experience of being location independent parents. We’re all very different, so the site has something for everyone.  Here are my first three posts (but be sure to check out the rest):

Here are more of my website reviews on Appvita:

I recently got this testimonial from Martha Isaac, for whom I did some proofreading and editing work. Thanks, Martha.

I have avoided editors because having an editor somehow seemed to me to be relinquishing control of my work. However, Sharon showed me that an editor could gently work with you, picking up pieces of carelessness or oversight in construction and generally streamlining a text without intrusion.

The experience of working with her has changed my thinking, and I now consider her work as an editor a necessary stage of assistance in completing the writing project.

My first e-mail of twenty- five queries at the end of the first chapter was alarming, but it also set the tone for work, I anticipated similar or greater numbers at every interval and because she was so well organized and focused, the task of responding was pretty painless.

When I saw the final version, I felt very pleased, because she had transformed the appearance of the text into a neat and organized entity.

I will work with her again and I recommend her highly.

Martha Isaac

Unlike my last on the web post, this time I’m writing about interviews and mentions rather than guest posts. I’ll handle those in a follow-up post.  This month I have contributed to a post on the cost of living abroad on Man vs Debt, a post on Brazen Careerist on the freelance writing jobs I refuse to take, and have been listed on Info Barrel among the top ten freelance writing blogs.

I have also been interviewed by Brooke Ferguson of Business Backpacker and hope to have another interview appear soon on Jetsetizen. I’ve also agreed to play a leading role in the Location Independent Parents site and have been busily getting content ready.

Stay tuned for a roundup of the blog posts I’ve published recently as well as a wonderful testimonial from a client which I’ll be adding to the site soon.