The Misadventures of a Stay At Home Writer

Work is no joke.

Earning is no joke.

Saving is also no joke.

If you are like me who stays at home and makes a living out of internet connections and finding clients to write for on top of staying motivated, then you know the story very well.

Writer gets up, consumes coffee, half a breakfast of raisin bread (at least for this particular morning) and then  sits in front of the laptop still in pajamas and stays that way responding to emails, double checking deadlines and then gets up to have a drink of water.

With a lifestyle like this, I should be living under a rock.

After getting up for a quick pampering session in the bathroom which is actually referred to as a waking up process:

• Exfoliating the face
• Washing the hair
• Waking up the rest of the body,

Subject then dries and brushes hair, puts on torn and ripped clothes and puts feet up on bed while the rest of the upper body is anchored towards the laptop on the table. 

There, now I am an official stay at home writer, so that only leaves me one more task on my CV: update my references and look for a more stable job. 

Note to self: pay bills... 

Where It All Happens

This is where it all happens

That is the roof of our house, and my writing corner is at the second floor. Here, I have completed e-books, numerous articles, blog content and all sorts of writing projects. This photo was taken at the start of summer. If you want to know what it looks like during winter, just imagine a horrid downpour of rain. Yep. 

In the afternoon, I take a walk. And I take this road. I'm gone for twenty or thirty minutes to clear my head and trust me, this road is the best to take for purposes like this because it leads to higher elevations of the mountain and I can feel what it is like to just "get lost". 

I don't take walks alone. These babies keep me company. It is a treat for them to sniff on anything at all. Anything at all. 

PlagScan and Plagtracker: Comparison of Free Plagiarism Checker Online

The reason why I am comparing plagiarism checkers online today is because I have writing assignments that are due in the next 36 hours and I need to check the uniqueness of each article that I submit to my clients. The online software that I have been using for many months now seem to be uncooperative with me today and here I am, comparing two new ones. I figured if they detect any duplicate content, I can correct it before submitting to clients. And I must say, these online tools have detected even the most common phrases that could be overused by many people all over the globe!

PlagScan

Go to PlagScan and sign up if you are using it for the first time. You can then verify once you have clicked on the link in your email inbox and you can then claim 25 credits which is good for 2500 words. In the dashboard once you are logged in, you can see at the left section that you have the option to add more points in your account.

Adding text to be scanned is very easy, all you have to do is drag the file into the white space in the center and it will accommodate your file, and all you have to do is click scan so that you can see the results. Another helpful feature is that there are hints at the bottom and the scan allows for multiple files to be checked. 

Results after scanning with PlagScan

Some of the detected phrases in the document

The speed and preciseness is fine, it is able to complete the scan in less than four minutes for a 500 plus word article, maybe faster if my internet connection is better. I am in the outskirts of the city as of the moment and the best that I have is a 2G connection but still. It is able to detect even the most common phrases in the document, but I still went ahead to revise it. 

I also received a message in my email inbox from PlagScan regarding the scan results complete with the plagiarism level. 

PlagTracker

The second plagiarism checker I used is PlagTracker. It is very easy to use and all it takes is a copy paste feature. Once you have pasted your whole text, you can click the big red button on the right side that says Start Checking and you can wait for the results after a minute. However, the tool itself will be sending the results straight to your inbox together with a verification link that you have to follow. 

Best Feature is that you can have a free account immediately set up for your future use. You will be given a temporary password and you have to log in to change it. The results message in my inbox arrived after thirty minutes, again maybe if my internet connection were faster, it could have arrived earlier. 

Your free account can be used to:
Monitor the status of submitted documentsReview the history of all your plagiarism reportsUpgrade to Premium to get access to instant reports and additional features.

PlagTracker free online tool 

What is great about these tools is that they are:

1. Both free
2. Easy to Use
3. Fast-depending on the speed of your internet connection

If your plagiarism tool is uncooperative like mine and if you are looking for a second-or even third opinion, you can easily try them out.