Your Potential Employer Speaks Like most writers, I’ve been on the job search side of things. I’ve sent out the queries, copied clips and stuffed them in envelopes, included my SASE, etc. Since things have gone electronic, it’s much easier to give a potential employer exactly what he or she is looking for. Clips are…
Month: October 2006
Your Free Coach It’s not often that we get free help in our careers. People make big money coaching, consulting and offering career advice. However, there’s one place that exists where a budding writer can get sage advice, lots of help for specific problems/questions and join in a unique camraderie. Check out Anne Wayman’s About…
Overworked, Week TwoI’m a bit more than two weeks into my working full time plus freelancing. It’s been interesting. I love the day job (albeit a temporary day job). The work is interesting and there are plenty of gaps in the day where I can check my email and respond to client inquiries. No, I…
Proof That It WorksA friend of mine was recently telling me how she’d worked for a magazine twice and after a year, still hadn’t seen payment for either article. Oh, they had good excuses. They were dancing around the issue – “We sent a check. If you haven’t received it in a week, call us….
Projects From Hell (and why you should be pickier)At the moment, I’m feeling the weight of an unending project bearing down on me. The clients want to see it completed. I want to see it completed. But it goes on and on…. and guess what? The amount of stress this project is causing is not…
Your Fluctuating CareerWhen your career has taken more turns than a taxi in Manhattan, you may not think anything of it to jump from one job to another. In fact, if you’re a freelancer, that’s part-and-parcel of your profession. However, there may come a time when you need to leave the freelancing behind either temporarily…