The Duh Factor I just saw a lame question on a forum, coupled with a post on :: inkthinker ::: Ignorance is not bliss; it’s just ignorance, that reminded me just how bloody lazy some people can be, and they don’t seem ashamed about it. The question: “Where can I find the contact information for…
Month: November 2006
Habit Forming For those of you who have made the jump from office to home office, how are you doing on the whole “I’m working from home, so I gotta get serious” thing? A recent discussion over at Anne Wayman’s About Freelance Writing site talked about whether a writer should have an outside address or…
Fighting the Losing BattleJust came across a brand-new client. In the short phone conversation we had, I managed to impress him with how flexible I was (he even said, “You sound very easy to work with”) and how qualified I was to handle his project. He did have one thing standing in the way, however….
Editing For Fun And (not) MoneySo what do you do when your great-uncle Ted asks you to look over his latest endeavor into the novel-writing biz? What do you do when your best friend’s mother needs someone to “look over and edit” her newsletter for the Red Cross? When you’ve been volunteered to be the…
RepresentI got a terrific email to start my morning. I’d just written an article for a magazine wherein I had to interview one of their advertisers and present a profile of the company and what they do. They do highly technical mathematics and analytics, which is not my strong suit. So I was nervous about…
Writing a Good Query Letter My recent foray into advertising for writing help has driven home a very important truth; few people understand the power of a good query letter. That may sound like an unfair generalization, and maybe it is, but my mail this past week backs up my theory all too painfully. As…