I’m writing this Monday morning, though you won’t see it until Tuesday. I’ve just run into yet another instance of the “editor” coming out in the non-editing person. It never fails; you give someone the opportunity to edit and they’re going to take it and abuse the power. A current project is proof. I asked…
Month: June 2008
Union or Not?
We’ve all lamented the lower wages, the lack of insurance, and the general invisibility of our freelance existences. However, if there were a union of like-minded souls out there hell-bent on advocacy and group insurance coverage, would you join? The Freelancer’s Union is a 75K+ conglomeration of freelancers from across the country and across industries….
The Dream Meme
Bob Younce over at The Writing Journey has taken on a lot of memes lately. One standout: the Dream Meme. The rules, which I lifted nearly verbatim from Bob’s post, are as follows: Write a short paragraph describing your dream. What is it that you want to accomplish? It doesn’t have to be career-related, though…
Why I Hate Bidding Sites, and Why You Should, Too
There are some pretty crappy job postings out there on the Internet, and a few of them prompted more than one post from me begging you to avoid job posting sites. Yet even with the $4-an-article job posts we’ve all seen and avoided, there are some job postings that are worse. Yes, worse. Kathy Kerhli…
Revisionist History
I have a friend who is a wonderful person, but whose memory of the past is steeped with imagination. Recently, she took a piece of personal history and revised it to sound like one of our mutual friends, who was approaching a business deal very cautiously, was an absent-minded putz. I had to remind her…
Havin’ a Heat Wave…
Who wants to work when it’s sweltering out? Sure, I’m sitting in an air-conditioned house, but the study is on the southern side, so by noon, I’m going to be marinating in my own sweat. That I have to interview someone at 1 makes it tougher to be in this room, but I can escape…
Friday’s Favorite Blog Posts
Forgive the late posting here today. I was tied up with a complex project all morning and just managed to sign off on the first pass. Somehow, I now feel like another vacation is in order… I was tooling around the blogs this week and found some real gems. First, on CatalystBlogger: The Benefits of…
Leaping
Rogue Ink’s Tei and some of her posters on her latest post about Taking the Leap lamented that jump from preparing to be a writer to actually being one. Ladies and gents, I feel your pain. We all do. We’ve been there. We still visit there once in a while. This post is for you….
Things I Learned on My Vacation
1. You cannot sleep sitting upright on a moving plane. You just can’t. It’s the head-bobbing thing. Unless you have a rubber neck, it’s not happening. And the seats just don’t recline enough. Nap before you leave. 2. They call them pounds for a reason. Just try walking with a pocket full of them. It’s…
I’m Baaaack…
… did ya miss me? 🙂 We landed on American soil late Saturday afternoon. I much prefer the flight home to the flight there – if you can catch a small nap on such a crowded flight (not likely with the row mates I had bouncing in and out, digging under the seats, reaching into…