What’s on the iPod: The Sky is Crying by Stevie Ray Vaughan It’s been a nicely paced week so far. After a ridiculously busy first week of October, I have been able to take on two larger projects and get them done almost at leisure. At least, it feels leisurely to have a full day…
Year: 2015
Writers Worth Tip: Avoiding Empty Promises from Clients
What’s on the iPod: You’re No Good by Linda Ronstadt Did you have a nice weekend? We were treated to a jazz concert at the Kimmel Center by my step-daughter in honor of my husband’s upcoming birthday. And what a treat it was! We prepared for, and received, our first frost of the season — saw…
6 Things Freelance Writers Can Learn from a Kardashian
What’s on the iPod: Got to Give it Up by Marvin Gaye So far, great week. One blip in the client projects from last week, but I got the green light to go forward, hoping we’ll work it out in revisions. I’m okay with that — I have two more projects this week, one starting…
Avoiding the Freelance Writing Burnout
What’s on the iPod: Glorious by MaMuse It’s Monday — do you know where your weekend went? It was a good weekend. The only damper in it was my son was on his way when his car started making grinding noises. That’s never good. He had to turn around and head back. However, it was…
Writing Schedules and No Damn Time
What’s on the iPod: Hell and Back by The Airborne Toxic Event It’s Thursday already? If I could shove two more days into this week, I would I’ve been working at full throttle since Monday morning, and I’m finally making a dent in the workload. If only the need-it-now stuff would just stop coming in…
Monthly Assessment: September 2015
What’s on the iPod: Timeless by The Airborne Toxic Event What a weekend. Cape May, New Jersey in October is usually sunny, warm and busy. This year, skip the first two qualifiers. Imagine howling winds and driving rain in nonstop, multiple-day fashion. It was wet — inches of rain three days out of the four…
Writers Guide to Choosing a Trade Show
What’s on the iPod: The Wrestle by Frightened Rabbit It’s been a nice, short week for me. I was off on Monday, and now I’m in Cape May enjoying some time off. Okay, as a hurricane bears down, but it’s an adventure, and it means I’m not in front of a project. It’s been a…
5 Ways to Manage Client Upset
What’s on the iPod: Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty Busy week, albeit a short one since my husband and I are finally going to take that vacation we’ve been putting off. Sadly, it’s just four days, but it’s four I don’t have to think about projects or money or anything beyond relaxing. After the weekend…
Pope-apalooza
I’m Poped. It was a long, tiring, glorious weekend in which I experienced many firsts. The first time I’ve ever seen a city completely shut down to vehicle traffic. The first time major highways were closed. The first time train service was running just two time periods a day. The first time I’ve ever seen…
Your Freelance Career Evaluation
What’s on the iPod: Naked Kids by Grouplove Today’s my TGIF (TGIT?). I’m taking tomorrow and Monday as we have this guy from Argentina showing up, and about a million of us are going to the city on Sunday to greet him…. Pope madness. It’s not the visit itself that’s created the madness (though it’s…