What I’m listening to: Lola by The Kinks Friday already? I feel like I was busy, but not much got accomplished. I did get an interview in yesterday and got a good bit of one article completed. But then I thought I’d try that Five-minute WordPress Install. Two hours later, I gave up before I…
Month: April 2016
Handling the “Do You Write This?” Question
What I’m listening to: The Loneliness and the Scream by Frightened Rabbit Just 5 more days until the start of Writers Worth Month! Bookmark this blog, subscribe to the updates, and don’t miss a single post! Free advice from some of the most successful freelancers working today! After a short lull in the workload, the…
How Your Customer Service is Killing Your Career
What I’m reading: The Son by Jo Nesbø What I’m listening to: The Woodpile by Frightened Rabbit I had a great start to the week. A writer friend asked me to talk with his freelance writing class about what I do all day. The class was a great group of young adults who asked really…
Mid-Friday Marketing: Think Like Your Clients
What I’m listening to: Sometimes It Snows in April by Prince On May 1st, we start Writers Worth Month 2016! For one month, this blog space will be dedicated to helping writers at all career stages realize their value and learn to charge what they’re worth. Make sure to subscribe to the blog email list…
Getting Beyond the Writing Sample Question
What I’m listening to: The Lines of the Cars by The Airborne Toxic Event In just a week and a half, we start Writers Worth Month 2016! For one month, this blog space will be dedicated to helping writers at all career stages realize their value and learn to charge what they’re worth. Make sure…
One Marketing Strategy That Can Boost Your Writing Income
What I’m listening to: Harvest Moon by Neil Young I was off most of last week (not totally unexpectedly), and fortunately, the work that came in could be moved to this week. My cousin was in town, and I was entertaining her until somewhere around 8-9 pm every day. I had some work that couldn’t…
9 Incoming-boosting Strategies for Freelance Writers
What I’m listening to: Hands in the Air by Timbaland What a weekend. I’m nearly over whatever virus it was that whipped me all last week. Reluctantly, I agreed to go to the Tartan Day Parade in Manhattan on Saturday. It was a wet, cold day that I’d prepared for, but my hands were frozen…
Free Advice Friday: What Your Editor Wants
What I’m listening to: Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand There go my plans. Today I was supposed to be meeting Ms. Sharon Hurley Hall, who is the brains behind Get Paid to Write Online and one of my dear online friends. Howe ver, client work came up unexpectedly. So here I sit, working. Hopefully, she…
5 Ways to Prepare for Sickness
What I’m listening to: Thirteen by Big Star This week, I’m the guest over on Jenn Mattern’s All Indie Writers podcast. This time around, we talk about media outlets not paying writers, among other things. Give it a listen! I’ve spent the last few days recovering from some gawd-awful virus that hit — naturally —…
7 Ways to Kill a Freelance Writing Career
What I’m listening to: Christine’s Tune by The Flying Burrito Brothers I finished last week in an unusual position — I had no projects to work on. Given the huge amount of work I had to get done in March, I was actually happy about that. I had time to work on a website migration,…