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Really Bad Writing Advice to Avoid
What’s on the iPod: Into the Mystic by Van Morrison This week has gone by a little too quickly. I have one article due tomorrow (my own deadline, but a promise is a promise), and I have two blog articles to complete before the end of the month. Plus a stalled project may be getting…
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Spotting Raw Writing Deals
What’s on the iPod: Not Afraid by Eminem Good friend and fellow writer Jenn Mattern has a great post up this week about an email that’s been sent to quite a few writers. The problem: the company sending the note is putting a new face on an old tactic. You work for free and they…
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5 Trade-ups to Boost Your Writing Career
What I’m reading: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson What’s on the iPod: Hell and Back by The Airborne Toxic Event There’s nothing like working outdoors to center you. We spent the weekend accomplishing various things, one being leveling the ground near the house. Six hours of digging and hauling sod and dirt made me…
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Writers Worth: My A-ha Moment
What’s on the iPod: Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan TGIF in a big way. I’ve spent a somewhat frustrating week trying to clear up a rather large outstanding invoice. The project is on hold, the money is nowhere to be seen, my emails haven’t been answered, and this writer is getting pissed. I get…
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Learning from Freelance Writing Mistakes
What I’m reading: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison What’s on the iPod: Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson After a fantastic Writers Worth Month, I’m settling into a busy June. Typically, June is when things slow down. July and August are usually quiet as graveyards. This year, however, I’m working…
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Doing Your Homework
“You have touched on some fastidious factors…” Don’t you just love spam comments? I was weeding through 1,900 or so of them the other day and I realized the correlation between spam comments and writers missing the mark with their queries — neither the spammer nor the writer did their homework. Sure, we don’t expect…
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Writers Worth: Writing Success Your Way
There are few people in the freelance writing world I’ve known longer than Anne Wayman. Anne is a veteran writer who was the driving force behind About.com’s Freelance Writing website. There, Anne built a strong, cohesive community — one that is still pretty darned cohesive a decade and some years later. She’s taught a lot…
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Writers Worth: Everything’s Relative
Cathy Miller is one of my closest friends. I’ve never met her, but it’s hard not to like a successful, hard-working freelance writer who’s going about her business quietly while totally owning her space. In this her third post for this Writers Worth Month (it’s a record — thank you, Cathy!), Cathy reiterates the idea…
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Writers Worth: Changing the Writing Conversation
I remember the first time I connected with Sharon Hurley Hall. It was on social media, and it was one of those moments I’d waited for. I’d noticed Sharon before, found her blog, and loved the work she put out. I wanted to know her. Thanks to social media, it happened. I’m happy to consider…
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Writers Worth: A Defining Moment in A Freelance Career
Friendship is a wonderful thing, especially when it’s given freely and appreciated fully. Such is the friendship between Cathy Miller and me. Cathy notices things. When she saw I was writing a good bit more this Writers Worth Month than usual, she sent me a note asking if I needed more content. Now any time…