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  • Vacation Week: Favorite Reads

    This is a vacation week. Forget getting any work done — your clients and mine aren’t here. They’re grabbing some free time, as we all should. I’m working, but only today and tomorrow. I have a client script project due next week, so I want to get the drafts completed, today if possible. Wednesday is…

  • Free Advice Friday: Surviving Holiday Writing Project Pauses

    What’s on the iPod: All Too Well by Taylor Swift Writers: Be sure to catch an all new All Indie Writers podcast by Jenn Mattern! Her guest this week is Princess Jones. Well, I started the week with two projects. I now have seven projects with shorter deadlines coming up on a holiday week. I’m…

  • Changing the Client Conversation

    What’s on the iPod: Parted Ways by Heartless Bastards Do not miss Jenn Mattern’s podcast tomorrow featuring special guest Princess Jones. Visit the podcast page at All Indie Writers for more info. About a year ago,I decided to throw some of my energy behind a poetry career. At the time, I was co-partner of the 5…

  • Writing Without Knowledge

    What’s on the iPod: Peachtree Battle by Butch Walker It’s Monday already? I’m expecting a good start to the week. I have a good bit of work already done on an article assignment, I’ve been ramping up marketing and it’s starting to pay off. Also, I hope to see a large client project finish up…

  • CRM Systems for Writers

    What’s on the iPod: Leading Me Now by The Tallest Man on Earth Today is packed with random work. I have two interviews for my article assignment, and we have repair people arriving sometime this morning. I was given another assignment yesterday, and if I have time I’ll start on that, too. I talked on…

  • Customer Relationship Management for Writers

    What’s on the iPod: Take Care of You by The Clarks It’s Wednesday and I’m still waiting for one project to finalize and for interview subjects for another project to finalize. Once more, I’m in a holding pattern when I have the most free time and ability to get stuff done. For those of us writers who…

  • Top Tips Writers Series #6: Emily Fowler

    What I’m reading: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf What’s on the iPod: Photograph by Ed Sheeran I love that we all have something to learn. Every one of us, no matter where we are in our writing career, can learn new things. And sometimes the ones teaching us are writers who are just getting…

  • Free Advice Friday: Becoming a Client Advocate

    What’s on the iPod: I’m a Mess by Ed Sheeran It’s been a good week. I’ve reached out to some existing clients, some new-to-me clients, and some contacts. I’m helping one client finish up a project, and I’m looking forward to another project with them. Hopefully, that will be finalized soon. As I get further…

  • 6 Easy Ways to Gain Visibility

    What I’m reading: Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez What’s on the iPod: Iris (Hold Me Close) by U2 Holding patterns: I’m not a fan of holding patterns. I have projects coming in, but they’re not here. I’m not waiting, either. As I told a friend yesterday, I market like there are…

  • Monthly Assessment: October 2014

    What I’m reading: Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck What’s on the iPod: You Don’t Know How it Feels by Tom Petty What a weekend. For the first time in ages, I had a project to complete by today. Since the client is a favorite client, I was happy to be able to help them…