What’s on the iPod: Anna by Will Butler It’s been a good week so far. I’ve had a conference call with a new client, have worked on a project for a newer client, finished a project for an existing client, and have had time to relax a little. And paint. There’s one more bedroom to…
Tag: professional image
The Professional Side of Writing
What’s on the iPod: Running on Empty by Jackson Browne Isn’t life full of little ironies? That song popped up on my iPod today after what felt like Marathon Monday. I’m working on three projects simultaneously and two more that are due this month. Plus my suspicion is I’ll be hearing back from another client…
Boosting Your Professional Writer Persona
What’s on the iPod: Glory Bound by Martin Sexton Wow, that was a long break. From December 6th until today, I was somewhere else. I stopped in here occasionally and I worked a little, but from the road. December is notoriously slow, so I was free to take off. It seems like forever since we…
Where You Lose Us
What’s on the iPod: The Graveyard Near the House by The Airborne Toxic Event I love a week like this. In just a few days (long days, but I digress), I managed most of my income for this month. Moreover,started the month hoping for a little more work. I just didn’t expect so much of…
Ego, Emotion, and the Professional Writer
What’s on the iPod: Woodpile by Frightened Rabbit It was one of those weekends crammed full of stuff. Friday was our only day to “relax” in the evening. We went into town for First Friday happenings, found dinner, then came home and vegged out in front of the television. Saturday morning we were up at…
Working Like a Pro
A while ago I was part of a two-person writing team that the client had assembled. This particular client was just forming a business, so there was a bit of miscommunication on meeting times, call times, etc. In one case, the client had made, and missed, two separate conference calls. Frustrating as it was, we…
Going Professional
Amie over at Written Expressions has a neat discussion going about talking about someone else’s work in a negative light and getting called on it. We’ve all done it at some point, and some of us have lost jobs (well, there were other things going on there, but yes, I did lose a job), lost…
A Dose of Reality, Please
With the Second Annual Writers Worth Day coming up on May 15th, I’m looking for ways to introduce a little reality into the heads of writers who think $1 an article is a great wage. I saw the other side of the spectrum over the weekend when I saw State of Play with Russell Crowe…
Your Aching Image
I’m about to try proving a point about your rates by taking you through France to get to New Jersey. Bear with me – it’s relevant. Somehow. Image and brand – in some cases, they’re the same thing. Don’t think so? Ask Michael Phelps right about now. And Miley Cyrus? Both her image and her…
Like Totally
She sat behind me on the train. Each sentence had at least three “like” references, and I found it very hard to believe what she was saying – to paraphrase, that she was like an occupational therapist student and was like totally fried from her internship and she was like telling her teacher how like…