Comments on: Free Advice Friday: Cutting Through the Writing Advice Noise

By: Lori Widmer

Lori Widmer — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:20:57 +0000

EP, maybe I should have put that little tidbit at the end? Sort of a "gotcha!"… 🙂

Thanks for noticing. I love it. And I enjoy your humor. 🙂

By: EP

EP — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:11:32 +0000

Stop listening to other people is some of the best advice I have ever heard from, uh, other people. But seriously, that really is good advice and those are all some very interesting points you made there.

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:58:57 +0000

I was thinking of it more as a trait that made us good fits for freelancing, as opposed to a side-effect of the job.

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:46:14 +0000

Not at all, Lori.

Paula, I'd say it was freelancer thing but I've had the affliction long before then. ;-)

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:55:30 +0000

Sorry to poke a hole in your middle kid theory - I'm the baby of the family and I'm exactly the same way. I'd rather be the black sheep than just an unrecognizable member of the flock. It might just be a freelancer thing.

When I spoke to a group of writers last March, I handed out a list of my favorite writing/freelancing blogs and websites so they'd know where to find solid info from real pros. Lori, Kathy, Jenn, John, Anne, and Jake were some of the writers who made the list.

By: Lori Widmer

Lori Widmer — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:18:34 +0000

Cathy, we middle kids are quite alike -- I don't do what I'm told, either. And I carry an Android. :)

Thanks for the resource! I'm going to update my resources list. Mind if I include it?

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:55:14 +0000

My greatest tool for ignoring the You must do it this way advice stems from my own weird self - my middle child of seven syndrome HATES doing something because everyone else is. You'll never see me camping out overnight for the next great iPhone. LOL! ;-) That plus the older you get, the less likely you are to buy into that stuff. Hey - I have to find some good things about getting older. ;-)

I also recommend SCORE that offers free small business advice and mentoring from successful business people who do it just because they want to help.