Month: May 2019

I’m a specialty writer. Most people who visit this blog know that. But does anyone else? I’d say fortunately, yes. Plenty of people who are in a position to hire me know that. But I can’t say “fortunately.” They know that because I made sure they did. No matter what type of writing you do […]

You know, May can be a bit of a transition month, can’t it? You’re itching for summer, but you’re looking at an unruly weather forecast. Some of you got snow last week, some of you were sitting on your back deck sipping iced tea in the heat. It’s May, which has become (at least in […]

Some days I think I’ve seen it all. I’ve seen the shittiest job postings, worked with some of the more “out there” people, watched writers help their own careers implode …. But this? This job posting is one of those “Did that just happen?” moments. Thanks to Devon Ellington, who was insulted enough to send […]

I remember the exact moment I realized that compromising on rates to get the work is stupid. I was working my way up the “rate food chain” and as I brought on new clients, I would charge them a little more than the existing ones. I didn’t want to give up those tried-and-true clients now, […]

You’ve heard this starting out, I’d bet: Ideas are all around you. And I’d bet you wanted to scream every time you heard it, too. How ironic that the one piece of advice that made me want to scream “You don’t get it!” when I was first starting out is exactly the advice I needed […]