Month: April 2021

How Freelancers Can Find More Time

Posted on April 22, 2021 by lwidmer

We are well. My mom and I are now COVID negative and at or close to optimum health. It was a bit of a rough ride, but so much better than so many other people had it. My mom was hospitalized and put on oxygen, but it was for other conditions unrelated to COVID. And […]

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Freelancing Through an Aging Lens

Posted on April 16, 2021 by lwidmer

Why I think I have the best friends: When I came down with COVID, my writer chums reached out. Some offered to help with the site, others with material. And they all asked how I was and checked in regularly. Since I’m better but not quite 100 percent, Cathy Miller is providing today’s post. And […]

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6 Sh*tty Tricks Bad Freelance Clients Pull

Posted on April 14, 2021 by lwidmer

I love every one of my clients. I bet you love your clients, too. But before any of us found such great freelance writing clients, we had to wade through some fairly questionable people who tried a lot of different tactics to get more work for less cash. That’s just sh*tty behavior. Fortunately, such people […]

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1 Habit Pro Freelancers Have

Posted on April 9, 2021 by lwidmer

It’s been an interesting, COVID-filled few weeks. You read that right. I have COVID. I contracted it from my mother, who’d fallen and broken some bones, ended up in a rehab facility, and contracted it from someone there. We’re both mending, but this post isn’t about that. It’s about the expectations you set with your […]

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Freelance Game Plan: April

Posted on April 1, 2021 by lwidmer

So you’re sitting there with a few gaps in your workweek. Nice, but how big is that gap? And how long do you think it will last? That long, huh? It’s the start of the second quarter of 2021. If you’ve been waiting for something to gel, it’s time to stop waiting. Seriously. It’s not […]

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