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The Passive-aggressive Client
What I’m reading: Transparent Things by Vladimir NabokovWhat’s on the iPod: The Twist by Frightened Rabbit Like that? I thought it might be fun to share what we’re reading and listening to. Spent a great Friday off with a writer friend I’ve known for a while, but never met. She and I hit it off…
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Friday Stuff and Ponderings
It’s been a rough week. Emotionally, anyway. Work hasn’t exactly been front-and-center, but it’s probably a good thing. I sat down yesterday afternoon with all intentions of putting together an article for one of my favorite magazines. Instead, I wrote a farewell note to a dying friend, one I haven’t seen in years, but one…
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Your Writing Script
Over on Anne Wayman’s blog, Helen Kaiao Chang has a great post up about the writer as a salesperson. Helen outlines why we writers need a sales script, which has helped her increase her business significantly. But what’s in a sales script? Does that sound cold and repetitive? It’s not. My script is this –…
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Wearing the Wellies
As I extend out into new areas trying to expand the client base, I realize just how prevalent and how deep the crap jobs have become. This week seemed especially bad, probably because I had a temporary lapse in judgment and checked out Craig’s List. Here are some sample red flags from just one day:…
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Wheel Spinning
Sometimes you get those weeks where nothing is getting done, don’t you? Yesterday it was a trip to the ER to make sure the chest pains weren’t serious (they weren’t – they seem to be acid reflux, amen). My man came from work to sit with me and showed about the same level of concern…
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Disturbances
Thanks one and all for the participation and camaraderie that helped make the 3rd Annual Writers Worth Day a success! I’ve heard from a few writers who have said this day and our efforts have stopped them from taking content mill jobs or jobs beneath their value. In my eyes, that means we’ve reached our…
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The 3rd Annual Writers Worth Day
It’s here – Writers Worth Day, the one day a year we writers collaborate on increasing our expectations and our business savvy! This year came up on me unexpectedly, I’ll admit. But it’s never too late to celebrate the fact that you have a marketable set of skills and deserve to stand up for them….
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Worthy Tip: Use Common Sense
Oh, we have common sense, but isn’t it human nature to believe what we see because we need it to be true? We’ve all done it – fallen for a lousy offer because we let down our guard for one minute. Truth is the lousy job postings out there are easy to spot. We’ve been…
