Jennifer at Catalyst Blogger has a neat post up, inspired by my newest favorite blog Rogue Ink. What exactly do you do that you’d never tell your clients? Here’s my list: What I do that I don’t tell them – I sweat that deadline like it’s my due date and I’m too big to waddle…
Author: lwidmer
The Internet’s Full of Great Big Meanies
When is it ever okay to shoot the messenger? I was reading a chain of posts on Freelance Writing Jobs this week where in response to Deb posting a low-paying gig and saying how nice the people were to work for, she was inundated with nasty emails. She’s accused of not looking out for writers,…
Making Hay
This may be the strangest turn of events in my little ol’ career. The client of a few posts ago did respond to my follow-up effort to secure payment owed. He called me personally, which is always a plus in the client column, apologized for the delay, and explained he’d be making sure that payment…
Answer Via Harbrace
Okay, so Devon was somewhat correct in her assessment of what was wrong with this sentence: “Injustice is easy to accept,” said the judge. “it is justice that is harder to accept.” The sentence could very well read “Injustice is easy to accept,” said the judge. “It is justice that is harder to accept.” However,…
Mourning the Loss
I remember the first time I stumbled on Tess Gerritsen’s blog. I was jumping from link to link through other writers’ blogs when I landed on this warm, personable, honest little blog about the life of a published writer. I’ll say right here – I didn’t know Tess’ name until I found that blog, so…
Totally Cool!
Over on Biz Chicks Rule, my comment on what I wanted to be when I grew up was named a finalist in their contest! You can find the post here. Please comment and help me score a gift card (for more books, of course). Thanks for pointing it out to me, Kristen, and for the…
Your Grammar is Blushing
Friday was stunningly gorgeous here! Imagine pear trees in bloom, apple trees blossoming, tulips at their peak, and redbud trees sporting purply-pink buds. It was great to sit in the park and enjoy it all. Never have I planned better for a relaxing day off! So what did I do? I sat my beach chair…
Captain Comma
The Proofreading Superhero It’s not odd that I spent yesterday morning lamenting the death of true proofreading with my writing chum – we do that a lot. What is odd is that today I come across the world’s only known (in my mind) Grammar Superheroes, who are a team of four edgy editors hell-bent on…
Planning to be Lazy
That’s right – I’m so freakin’ organized that I actually plan my days in order to play hookey from work relatively guilt-free. See, it’s a gorgeous week here on the east coast. The flowers are in bloom, as are the trees, and it’s going to be scrumptious tomorrow – 80 degrees and sunny. So what…
Squeezing Blood from a Rock
Nothing’s more frustrating than working your fingers off to meet a client deadline only to have to wait and wait…. and wait for payment. I’m sitting here right now with two nonpaying clients, both of which paid on time in the past, but haven’t quite met my deadline. One I’m not too concerned about –…