What I’m listening to: No Hard Feelings by The Avett Brothers I’m having an interesting week. After sending my cell phone on an unexpected ride over the weekend (never put it on the trunk and think you’ll remember it), I’ve been recreating my contact list (the easy part) and trying to unlock a broken phone…
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31 Days of Freelancing: You, The Problem Solver
What I’m listening to: The First Cut is the Deepest by Rod Stewart The work is still coming in, albeit at a slower pace. The holiday mindset seems to have hit early this year. I still have things to do, and a friend’s book to put revisions into, so I’m busy enough. But not too…
31 Days of Freelancing: Making Email Work Harder for You
What I’m listening to: I Found a Boy by Adele Wow, six days in already. Just think: while other writers are littering the forums with complaints about the lack of work, you’re actually using the time to build a stronger client foundation. Who’s the better freelance writer, I ask you? You. That’s who. Today, you’re…
31 Days of Freelancing: First Contact
What I’m listening to: Nothing Like You by Frightened Rabbit Did you have a nice weekend? We were wrapped up in the annual Firebird Festival happenings. A fun time as usual. Were you able to handle the strategies from yesterday and Saturday? If you haven’t done yesterday’s yet, take five minutes and make your list….
31 Days of Freelancing: Your List of 7
What I’m listening to: Black Yodel by JD Malone & The Experts Sunday already? Wow. Time flies when it’s the weekend, right? I promised you 31 days of freelance writing strategies to boost your business, didn’t I? Well, that includes weekends, even if you feel like being a slug. Even slugs move once in a…
31 Days of Freelancing: Holiday Greetings
What I’m listening to: Photograph by Ed Sheeran I don’t usually comment on the videos I link to (and maybe you never realized I’ve been linking to videos all these years), but the one above is worth a look. It was somewhere around 14 seconds in when I realized who the baby in the video…
31 Days of Freelancing: Finding Client Similarities
What I’m listening to: Poke by Frightened Rabbit Busy week for me despite just having a few projects. But I did get some invoices out, and I did pretty well considering a holiday caused hiccups in work and what I call work-think from the client’s perspective. How did you do with yesterday’s strategy? Feel free…
The 31 Days of Freelancing Series
What I’m listening to: Picture of Health by We Were Promised Jetpacks Welcome to December! If you’re like every other writer, you’ve found December to be a bit of a challenge — a black hole into which all your clients seem to fall, a month when all work grinds to a halt, holidays take over…
Tuesday Muse: Things to Do Now for 2017
What I’m reading: The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara What I’m listening to: Leading Me Now by The Tallest Man on Earth What a nice time away! Did you enjoy your holiday? Ours was spent driving — first, he was off to Boston for a relative’s funeral, then we drove west to visit…
Happy Thanksgiving
What I’m listening to: Tillidh Mi (I Will Return) by Runrig Remember the reason you became a freelancer? More free time, more freedom of movement, the ability to call the shots, name your hours…. That last one. That’s the one we forget, don’t we? If you’re like me, you’ve spent plenty of holiday vacations–times when other…