What’s on the iPod: Backyard Skulls by Frightened Rabbit It’s been a very productive week. I’ve wrapped up two projects and I got the invoices out. Let’s hope some of that shows up before the holidays. Today and the rest of the week will be full-out marketing. I’d love to have some more work lined…
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Monthly Assessment: November 2014
What’s on the iPod: Iceberg by We Invented Paris This is one busy week. I’m trying to wrap up not one, but three projects before Friday. That means getting my invoicing in order for this month and getting some leads in line for January work. At the moment, I do have some work coming in,…
Vacation Week: Music That Inspires Me
I hope to have finished my immediate projects and have today off. I suspect so, as Friday went well with one particular project. If so, I’m checking in as I bake and prepare for tomorrow. Today I’m sharing a few favorite videos. Please share links to your favorites in the comments section. Happy Thanksgiving, friends!…
Vacation Week: Favorite Reads
This is a vacation week. Forget getting any work done — your clients and mine aren’t here. They’re grabbing some free time, as we all should. I’m working, but only today and tomorrow. I have a client script project due next week, so I want to get the drafts completed, today if possible. Wednesday is…
Free Advice Friday: Surviving Holiday Writing Project Pauses
What’s on the iPod: All Too Well by Taylor Swift Writers: Be sure to catch an all new All Indie Writers podcast by Jenn Mattern! Her guest this week is Princess Jones. Well, I started the week with two projects. I now have seven projects with shorter deadlines coming up on a holiday week. I’m…
Changing the Client Conversation
What’s on the iPod: Parted Ways by Heartless Bastards Do not miss Jenn Mattern’s podcast tomorrow featuring special guest Princess Jones. Visit the podcast page at All Indie Writers for more info. About a year ago,I decided to throw some of my energy behind a poetry career. At the time, I was co-partner of the 5…
Writing Without Knowledge
What’s on the iPod: Peachtree Battle by Butch Walker It’s Monday already? I’m expecting a good start to the week. I have a good bit of work already done on an article assignment, I’ve been ramping up marketing and it’s starting to pay off. Also, I hope to see a large client project finish up…
CRM Systems for Writers
What’s on the iPod: Leading Me Now by The Tallest Man on Earth Today is packed with random work. I have two interviews for my article assignment, and we have repair people arriving sometime this morning. I was given another assignment yesterday, and if I have time I’ll start on that, too. I talked on…
Customer Relationship Management for Writers
What’s on the iPod: Take Care of You by The Clarks It’s Wednesday and I’m still waiting for one project to finalize and for interview subjects for another project to finalize. Once more, I’m in a holding pattern when I have the most free time and ability to get stuff done. For those of us writers who…
Top Tips Writers Series #6: Emily Fowler
What I’m reading: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf What’s on the iPod: Photograph by Ed Sheeran I love that we all have something to learn. Every one of us, no matter where we are in our writing career, can learn new things. And sometimes the ones teaching us are writers who are just getting…