What I’m listening to: Rx (Medicate) by Theory of a Dead Man I had a great post for you last week for Marketing Monday. And somehow, I never posted it. I just put that sucker in the Drafts folder and quickly forgot about it. So here it is this week. I hope it was worth…
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Purposeful Marketing for Freelance Writers
What I’m listening to: Airplane by j-hope For the first time in two years, I’m back to active marketing. I had a nice run. At the height of it, I had seven clients month over month. Yet all good things end. In a few cases, it was expected. My marketing these last two years has…
The Days of Doing Without
This post isn’t about writing. It’s about loss. It’s been eight days since my father died quietly and quickly. In the ten minutes from the time my mom called to say he had a rattle (the death rattle was one we’d watched for in the last few months) and I’d called back to see if…
Francis “Jim” Widmer: 1934-2018
Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message ‘He is Dead’. Put crepe bows…
RSS Feed Changes
If you subscribe to the blog feed, you’ll notice some changes today. The new blog feed is more reader-friendly. And if you think Horatio Hornblower is now writing recipes for this blog, you’ll understand just how terrible I am at moving RSS feeds. Apologies for the recipe announcement (unless you like black bean balls, in…
Launching Your Freelance Idea
What I’m reading: To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey What I’m listening to: No Hard Feelings by The Avett Brothers Wow. January just slid right by there, didn’t it? I spent it working remotely and spending time with my ailing father. He’s so ill he probably doesn’t know I was there…
Free Advice Friday: Converting the Nonbelievers
A late post is better than no post, I say. I’m back home for a short spell, fully expecting to head back to my parents’ house in a week or less. But for now, I’m checking in. You should’ve seen the look. My mom introduced me to someone recently and announced proudly “She’s a…
3 Tools for Mobile Freelance Writers
I can’t write today. Maybe not all week. Maybe not again. Who knows? That’s what happens to me when something upsets my balance. I get now what Obi Wan was talking about when he reacted to a disturbance in the Force– it’s undetectable by so many, but you feel it, and it’s almost crippling. Yesterday’s…
Free Advice Friday: This Job Not That Job
Time once again for Free Advice Friday, so named because I just like the alliteration. This time, we had competition for the world’s worst lousy offer of the week, but Sharon Hurley Hall sent what is possibly the worst job of the year. I give you the job you should avoid at all costs:…
Writers Worth: This Job Not That Job
Let’s round out this first week of Writers Worth Month with a favorite of many readers here at Words on the Page — the This Job Not That Job series. For those of you who are new to the blog (and welcome — I appreciate you all), we examine some of the more, well, interesting…