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Monthly Assessment: August 2011

Posted on August 31, 2011 by lwidmer

Want to know what Anne and I are doing to improve your business? Sign up for notification of a special announcement coming soon – click here to register. We’ll inform you, not spam you. Is it really the last day of August? I could tell without a calendar, for the summer clothes I’m forced to…

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Are You Management Material?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by lwidmer

Want to know what Anne and I are doing to improve your business? Sign up for notification of a special announcement coming soon – click here to register. We’ll inform you, not spam you. Yesterday was one of my busiest days yet. I got two interviews down for two of the six articles I’m writing…

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Of Mondays, Workloads, and False Alarms

Posted on August 29, 2011 by lwidmer

Many thanks to our own Dr. Freelance, Jake Poinier, for reviewing my ebook, The Worthy Writer’s Guide to Building a Better Business. I appreciate it, Jake! Read Jake’s review (dare I say Jake’s Take?) on the Dr. Freelance blog. Wow, that was an overrated storm. Irene came into town, blew her worst, and managed to…

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Goodnight Irene

Posted on August 29, 2011 by lwidmer

If you’re seeing this post, I’m offline. I’m writing this Friday afternoon, when the forecasts are all predicting Irene is blowing into town for a whirlwind visit (so to speak). There’s a chance I’ll be offline due to power outages – we get them during small thunderstorms, so I don’t expect miracles here. So in…

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Open Thread: Your Extremes

Posted on August 26, 2011 by lwidmer

Off early this morning to have a play date with a writer friend, then back to brace for Irene. So let’s end the week with a fun exercise. What’s the most you’ve ever earned on one project? You can give percentages or XXXXs, if you’d rather. What’s the least you’ve earned? What was the experience…

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Dealing with Inaccuracies

Posted on August 25, 2011 by lwidmer

How was yesterday for you? I remember a little of mine. I was anesthetized for a portion of it. I had a routine test – colonoscopy – and the nap comes with it. You know you’ve been working hard when you lie on that table and are eager for the anesthesia. A nice nap later,…

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Knowing When to Switch

Posted on August 24, 2011 by lwidmer

Very weird day yesterday. Sitting here at nearly 2 pm, the house started to shake. At first I wondered why the stepson was running through the house. Then it continued, and I realized the blinds on the windows were moving. Not my first earthquake tremor, but certainly the strongest. Continued the marketing. If you’ve been…

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This Job, Not That Job

Posted on August 23, 2011 by lwidmer

Late start today. The daughter starts her new job, so I got up in time to wish her luck. That doesn’t mean I came running to the computer. It means I was able to relax over a cup of tea. Did some work for a client yesterday – two clients, actually – and sent out…

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Weekends, Movie Oddities, and Mondays

Posted on August 22, 2011 by lwidmer

How was your weekend? Mine was actually refreshing. We spent Saturday morning at a house sale that netted us some amazing, beautiful things at real bargain prices. We piled two chairs, gorgeous window coverings, crystal glasses, and some plates into the convertible and sped home to meet my friend, who’d come to show us her…

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Weird Days and Fridays

Posted on August 19, 2011 by lwidmer

Wow. Two articles done this week. I’m beginning to feel a bit robotic in my output. Not a bad thing – yet. I’d hate to keep up this pace. As it was, I finished the article at 5:30. And I got up from the computer wanting to exercise outside, but at 88 degrees and about…

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  1. Devon Ellington Avatar
    Devon Ellington
    August 19, 2011

    Everything!

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  2. Lori Avatar
    Lori
    August 19, 2011

    LOL! What's retrograde?

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  3. Damaria Senne Avatar
    Damaria Senne
    August 19, 2011

    Mixed up my meetings. Client A cancelled and I thought it was client B who did. So I missed a meeting with one client and had the expected client as a no-show. When I realised what I'd done and contacted Client B to apologise, she said she'd been hectic that day and didn't realise something was off ( I didn't show for a meeting) until later in the day. I don't want to live another day like Thursday any time soon.

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  4. Lori Avatar
    Lori
    August 19, 2011

    Thank goodness she was understanding, Damaria! I did that a few weeks ago – missed the call entirely because I'd put it on the schedule for the wrong day. The PR rep sent me a note and luckily, we still had time.

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  5. Debra Stang Avatar
    Debra Stang
    August 19, 2011

    Everything feels a little weird in my world these days. I just gave up my day job in social work to become a fulltime freelance writer. I'm still trying to get used to how many options freelancing fulltime gives me. Right now, I've found I do my best work between 7:00 AM and 12:00 PM and that I get another spurt of energy around 9:00 PM until sometime after midnight…so, those are the hours I'm working. It seems decadent to read fun books and nap in the middle of the day, but I'm getting all my assignments done, and if it's working, why change it?

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  6. Paula Avatar
    Paula
    August 19, 2011

    What's weird in my world? I went to check out your website and got a message that I need to upgrade Flash. But I've got the highest version of Flash that works with my computer.

    (That's yet more incentive to get a new computer – to see Lori's new website. Who needs to pay property taxes, health insurance, quarterly taxes and monthly bills, anyway? Oh right. I do. Rats. A new Mac will have to wait.)

    Honestly, the weirdest thing this week is that I have no paying assignments to work on. I'm still working – sending queries and LOIs, doing market research – but this is the first time in months that I can recall not having at least a little something to work on, even something as quick as a resume. I hate not having paying work to focus on – it's too easy to get distracted.

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  7. deeps Avatar
    deeps
    August 19, 2011

    all is for the good ha?

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  8. Lori Avatar
    Lori
    August 19, 2011

    Congratulations, Debra! Welcome to the roller coaster. 🙂

    Hey, if those hours work for you, I say go for it. My life calls for an 8-to-5 day, but I love my Fridays off (when possible) and getting time to stay in bed on a Monday.

    Paula, I've caused you to have Flash issues? Sorry! I hope you get to see it soon. 🙂

    I'm about to get marketing going in a few minutes. I have two projects left, but September isn't lined up yet.

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  9. Cathy Miller Avatar
    Cathy Miller
    August 19, 2011

    Lori: Don't even get me started on weird.

    Just so you know, all I get when I click on your link is a book that says Your story here. Static-can't click-nothing. This is the address http://www.wix.com/lwbean/loriwidmer

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  10. Cathy Miller Avatar
    Cathy Miller
    August 19, 2011

    Never mind-got it to work-weird-I tried to click before, figuring it was like turning a page, but couldn't get it to work. Now I did. Clever site. 🙂

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  11. Tamara McRill Avatar
    Tamara McRill
    August 20, 2011

    Great new site–especially like the thank-you at the end. That was a nice touch.

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  12. Lori Avatar
    Lori
    August 22, 2011

    Glad you got it to work for you, Cathy. I'm a little worried that folks on older machines can't get the Flash upgrade to see it. I'll see what I can do about that.

    Tamara, thank you! It was fun to make.

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  13. Paula Avatar
    Paula
    August 22, 2011

    Lori, I'd be glad to help you test it if you find a way to let the "less flashy" among us (um, me) view your site.

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