What’s on the iPod: Noreen by The David Mayfield Parade It’s been an unusually busy week so far. I don’t have a ton of work right now, but I feel like I’m running to catch up. Small projects are sucking up my time and big projects are demanding more from me. I’ve pulled up my…
Avoiding Writing Burnout
What’s on the iPod: Million Dollar Bill by Middle Brother Some days you wonder why you got out of bed. Yesterday I wasn’t terribly busy, but I was facing some odd situations — one that included an edit back to the original version of something I’d presented. Three edits later, we were back to the…
6 Ways to Kill Your Writing Image
What’s on the iPod: Into the Dark Unknown by Holcombe Waller TGIF. It’s been a busy week, and I’ve accomplished much. I saw two potential gigs disappear because we couldn’t come together on price, but there wasn’t any lack of work to fill in the gaps. Today, I’m working a few hours, then heading to…
Finding New Writing Clients
What’s on the iPod: Rabbit by Ewert and the Two Dragons What a good couple of days it’s been! I got a good deal done on my larger project, managed to clarify and get going again on a stalled one, and even took two hours in the morning to meet with my newest writing group. Also,…
Six Ways to Balance Your Writing Income
What’s on the iPod: Falling by Desmond Myers How was the holiday and your weekend? Mine was nice. I woke up Friday morning and realized that much of corporate America had taken an extended holiday, so I tossed some things in an overnight bag and headed the car west. Five hours later, I was sitting…
Creating Your Own Writing “Magic Bullet”
What’s on the iPod: Bride and Groom by The Airborne Toxic Event So far, it’s been a nice, slow week. That’s because I’m taking an unofficial vacation and allowing myself some much-needed downtime. Doesn’t seem that I’d need that since I missed most of May thanks to surgery, but that’s not “fun” downtime. This is….
Monthly Assessment: June 2013
What’s on the iPod: Ashamed by Deer Tick Busy weekend, busier week. I intend to take off much of it as no client is around, but I do have some writing time to put in. In fact, when the clients are away, I can get so much done rather than focus on requests. It’s “me”…
The Successful, Minimalist Writer
What’s on the iPod: Untitled (Love Song) by Counting Crows The last Friday of June — I took yesterday afternoon off (every June 27th is my day off), and I’m going to do just a little work this morning before shutting down the work side of my brain for the weekend. My son is coming…
What Bikini Shots Have to Do With Writing
What’s on the iPod: Blunderbuss by Jack White It’s been a good two days back. Monday was spent starting a project, sending off quotes to interview subjects for another project, and organizing this week’s workload, which isn’t as small as I thought it would be. It’s good, though. Imagine this — you go on vacation…
Mainely Love
What’s on the iPod: Glorious by MaMuse (just an audio clip) What a week. What a wedding. We arrived in Maine last Sunday to glorious weather — warmish, sunny, and beautiful. We were staying in a house in Boothbay Harbor with his daughter, her fiance, her future in-laws, his ex-wife and her husband, and we…