Words on the Page

Mister, Can You Spare a Dime?

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What’s on the iPod: On Fire by Eminem Note the new page for The Worthy Writer’s Guide to Building a Better Business. To paraphrase Robert Burns, yesterday was one wad of best-laid schemes gang aft agley-ing all over the place. I started the day okay, working on another one of my side projects (and finishing…

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What I’m reading: One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding by Robert GoverWhat’s on the iPod: Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones Before I forget, I have a post up over on About Freelance Writing. Please give Anne some comment love. Beautiful weekend. It’s Tuesday and I’m just getting to it? Wow. That’s what happens when you get…

Ebooks and Learning & Discounts – Oh My!

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If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you’ve heard me mention time spent last month on not one, but a number of projects. Well, here’s one of them. The Worthy Writer’s Guide to Building a Better Business ebook! It’s a 90-page guide that gives you practical, use-it-today information that can help you increase…

Giving Your Audience Substance

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What I’m reading: One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding by Robert GoverWhat’s on the iPod: Dust Bowl by Mumford and Sons Oooo, big news coming on the blog here in about 10 minutes. If you’re here before 7:10, stick around. You may not want to miss it. I’m eyeing the weather report closely. Normally, rain, snow, whatever……

Monthly Assessment: March 2011

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What I’m reading: One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding by Robert GoverWhat’s on the iPod: She Hates Me by Puddle of Mudd Nice day yesterday. I got one project out of the way in the morning, proposed another project to an editor, and finalized blog post topics with a client. I had to run out and look…

A Copyright Primer

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What I’m reading: The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’ConnorWhat’s on the iPod: Sign of the Times by The Clarks Interesting day yesterday. I got a response to a Twitter referral. It was for a magazine I’d been hoping to get into, and my new Twitter contact gave me direct access to the editor….

Worthy Tip: This Job, Not That Job

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What’s on the iPod: Yes, I Would by Frightened Rabbit Got a good deal of work out off the desk yesterday, which feels good. I can actually invoice a respectable amount this month. I did have a wrangling with PayPal. Just try holding a joint account with someone while you have another account, and then…

Curse of the Content Farm, er, Content

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What I’m reading: Mornings Like These by Annie Dillard (found poetry)What’s on the iPod: Summer Nights by Rascal Flatts Code in da node – I have one. You know that feeling you get the day after a bottle of wine? That would be me. Yesterday was brought to me by Advil and lots of water…

Thievery, Deceit, and Copyright Stomping

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What I’m reading: The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’ConnorWhat’s on the iPod: This End of the Telescope by Jakob Dylan What a great Webinar! Thanks to everyone who participated. The discussions were great, and we had a great time. I spent the weekend wondering if I should even post this. I’m more live-and-let-live…

Things That Elicit Laughter

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What I’m reading: Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWhat’s on the iPod: Wishing Well by The Airborne Toxic Event Tomorrow is the day! If you’ve not signed on for The Confident Freelancer Webinar, come on. Join us. It’s a self-paced seminar, and Devon and I will be around much of the day to answer questions…

Wendy

I shouldn’t laugh, but, in a way, this is kind of funny. It’s like Twilight zone or something. Hubby was coming home from work yesterday, and his car conked out. He was right next to a friends’ place, so he went there, called his brother to come with his tower truck to haul the car back to town. No biggie, he was only about 20 min. from home, at the time, so he chatted with his friend inside while he waited.

Hubby says, he just happened to look out the window at the right time. His car was hooked up to a Tow Truck that was NOT his brother’s. He tore out of the house, screaming and cursing at the Tow guy. The guy said he was repossessing it. Hubby tried to tell him that the car had been paid for long ago, so he obviously had the wrong one. The Tow guy insisted he did have the right car, because he was instructed to pick up a gold-colored car sitting on the side of this particular stretch of highway. Eventually he did look at his paperwork and determined that the license plate numbers didn’t match, so yes, he did have the wrong car.

I think it’s kind of funny, because what are the odds, here? Our gold-colored car conks out on the side of the same stretch of highway, on the same day and time, that this tow truck was sent to reposses a gold-colored car. The odds couldn’t have gotten any better.

Ashley

My hubby regularly cracks me up, and he's the only person who can make me laugh until I cry. It happened this weekend over something that isn't really even funny if I were to tell you about it. One of those "you had to be there and you had to be me" for it to be funny. But yea, he's great. And cute to boot!

Lori

Wendy, that's a riot! LOL!

Ashley, I know. We have those kinds of moments around here, too. 🙂

Cathy

Ok, d*&n, I wrote this nice comment and Blogspot apologized to me that it couldn't complete my request to Preview it. Now, that's not funny.

I apologize if this comes up twice-here is what I wrote (with some edits because maybe it thought I was bitching too much and Lori is not into that during Lent-I gave up wine-definitely a dumb idea!)

I thanked you ladies for making me laugh as yesterday was a bummer. For the 1st time in my freelance career I received a negative reaction to a case study I wrote for a new client. When I got the final version that was supposed to have significant changes, I found it did not. That was actually a relief, but now I wonder if it's a ploy to get out of paying the balance.

I closed my comment that is in cyberspace with my own funny. I wrote a post yesterday on how blog headlines are like vanity plates. I was driving on Highway 101 in southern CA and was following an old hearse that someone was using as a personal car. The license plate read – NOTTYET 🙂

Paula

I've been known to laugh at funerals (the homilies at my dad & uncle's funerals were beautifully written and balanced the tears with lots of belly laughs), so it doesn't take much to make me laugh.

My niece (age 6) and nephew (age 7) always make me laugh. My nephew called the other day and already have me laughing when his sister came home from selling GS Cookies. He put her on the phone and I asked how she did. She said, "Let me check…." and the 6-year old suddenly turns into the oh-so-professional Little Miss Office Manager. "We sold 17 boxes today, mostly Thin Mints, but a few Samoas, too." Then her grown-up persona cracked, "Daddy likes Thin Mints best, but I don't like mint, and I'm not too sure I want to try the Samoas…" Then she ratted out her brother for eating an entire box of the lemon cookies – in one evening.

My dog is always good for a laugh too – like when she does her doggie yoga. That's something to really have to see.

Paula

Oh – I forgot to add: when I asked me niece how long they'd been out that day selling cookies, she said, "Oh, I don't know. I'm not good at telling time." (It was an hour.)

Lori

LOVE that, Cathy!! LOL

Sorry the client is fussing. I wonder – is it because they want to leave their mark on it? I've had a few instances where clients aren't necessarily looking to avoid payment, but just want to put their spin or even show they've contributed. One was hilarious – we had a conference call and I revised based on their input. I changed one paragraph per their input. One. They were thrilled. 🙂

LOL! Paula, she sounds like CEO material to me. 🙂

Jake P

Been fighting a Firefox 4 crash for the past few hours before relenting and resorting to V3.6.2. So, I needed a laugh for sure!

Warning: This link is COMPLETELY, UTTERLY UNSAFE FOR WORK OR SMALL CHILDREN. (Which, of course, is one of the bonuses of working for yourself.) That said, it's funny as heck:
Honey Badger, narrated by Randall

Happy weekends, y'all!

Lori

"Oh, they're so nasty!"

LOL! Jake, this is so freakin' funny!

"The honey badger don't give a shit."

Wendy

The Content Farm site, (that Gabriella gave us the link for awhile back) is great for the belly shakes. They have a new site and I see that you can submit.

My current dream is to submit an article there, so I've decided that I will be writing one up. That's one content farm that I won't mind writing for and it will be worth not getting paid.

Lori

Wendy, I love that one, too. 🙂