What I’m reading: The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardson (fantastic)What’s on the iPod: Girls Lie Too by Terri Clark Sometimes when I come to writing these posts, I have lots swirling around in the gray matter and can’t land on one idea. Sometimes, yea, nothing. Today it’s a swirling day. Demand StudiosPer…
Creating Your Market
What I’m reading: Spartina by John Casey (it’s getting good now)What’s on the iPod: Take it to the Limit by The Eagles Talking with a writer chum yesterday was great. In a short conversation, we were both able to brainstorm some new ideas to recoup what we’d considered losses. In his case, there was a…
The Confident You
What I’m reading: Spartina by John Casey (still not sold on this one)What’s on the iPod: Summertime by Kenny Chesney Ashley, this is for you. Last week you said this: “I think I’m just scared to fail. Maybe that’s a good topic for another post — how did you build confidence in yourself?” You’re right…
Monthly Assessment – May 2010
What I’m reading: Spartina by John Casey (it’s slow going)What’s on the iPod: Moondance by Van Morrison I hope you’re not in front of your computers right now. I hope you’re taking a nice holiday weekend to remember the sacrifices others made so we could have independence enough to define our careers and enjoy our…
Will Specializing Save Freelance Writers?
What I’m reading downstairs: Spartina by John CaseyWhat’s on the iPod: Conductor by We Were Promised Jetpacks If you haven’t read Jenn Mattern’s in-depth examination of Demand Studios, please take ten minutes to do so. She’s done an excellent job laying things out for writers to take what they want from it. And she’s gone…
Are You Settling?
What’s on the iPod: Peace Frog by The DoorsWhat I’m reading: Transparent Things by Nabokov (almost finished) Thanks to Devon for sending me a link to this article about newspapers now outsourcing to Demand Studios. Read it and weep. Loudly. While this news is disturbing and may indeed indicate a downward trend in publishing, what…
Nudging the Client
What I’m reading upstairs: Absalom! Absalom! by William FaulknerWhat’s playing on the iPod: Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic EventYou? Toddle on over to Anne Wayman’s site for my latest post. Sometimes when work is slow in coming – like now – I nudge clients. I send out emails. Nothing new there, except what…
What Lost Taught Me About Freelancing
What’s on the iPod: Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison What I’m reading upstairs (I have upstairs books and downstairs books): The Thich Naht Hahn Collection Love it or hate it, Lost became a television phenomenon – a wild ride through suspended rationality and a lesson in faith over fact. When it ended on Sunday, reactions…
The Passive-aggressive Client
What I’m reading: Transparent Things by Vladimir NabokovWhat’s on the iPod: The Twist by Frightened Rabbit Like that? I thought it might be fun to share what we’re reading and listening to. Spent a great Friday off with a writer friend I’ve known for a while, but never met. She and I hit it off…
Friday Stuff and Ponderings
It’s been a rough week. Emotionally, anyway. Work hasn’t exactly been front-and-center, but it’s probably a good thing. I sat down yesterday afternoon with all intentions of putting together an article for one of my favorite magazines. Instead, I wrote a farewell note to a dying friend, one I haven’t seen in years, but one…