I have to thank Kathy Kehrli for this link to a post by Angela Hoy. Angela’s a champion in our profession – she has a system in place to chase down deadbeat clients and turn up the heat, getting many of them to pay. For that, we should all be bowing down and taking turns…
Monthly Assessment – July
It’s a day early, but I may be too busy tomorrow to post my monthly review. July started out rocky – most people are on vacation, so no real work to speak of. I sat with little to do until the second full week of this month. I decided to head up to Ontario to…
Vacation Prep
With vacation time drawing nearer, I spent the weekend planning, packing, and doing chores outside (and working). I pushed the lawn mower around Sunday and then made the stupid decision to wash and wax my car. I say stupid because it was 85 and insanely humid here. That wash/wax nearly put me in a hospital….
Things I Ponder
I’m totally overworked today (amen – I have work!), so I can’t give you long, thoughtful ponderings on writing. I can, however, share with you the junk in my brain that keeps me up nights. Add your own to the list. Oh, and if you have answers, I’d love to hear them! Why do banks…
In Your Defense
There’s a reason I stopped ghostwriting books. Well, there are several reasons – clients wanting to pay in royalties (if at all); expecting me to also publicize, market, and sell the book; wanting endless revisions even with a contract that stated otherwise; and the posse coming in to trash all the work the client and…
Exhaustion and the Full Work Day
It’s only 8 a.m. and I’m ready to drop back into bed. Didn’t sleep much at all last night. Between the hot/cold spells, the aches and pains (I feel so OLD some days), the pre-vacation brain waves, and the coming change in seasons that I can just feel, I was up beyond midnight. Like clockwork,…
The Stress and Interruption Train
Ouch. Once again this summer, my sinus infection is back. The minute my ear starts to hurt, I know. I should. It’s happened three times (four now) since May. I’d ignore it and simply overdose on Mucinex, but it doesn’t go away. But I can’t be sick. I’m too busy. How do you deal with…
But What About How Much You’re Worth?
My favorite Avid Writer Kimberly Ben has a great post up this week about why some freelancers (not her, so don’t give her grief) choose to work with content mills instead of traditional freelancing routes. The idea came to her after reading a discussion/debate on a forum where some writers were defending, even justifying their…
Time Suckers
Life coach and friend Lisa Gates has a wonderful workshop for women called Craving Balance. In it, she shows us how to reorder our priorities – not carve out time for things we want to do, but how to shift our focus so what we want is front-and-center. Amen, sister. It was one of the…
Want Work? Go Away.
I’m baaaaack! Miss me? My never-fail system for pulling in tons of work – go away on vacation. While I was gone, two more projects hit my in box and a potential third one is looming. That’s added to the ones that came in right before I left. Again, we all know that projects are…