Working Well with Clients It’s a good day here at Words on the Page – I am excited to present an interview with Lisa Gates, an expert coach who offers fantastic advice over at her weblog, Design Your Writing Life! Today, Lisa explains the working relationship between writers and clients. What can we do when…
Psyche!Lisa Gates mentioned a freelance writer who gets in her car, backs out of her driveway and pulls right back in. It’s her way of getting “psychologically ready” for work. How much trouble do you have getting psyched for work? Yes, you have the desk, the equipment, the time and maybe even the clients. But…
Jobs Listings! Come and get ’em: Fashion WritersFreelance Magazine WritersSenior WriterFreelance WriterCopy WriterFreelance WriterTech FreelancersPress Release WriterNewsletter WriterFreelance WritingFreelance Writer
Teach Your Children WellI’m excited – my daughter’s journalism class has invited me to talk with them tomorrow. The teacher wants me to tell them what a journalist’s life is like. It should be fun, despite the hour (7:30? Do people dress that early?). One thing I have to address is deadlines. In fact, if…
When There Isn’t A ClueA recent editorial in the local newspaper featured a new freelancer going on about how much she was enjoying what she called “the latte life” – sitting in cafes and being a writer. She painted such a lovely picture of what freelance writers do all day that I wanted to be…
The Complaint Department Recent “writerly” talk turned to what’s discussed in weblogs. Some suggested that weblogs were bitch-and-moan sessions that reflected badly on the writer. What’s your weblog say about you? Do you complain? If your clients were reading your weblog, would you still stand by your posts? It made me think about what I…
Jobs Listings In hopes that some of the work I come across will be a better fit for others, I’ve decided to start posting weekly job listings. Here are a few I’ve found – Freelance Technology Investments Writer Freelance Writers Regular Article Writer News Writer Newport Daily News Specialist Regulatory Writer
Write About What? If you haven’t read Kristen King’s Notes in the Margin newsletter yet, now’s a good time. That’s because Kristen was kind enough to include an article from yours truly on what to write about. Thanks, Kristen! While at the site, please feel free to subscribe to Kristen’s email newsletter. It’s loaded with…
More Meme (sigh)… I can’t ignore it any longer. Leigh tagged me. Here are the questions I must answer: To whom am I blogging?I blog to writers both new and not-so-new. Am I talking to you?I hope so. I hope through my mistakes and through what I happen to have done right, you learn something….
The Mantras Talk of various mantras has made me wonder – what are your mantras? I’m not talking just those things that motivate you. What abotu those things that you must refuse to do? I have a couple: – I will not work for less than I could make at McDonald’s.– I will not work…