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Writers Worth: This Job, Not That Job

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m reading: The Warden by Anthony Trollope What I’m listening to: The Parting Glass by Ed Sheeran This week, this month, has been nuts. I’m clinging to Hump Day like it’s a life raft. I get one project draft completed and another one (or two) comes in. I keep everything scheduled and keep moving…

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7 Freelance Writing Hacks That Optimize Your Time

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: Wilderness by Middle Brother What a busy weekend. We spent Saturday at the home show in the city — waste of time. The majority of the vendors were selling doors, bed sheets, sheds, steam mops….and we were there for kitchens. Besides that being totally annoying, there were way too many vendors…

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4 Ways to Inject Confidence into Your Freelance Writing Negotiations

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger What a strange week it’s been. I’ve talked with three new clients, two of whom are referrals, and have started on one of the projects and completed another. I’ve also delivered a slam-dunk project for a favorite client, and I’m working on book edits for a…

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6 Ways to Overdo Your Marketing

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: Misfits and Lovers by The Wallflowers It’s been a great start to the week. I’m in touch with three new clients, two of whom I’ll be finalizing project specs with this week. Plus I have an article assignment from a favorite editor, and I’m excited about the topic. Add to that…

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Free Advice Friday: Making Freelance Lemonade from Rejection

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: A Good Reason to Grow Old by Owl John For my first week back, it’s been both busy and productive. I completed drafts on three new projects and have had talks with another new client about upcoming work. Plus I’m working toward nailing down a new client on project dates, focus,…

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Monthly Assessment: January 2016

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: Starman by David Bowie For someone who was away for two weeks, I jumped right back into work with little effort. Since I’m still on UK/Netherlands time, I was up early and got busy. By noon on Monday, I’d finished a draft and a revision, then on to a call in…

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The Multilingual Writer

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m reading: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro What I’m listening to: Talking to the Moon by Bruno Mars You know, I had planned to leave more posts for you while I was on vacation. Really I did. But there was a rush of work right before we left– so much so that we…

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Freelance Writing in 2016: How to Make Your Money

Posted on by lwidmer

Ahhhhh…. that’s the sound of a busy writer finally taking a holiday. Today, I was outside and walking and taking in sights while on vacay. Tomorrow, more of the same. I was talking with my daughter recently (a moment ago, actually) and I asked her “If you were a freelance writer, what question would you…

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6 Hacks to Increase Your Freelance Writing Productivity

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m reading: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami What I’m listening to: Blackstar by David Bowie Snow. That was the focus of my weekend, at least until yesterday when the sun came out. Well no, even then. It all had to be moved. And there is a lot —…

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Freelance Writing Biz Fix: Creating a Virtual Workspace

Posted on by lwidmer

What I’m listening to: Lola by The Kinks What a week. I started with two projects and a new client call. So far, I’m up to two more projects and two more new client calls — none of which are happening until after I return from vacation. I did get a bit of work done,…

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  1. Anne Wayman Avatar
    Anne Wayman

    I get more and more virtual all the time. Not completely though.

    Good to see your site working!

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  2. Lori Widmer Avatar
    Lori Widmer

    Thanks, Anne. Thank Jenn, actually. She had it figured out so fast; it was impressive! Google may be on to who did it, too.

    I'm not quite all virtual, but I'd like to be. It makes sense, though as we face a huge winter storm and possible power outages, I may question that. 🙂 Still, I'm able to access all my files no matter where I am, so if I have to take work with me to the UK, I can.

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  3. Meryl K. Evans Avatar
    Meryl K. Evans

    In working with a client, I've learned a lot about cloud and saving data to it. I know it makes it convenient to access from anywhere. But it can also be easy for people to find your private information. In one instance, a company was reviewing its Google Analytics and saw referral source and clicked it. It turned out to be a sensitive document in Dropbox and their link happened to be in that document.

    Not saying to cut the cloud, but to be careful and do your due diligence. Even one of the web-based password programs was hacked.

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  4. Lori Widmer Avatar
    Lori Widmer

    Great advice, Meryl. It's so easy for sensitive information to leak out unexpectedly. I wonder — do you think that could have happened even if they weren't on the cloud? Sounds like the referral source should have hidden that reference.

    Am I understanding the situation correctly?

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  5. Paula Hendrickson Avatar
    Paula Hendrickson

    I had it on my list for 2016 to figure the whole cloud thing out, but technology always confuses me. Sometimes to much I want to go back to a quill and parchment.

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