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What's So Trendy About Paris That Everyone Went Crazy Over It?
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Really Bad Writing Advice to Avoid
What’s on the iPod: Into the Mystic by Van Morrison This week has gone by a little too quickly. I have one article due tomorrow (my own deadline, but a promise is a promise), and I have two blog articles to complete before the end of the month. Plus a stalled project may be getting…
16 Places to Find Freelance Clients Today
What I’m reading: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson What’s on the iPod: To the Sea by Jack Johnson How was the weekend? Ours was busy enough that I was glad to get back to work on Monday. We had an anniversary on Friday, and we were lucky enough to find what has to be…
Spotting Raw Writing Deals
What’s on the iPod: Not Afraid by Eminem Good friend and fellow writer Jenn Mattern has a great post up this week about an email that’s been sent to quite a few writers. The problem: the company sending the note is putting a new face on an old tactic. You work for free and they…
5 Trade-ups to Boost Your Writing Career
What I’m reading: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson What’s on the iPod: Hell and Back by The Airborne Toxic Event There’s nothing like working outdoors to center you. We spent the weekend accomplishing various things, one being leveling the ground near the house. Six hours of digging and hauling sod and dirt made me…
Writers Worth: My A-ha Moment
What’s on the iPod: Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan TGIF in a big way. I’ve spent a somewhat frustrating week trying to clear up a rather large outstanding invoice. The project is on hold, the money is nowhere to be seen, my emails haven’t been answered, and this writer is getting pissed. I get…
Learning from Freelance Writing Mistakes
What I’m reading: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison What’s on the iPod: Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson After a fantastic Writers Worth Month, I’m settling into a busy June. Typically, June is when things slow down. July and August are usually quiet as graveyards. This year, however, I’m working…
Doing Your Homework
“You have touched on some fastidious factors…” Don’t you just love spam comments? I was weeding through 1,900 or so of them the other day and I realized the correlation between spam comments and writers missing the mark with their queries — neither the spammer nor the writer did their homework. Sure, we don’t expect…
Monthly Assessment: April and May 2015
What I’m reading: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison What’s on the iPod: Everything by Michael Bublé What a great Writers Worth month! Thank you to every single one of you who contributed your stories and ideas. I’m always amazed by the incredible talent and insight of my colleagues at all career levels. Everyone…