Tag: finding freelance work
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Making It Happen
What I’m reading upstairs: The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’ConnorWhat’s on the iPod: Hey, Hey by Dispatch Don’t forget – sign up now for the one-day Webinar hosted by Devon Ellington and yours truly! I’d love to see you there. Here’s the link. Interesting day yesterday. Because I’m awaiting approval on one project,…
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Spreading the Wings
What’s on the iPod: 25 to Life by Eminem Crazy day yesterday. Had some research to do and a small project to handle, but mostly I spent the day going over contracts and arranging interviews for an article. Today starts what I call my Marathon Interview Week – four in two days. It doesn’t sound…
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What’s in Your Freelance Basket?
What I’m reading: Night Crawler by Diane Parkin What’s on the iPod: The Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths (Oh, yes I did!) Nice day yesterday. I managed one small project, then had the rest of the day to plan out an article, including lining up interviews and scaring up some experts. The experts part was…
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Worthy Tip: Take This Job, Not That One
What’s on the iPod: Laundry Room by The Avett Brothers There’s one good thing about shoveling snow – it’s great cardio and muscle work. I’ve found if you have enough Aleve, you can pretty much shovel your way from one side of town to the other. Not that I want to or intend to –…
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Doing it Better
What’s on the iPod: Rockstar by Nickelback Good day yesterday. I managed a project, research on another project, a dental appointment, closure on yet another project, and tutoring my Vietnamese student last night. She had to take a test to measure her progress, so I had an hour of uninterrupted reading time in the library….
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Overeaters Anonymous, Here I Come
What’s on the iPod: Better Together by Jack Johnson Remember my sitting idle in November and December? Remember my wondering where all the clients were? I wasn’t worried – well, yes, I guess I was. I figured they’d be back, but I was eager to see them back sooner rather than later. Well, in true…
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The Best Laid Plans
What’s on the iPod: Through Smoke by Needtobreathe It’s funny how as the birthday of one Robert Burns draws near, I’m finding myself quoting his To a Mouse. If the best laid schemes indeed “Gang aft agley”, that was yesterday. Try as I might, I couldn’t get beyond one project, which quickly morphed into three….
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The Big Question
What’s on the iPod: Magnificent by U2 Yesterday was a small part work and a large part distraction. After her 24-hour bout with the flu, daughter woke up and packed for her Disney trip. I dropped her and her boyfriend at the airport, then headed straight for 30th Street Station to pick up the stepson,…
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Up for Bid
It continues to amaze me when I see writers who have built careers on leading other writers to make smart career choices suddenly decide the money’s the goal. One writer, who shall remain nameless, has decided to offer a book on how to make money on one particular bidding site. By bidding site, I’m talking…
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Being Memorable
What’s on the iPod: Nothing – no time to listen! I’m still plunged deeply into the large project with little sight of any finish line. But I managed to get some other client work done before nine a.m. yesterday, which opened up the rest of the day to chunk down this project. Also, I had…