What’s on the iPod: Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye Home. So here I sit in my kitchen on what I can only call a Scottish Sunday — drizzling, all-day rain that pulls the explosion of lush spring greens that much closer to the earth for both sight and touch — and I…
Tag: freelance writing
Writers Worth: A Different Kind of Proposition
Today’s guest post comes from the query free writer herself, Jennifer Mattern. Writers: What’s Your Value Proposition? By Jennifer Mattern In an earlier Writer’s Worth post, Lori talked about how freelance writers need to accept their own worth in order to charge professional rates for their services. She talked about some of the ways you…
We Interrupt This Program to Insert Life….
What’s on the iPod: I’m Shakin’ by Jack White Wow. What a couple of days. Okay, so Monday was a good day. I went to bed after having accomplished a bit of work and having gone to a dance lesson. Felt a little tired, but understandable. Somewhere around 3:30 am, it became obvious Tuesday wasn’t…
6 Reasons to Get Certified
What’s on the iPod: No Line on the Horizon by U2 I’m back, though I’m still unclear what time zone I’m in. We flew in late Saturday night. Sunday was about catching up — on sleep, on chores, on the garden. I cleaned out the front garden, and the perennials are looking great. There are…
Writing As Life
What’s on the iPod: Carrickfergus by Loudon Wainwright III Today I expected to be sitting in my office sorting through conference papers, business cards, and notes. As organized as I was in the months and weeks prior to the conference I just attended, I wasn’t prepared for a shortened conference attendance and a trip to…
The Excuse Train
Currently, I’m at a conference, so forgive any delay in responding to your comments. I should be back here Thursday. In the meantime, I wanted to bring up a topic we’ve talked about in the past, but deserves a bit of resurrection. As I watched the discussion and debate swell and morph over an article…
Lessons We Teach Ourselves
What’s on the iPod: Late March, Death March by Frightened Rabbit How was your yesterday? Mine was somewhat productive. I started the day with a poetry writing project I’m putting on the front burner. It’s something I’ve been wanting to promote and yesterday I had time to do so. I had time also to work…
6 Ways to Be a Studious Writer
What’s on the iPod: 1983 by Neon Trees Tax day – as if any of you needed to be reminded. We hired an accountant this year, who did an amazing job and found us some deductions we hadn’t taken in the past. We still paid, but because I’d calculated my portion of things early, I…
The Lemming Factor
What’s on the iPod: Strange Girl by The Airborne Toxic Event Despite having a clear plan in place yesterday, my day spiraled from laid-back to somewhat chaotic. I didn’t get done half of the stuff on my list. I didn’t have any deadlines, which is probably for the best. A lot of piddly stuff got…
How to Be Stupid at Marketing Yourself
What’s on the iPod: The Air Near My Fingers by The White Stripes Did you have a nice Easter/nice weekend? Ours was lovely. Saturday was sunny and warm enough to go into the garden. I pulled up as much whitlow grass as I could find, and we cleaned up twigs. Saturday night was church, as…