The Long and the Short of Freelancing
I get a lot of questions about what exactly I “do” for a living. The truth is that when someone asks me that question there are a lot of possible answers. I could simply say “I’m a writer” or I could...
View ArticlePretending You’re a Brick and Mortar Business to Boost Work
Running a business is a trust game – if someone doesn’t trust you, they sure as heck are not interested in giving you their money for your products or services. Would you go into an electronics store...
View ArticleWhen Freelancing Becomes a Business
Freelance writing is, by definition, anything but a business. You scavenge for work, pander to your clients, and spend more time worrying about how you’ll pay your bills than actually doing work to pay...
View ArticleWriting Because You Love To vs. Writing Because You Have To
I have wanted to be a writer for a while now. Not “since I was a little kid” while, but a good long time nonetheless. Of course, when I had these visions of literary wonder, I was going to be sitting...
View ArticleThe Slow Times for Freelance Writers
If you’ve been working in this business for a while, you know a few things – first of all, you can never count on there being work for any definitive period of time. Freelancers are nervous people. We...
View ArticleWhen You’re Bored
I’m taking a break from my “informational” posts and the novel I’m working on because I don’t feel like delving into anything too deep right now. My computer got a virus last night and shredded by...
View ArticleEvery Freelancer Should Have a Dog
I’m a big proponent of active writing. After the first two years of my writing career, spent lounging on my couch with a laptop, I threw my back out. This was particularly embarrassing because I was...
View ArticleA Week of Experimental Dieting
Carrots and Hummus (Yum!) Before you read the title of this blog post and think that I spent the week ingesting only pickled lamb’s tongues, let me just say, it’s not like that. The experimental diet...
View ArticleBalancing Weekend Tasks When You Work at Home
Last weekend, Margaret and I took our son to Sears to get family portraits. We did it last year when he was five months old and thought it would be nice to do it again this year – these family...
View ArticleThe Value of Sleep to a Freelancer
I get asked on occasion what the single most important factor is in successfully becoming a freelance writer. I used to have a long list of potential factors – but things have changed in recent years –...
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