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San Jose based freelance writer with a penchant for writing non-fiction creatively.

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  4 Ways to Discover the True Helpers from the Money Zappers

  Posted on January 9, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing

  {photo credit} These days everyone has a gadget, gizmo, strategy or idea that can help you turn your business into a gazillion dollar money-making machine. But how true our their claims? And how much of their “strategy” depends not on real, hard work, but on your own hard earned cash? It’s 2011. It’s time for [...]

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  My Last Gift for Writers in 2010

  Posted on January 1, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Dreams

  {photo credit} This is it! It’s December 31st, 2010. We’re just hours away from the end of the new year. Before 2011, I wanted a chance to give you one more gift. And since it’s the last one, it has to be BIG. So here we go! TIP #8: Live BIG! I don’t know if [...]

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  Quick Tip 7: Use Your Calling

  Posted on December 21, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Dreams, Writer Tips

  {photo credit} I used to write the way it felt to run against the wind or swim against the current. I wrote to please. I wrote to entertain (and I hope I still do, knock on wood). And I wrote to prove something. I wrote against what felt natural to me. And it was a [...]

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  Quick Tip 6: Turn Your Misfortune Into Fortune

  Posted on December 20, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Tips

  Hear me out. Nobody likes bad luck. And I’m sure most of us would rather not be published than have something difficult happen in our lives. But not only do I believe writing is one way (and a healthy one I might add) to express yourself in the midst of hardship, I also believe that [...]

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  Quick Tip 5: Be a Student of Life

  Posted on December 17, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Tips

  No matter how much you pray, beg, and visualize, you won’t get better at your craft unless you do something about it. That’s where quick tip 5 comes in: Learn something new every day. I received one of the nicest compliments ever from a client recently. He said that I was open to new projects [...]

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  Quick Tip #4 for Writers

  Posted on December 16, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing, Writer Issues Solved, Writer Tips

  Hope you’ve been enjoying my quick tips for Christmas. Here is another one. Hide Your Desperation Clients can smell fear and desperation miles away. If you feel anxious and doubtful that you will ever be able to make it as a writer, hide it quick. Your worries will only attract other desperate people. It will [...]

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  Day 3: Christmas Gift for Writers

  Posted on December 15, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Tips

  It’s Day 3 of my gift to you writers out there! A lot of writers believe that they are out of the game because they are lacking in experience. But here’s my next Christmas gift tip for you: Find a loop hole. Think about what you have to offer a potential client that your competition [...]

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  Day 2: Christmas Wish List for Writers

  Posted on December 14, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Tips

  Quickie Tip #2: Be Easy {This is only good for freelance writing and other career-related endeavors of course.} {photo credit} Here’s what I recently realized. I’ve found one of the greatest inventions ever for writers and journalists. HARO. Doesn’t it sound Star Wars worthy? It stands for Help A Reporter Out. Basically, it’s a win-win [...]

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  The Christmas Gift for Writers That Keeps on Giving

  Posted on December 13, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Holidays

    {photo credit} Everyone’s been blogging about the best gift to get for writers. I’ve thought about doing it. Heck, I did it last year. And even outdid myself by writing about the things we writers wished we got for Christmas, but didn’t. You can see that post here. So I was going to write [...]

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  4 Things New Writers Should Watch Out For

  Posted on December 10, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Challenges

  {photo credit} You’re new. And confused. The world is your oyster, but you don’t know where to start and which one’s a dud, and which one’s holding the pearl. Don’t worry. We’ve all been there. Even as experienced writers, we sometimes slip and fall into the cracks. The good news is that there are a [...]

  
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