Category Archives: Writer Issues Solved

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  5 Social Media and Common Author Mistakes You Might Be Making

  Posted on June 8, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Expert Series, For Entrepreneurs, Writer Challenges, Writer Issues Solved, Writer Tips

  {photo by} You’ve worked really hard on writing that book, conceiving a new idea or blogging, but you still haven’t seen results with your efforts. Literary agent Kevin Small who I interviewed in part I of this post, sets us straight this time with the unintentional mistakes you could be making that’s sabotaging your career. [...]

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  How Not to Blow a Phone Interview

  Posted on April 13, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Professional Recommendations, Writer Issues Solved

  {flickr photo by: stevendepolo} The Dreaded Phone Interview The time is ticking and you’re about to chew every single one of your fingernails in anticipation of that upcoming phone call. It could be a call to your editor, potential client or for a job interview. But whoever it is and whatever it is for, one thing is [...]

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  The Psychology Behind Writing

  Posted on March 15, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writers, Freelance Writing, Writer Challenges, Writer Issues Solved, Writer Tips

  What’s so hard about putting words on paper? Well it’s a lot harder than you think when you bring psychology to the picture. Take your thoughts for example. All those doubts, criticisms, and insecurities from years long gone have piled up. And sometimes when you’re not careful, they’ll peek out at you, disguising themselves as [...]

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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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  Kick That Writer’s Block

  Posted on November 12, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Issues Solved

  {photo credit} There are two main reasons why you’re sitting in front of your computer and can’t type right now. You’re either physically or psychologically exhausted. 1. Physical Exhaustion. You needn’t run a marathon to be too tired to write. You could have been up all night with the baby or that darn hour gained [...]

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  Circuit Training for Your Brain: How to Do Everything as a Writer

  Posted on August 29, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Issues Solved

  Got too many plates up in the air? I hear you. Writing while you’ve got other things to tend too can be exhausting to say the least. But this is the problem:  Those plates? They still need to get done. You’re going to have to do all of them (marketing, editing, writing, transcribing, etc.) and [...]

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  What a Psychic Told Me About Freelancing

  Posted on May 12, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Dreams, Writer Issues Solved

  I had somewhat of a revelation tonight, which is why I’m fighting back droopy eyes and fatigue to stay up and finish this post. I went to a psychic-something I have done in the past, partly because I believe in it and also because as a writer doubt creeps in and out of my life [...]

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  Is Working at Home Making You Feel Socially Inept?

  Posted on April 21, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Issues Solved

  I go to a once a week Meetup for professional women who work at home. In the group, one of the main issues everyone can agree on is how isolating it is. One person made a comment that the only person she talks to on some days is the UPS guy. Do I hear a [...]

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  You Are What You Think

  Posted on April 16, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Writer Issues Solved

  photo by: yui.kubo You know that saying, “You are what you eat?” I think it applies to writing too. How? As a graduate student in Psychology, I learned that there was an important interchangeable triangle that affected the way we did things. Thoughts, Feelings, Behaviors What we think influences how we feel. For example, if [...]

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  How to Make Money by Writing for a Living: It doesn’t have to be an either or thing.

  Posted on April 7, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Writer Issues Solved

  I’ve become enamored with Martha Beck’s book, “The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life.” Knee deep in chapter 4 (Creativity), I’ve been filled with mind blowing concepts that has thrilled me to no end. One of the titillating tidbits made me question my own freelance writing business skills and I thought I’d [...]

  
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