Category Archives: Freelance Writers
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Plagued by Perfectionism?
Posted on October 7, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Freelance WritersInstead of an A for excellent, they probably should have given you a P-for perfectionist. You know who you are. You spend an inordinate amount of time perfecting your craft. You have been known to make basketballs out of your shoddy pieces of work. If anyone asked your friends of your family, what they admire [...]
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Easy Ways to Increase Your Chances of Freelance Success
Posted on September 27, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Freelance Writers, Freelance Writing, Writer TipsWhile I’m hardly one to call myself a success (unlike this couple), I have picked up a few learn-as-you-go tips that have seriously change my career and my life. To be honest, my freelancing career started without any preparation, focus or long-term planning. I basically decided one day that it was time to stop waiting [...]
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The Unromantic Truth About Freelancing: What Really Fuels You
Posted on September 21, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Freelance Writers, Freelance WritingWhen I first started telling people I was going to quit my full-time job and go freelance, I think they heard “rogue” instead. It’s as if I just announced I was going to make a living making balloon animals or shooting to outer space. It’s hard to explain their expression-a mix of disbelief, pity and [...]
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Comic Relief for Writers
Posted on August 31, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Freelance WritersIt’s Wednesday, but it already feels like a Friday. {Maybe it’s wishful thinking?} To get us through this hump day, I’m posting something a little different. I’m going to add a disclaimer here by saying: I am not a professional artist. But I do think everyone is creative. And with that being said, here is [...]
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Not to Be a KillJoy – But Here’s the Truth About Freelance Writing Success
Posted on August 3, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Freelance Writers, Freelance WritingIt could be a fad or maybe I’m just more aware of it now. But does it seem like everybody and their brother are trying to sell you something? Here’s my guilty confession. Every morning when I open my email, there is usually about 90 spammy emails staring back at me. Except Google can’t catch [...]
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How to Motivate Yourself to Keep Going
Posted on May 26, 2011 by brandiwplogin in For Entrepreneurs, Freelance WritersI don’t know what your mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, friend told you, but freelancing is hard. Writing is hard. And so is starting your own business. With Memorial Day coming up, I thought it apropos to start the weekend off right, by composing a list of a few must-dos that’s 100% light and [...]
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What to Do When You Get a Bad Review
Posted on May 18, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, For Entrepreneurs, Freelance Writers{flickr photo by: khaybe} Just last week I read an author’s tweet about her lackluster review on a movie based on her book. And several weeks before that, a writer expressed her frustrating over feedback from an article she wrote. Bad reviews are a part of life. They can happen whether you are a writer, entrepreneur [...]
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An Easy Way to Increase Your Chances of Getting Published
Posted on April 5, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Freelance Writers, Freelance Writing{flickr photo by: CosmoPolitician} A Boot Camp Success Story This weekend drained me. Instead of biking or catching up on my reading, I did something insanely crazy. I signed for a weekend boot camp. And no this one did not consist of me dropping down and giving anyone 20. I signed for a writer’s boot camp. [...]
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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 TipsWhat’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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Don’t Do This and Other Advice for New Freelancers
Posted on September 29, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writers, Freelance WritingDON’T TRY THIS AT HOME (or anywhere else for that matter!) 5 Tips for Freelance Writers on What Not to DO Don’t settle. You remember being in your twenties, desperate and single? Or how about a time when you really really wanted something so much so that you felt desperate. That’s kind of how I [...]
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