Category Archives: Freelance Writing
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Job Resources for the Freelance Writer
Posted on January 23, 2011 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Freelance Writing, Freelance Writing Jobs{photo by: penguinsix} On Facebook, I asked whether I should create a blog listing all the places I look for freelance writing jobs. At first, I was just curious to know where other writers go. But then, I realized I had a long list of resources and asked whether anyone would be interested in reading [...]
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Quick Tip #4 for Writers
Posted on December 16, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing, Writer Issues Solved, Writer TipsHope 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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What Love Songs Have to Do With Your Writing
Posted on December 5, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance WritingI’ve been enamored with Bruno Mars’s song Just the Way You Are Lately. I’m not a teenager, nor am I single and looking for love. But I’ve been hooked on the lyrics and can’t get it out of my head. To refresh your memory, here’s a video of the song that’s driving me crazy, in [...]
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Happy Halloween Freelance Writers!
Posted on October 29, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance WritingFreelance writer Laura Spencer wrote another brilliant post on Freelance Folder entitled 30 Spooky Freelancing Practices. Her list included everything from bad mouthing clients to internet surfing instead of working. Anyone guilty of that? I’ll admit to the latter in the past. Oops. But while I have looked fear in its face (sometimes in the [...]
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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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“I’m a writer and I have low self-esteem.”
Posted on August 8, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing“I’m a writer and I have low self-esteem.” That’s what I said on Penn & Teller’s Showtime show Bullshit. It was part true, part Hollywood. But I think anyone would agree that writing for a living can break your heart at times, into itty-bitty tiny shattered pieces. And that’s just on a good day. On a [...]
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The Freelance Writing Blues
Posted on June 25, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writers, Freelance WritingYes there’s baby blues and even shopping blues, but freelance writing blues? Yep, I think so. If you’re in the low right now, when your phone stops ringing, people stop emailing and your blog is as empty as an ice-cream shop in wintertime, then you know what I mean. You wonder if this is it, [...]
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WordCount Blogathon 2010 Here I Come!
Posted on May 5, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing, Writer ChallengesIt’s Day 4 of the 2010 WordCount Blogathon. Here’s a bit of info in case you haven’t heard of it. Reporter, writer, blogger, basically media/publishing entrepreneur, Michelle Rafter created a challenge for herself. In 2008, she blogged every day for the entire month of May. Asking others to join in the fun, she created the [...]
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5 Ways to Burn Bridges in Business
Posted on April 1, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Freelance WritingThis post will cover the five things you shouldn’t do (not including the basics like failing to do any work for a client or refusing to pay a freelancer) if you want a healthy, happy long-term and profitable business relationship. Whether you’re a freelancer or a start-up looking to hire a freelancer, there are a few things [...]
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Fun Friday Question for Freelancers (Say that Three Times Fast)
Posted on March 26, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing, Writer Tipsphoto by: kevindooley It’s the end of another long week freelancers. And on this freelance Friday, I must ask, “What do you do to decompress?” I know how it goes. You’re toiling away at your computer, making phone calls, coming up with creative queries, networking, marketing your services and spending the spare time you have [...]
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