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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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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:Â 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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Special Guest Post: McCabe, Mrs. Miller and Handling Criticism
Posted on May 18, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Guest BlogsThe “Perfect” Movie McCabe & Mrs. Miller is among my favorite movies of all time. I think it’s better than any of the other revisionist westerns of the early 70s. I love the way Robert Altman allows dialog to overlap. I think the Leonard Cohen soundtrack is perfect. I can’t think of anything else Warren [...]
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Keeping the Faith
Posted on February 4, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing, Writer Issues SolvedPart of the gift and the challenge with being a freelance writer is not knowing what comes next. While you may be riding the wave of good fortune this month, you may be drowning the next. Although there is the rare writer who radiates an envious and endless optimism, most of us struggle day to [...]
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Received Yet Another Rejection Letter? Don’t Close the Door Just Yet
Posted on January 11, 2010 by brandiwplogin in Business of Freelance Writing, Magazine, Writer Challenges, Writer Issues SolvedLast year I sent out a flurry of queries and a couple completed manuscripts. I worked like crazy to reach that impossible, unattainable dream-to get published in a well-known magazine. And here’s what happened: No, I didn’t get into Glamour or O magazines. A prayer wasn’t answered. A miracle was yet to be seen. Instead, [...]
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Rejection Slips
Posted on October 13, 2009 by brandiwplogin in Freelance WritingPhoto by: Vicki’s Pics Sherri Shepherd has a book coming out entitled, “Permission Slips.” If I had a book coming out, I’d call it, “Rejection Slips.” I’m sure every writer gets them. Those standard letters or brief emails that says, “Sorry the position is filled. We liked you but…” So close, and yet so far. [...]
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