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Just in Time for Halloween: How Freelance Writing Makes Me Feel Like a Monster
Posted on October 20, 2009 by brandiwplogin in Freelance WritingPhoto by: TCM Hitchhiker Sometimes the word writer and monster feels like one and the same. You’re all alone. People think you’re weird-at least you think they think you’re weird. You spend all of your time holed up researching online, in the library, reading at cafes. You send out letters asking people for work like [...]
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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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Why being a writer makes me a nail biter
Posted on September 21, 2009 by brandiwplogin in Freelance WritingIn elementary school, we had to write a journal article entitled, “What is my worst habit.” I cringed when I reread it, crossing my fingers that I didn’t declare something utterly embarrassing. When I read “nail biter,” I thought “guess not much has changed.” Although I have been known to grow these nails long enough [...]
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What Being a Writer Has Taught Me
Posted on September 16, 2009 by brandiwplogin in Freelance Writing1. That you need be thick-skinned to handle a mind-blowing number of rejections but be thin-skinned enough to be an observant, sensitive, intuitive and honest writer. 2. Publishers can get away with a lot like promising to pay you and then suddenly disappearing into thin air. 3. That you need to have an insane amount [...]
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