Posts Tagged ‘Freelance Writing’
Why Oh Why Can’t I Write Like That?
{photo credit} Ever read someone else's writing and cringe? Not because they did a hacked up job of writing and/or editing, but because they are SO good! They are so good that you are suddenly reduced to the insecurities of a teenager. And from out of nowhere you hear yourself saying (in a surprisingly high piercing nasally voice I [...]
Circuit Training for Your Brain: How to Do Everything as a Writer
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 still do them well too. So I'm going to let [...]
The Little Annoyance Getting in the Way of Your Writing: You
I don't know if this is a girl thing. But my hair is my best friend and my worst enemy. I have a lot of hair! As a kid, I bemoaned the day I forgot to bring a rubber band. In swimming class, my hair floated around me. I was a body of hair with a tiny body attached. And it gave the boys extra ammunition to tease me that day and call me, [...]
How to Let Go and Let Good (Writing Happen)
You ever write and write, then write again. But you keep hitting a brick wall? Something's just not quite right and you can't put your finger on it? You may be suffering from the inability to let go. A frustrating writer's syndrome. Second to only writer's block. It happens when you've grown attached to your writing. You've spend weeks, [...]
Does Age Matter?
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I wonder, for example, if there is such a thing as age discrimination in writing. Does one get less respect the younger he or she is? I also think about whether your age or your perceived age makes you more or less marketable in the freelance writing biz. Why do I ponder these things at 9:51 in [...]
Setting Yourself Apart from the Competition: Give it All You Got, Give it All You Got…
{photo credit} Remember that old 90's rap song by the Old School Players? I don't know what they were rapping out back then, but it's a good reminder of what we need to do today as better business men/women and in general freelancers. I saw the King and Queen of comedy Tina Fey and Steve Carell on the Oprah Winfrey show months ago. They were [...]
5 Secrets of Successful Sales
This weekend I did something most introverts and writers wouldn't dare do-man a booth for 8 hours at a festival filled with several hundred people. Without meaning to, I learned a ton of lessons, not just on life, but on business too. Here are the Five Secrets of Successful Sales I Learned from the Festival (more...)
Is Working at Home Making You Feel Socially Inept?
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 Amen?! Many freelance writers love the flexibility of their job and the creativity with [...]
You Are What You Think
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 you're telling [...]
Read This Before You Apply for Another Writing Job
photo by: kelsey_lovefusionphoto Desperate times calls for desperate measures. And when freelance writing job leads are up, it's tempting to apply for all of them. I know because I've been there. I used to do the same thing with regular full-time jobs, which explains why I've once worked as a private investigator, a research assistant and a [...]
