Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Please welcome my new blog...
I'm so excited for my road trip. I'll be sharing all my planning adventures with you here...
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Sunday, January 15, 2006
Writing Tip of the Night - Even When You Don't Have Time, Make Time...
They say you should write at least SOMETHING everyday. I try, and I think most weeks and months I succeed. That could be because I am obsessed, or it could be because I am just that good. I'm hoping for the latter! But by writing something each and every day, I don't think they mean you have to...
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
Who Says You Can't JUST Write for a Living??
Dream of it as I might, I've really never been financially independent as a freelance writer. I've tried, on several occasions - after being laid of, and after being terminated because of my freelance writing. I work part-time at a small publishing company, writing articles, putting newsletters on...
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
Turn Your Vacations into Future MONEY, Future Article Sales!
As any good writer knows, inspiration for the next great article comes in many shapes and sizes. Even when at rest, a typical writer's brain is still whirring away - even if subconsciously. We writers never really take a vacation in the truest sense. Our work, our livelihood, is generally also our...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Invest in Yourself!
Tonight I took a break and didn't do any writing for cash. I really needed to, but I spent time working on a website with a friend, catching up with old friends and snapping a few random pictures. I also posted three articles to C-C, in the hopes that I might sell something. They've got reprint...
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Monday, January 9, 2006
Sometimes all it takes is a swift kick in the rear....
I've been procrastinating when it comes to certain projects on my freelance plate. For some reason, some projects appeal to me more than others, and it's usually the projects that pay more handsomely that suffer. Why this is, I do not know. Today I had wanted to go to a gym and start taking pilates...
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Thursday, January 5, 2006
Three things every query letter must have if you want to SELL, SELL, SELL!
Writing query letters to editors in the hopes of scoring a new assignment can become quite the daunting task. It takes time, effort, energy and mental alertness. It also takes some creativity. If you really want to sell your article, you've got to sell yourself first. Your query letter has got to be...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2006
There will be NO FREELANCE WRITING TIPS TONIGHT...
To be quite honest, I'm not exactly in the most "writing" of moods. I just did two hours of yoga with my sister, which was awesome - both our first times doing yoga or anything like it. I am hungry all of a sudden and really wish I could eat something. I just ate one cookie since finishing our yoga...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Freelancing Tip of the Night: Stay on Top of Your Deadlines!
I don't know about you, but for me, the holidays really ravaged my normally organized style of tracking my freelancing deadlines! I'm all but three days into the New Year and I'm already struggling to catch my tail, wishing I could take a day off from my day job to catch up to where I should be in...
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
Writing Tip of the Night - Make Like an Elephant!
They say an elephant never forgets... It's too bad we didn't evolve from them instead of apes! I must admit, I've noticed my brain seems to leak information every once in a while - especially when I've got some cool idea for an article, a headline or a project. I'll have a wonderful idea when I'm...
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