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Organizing the Freelance Way
Image by andyi via Flickr One of the biggest challenges of a freelancing career is organization, at least in my experience. There’s a fine line between being organized yet flexible; after all, flexibility is one of the best perks of being se...
Tuesday Round-Up of Worthy Links
Image via Wikipedia Sub-title: Traveling Around the Blogosphere I run across so many great sites, I thought I’d list the best of the best here every Tuesday. Some of them are helpful, some of them are inspiring, some are just quirky. They mi...
Wearing Hats
Blogging note: You may notice some template changes in the next few days. My apologies — the template I was using refuses to play nice with others. Yes, I’m yanking my hair. I’m template shopping and hope to settle on something I ca...
The Best Laid Plans
Image by Ravages via Flickr Like I was saying, making a list (no! please dont’ sing it again!) is a great way to maintain your motivation, work flow and inspiration. However, life can really knock one out of the park when it wants to. Thus, ...
The Naked Writer
Image by elkit via Flickr To be a freelance writer, you have to possess the skills of a juggler, the flexibility of a contortionist, and have the thick skin of a rhinoceros. Oh, it’s a circus, make no mistake. The definition of a writer, accord...
Filling Your Basket
Today’s economy sucks, and we all know it. The daily news is rife with information about how difficult it is to work in ANY profession, and freelance writing is just one of them. Freelancing as a writer is difficult under the best of circumstances....
Essential Tools For A Writer
Just like you wouldn’t open the hood of a car with a vegetable peeler in your hand and expect to change the spark plugs, there are certain tools that are essential to your writing career. Sure, you might be able to get the spark plugs out and c...
And Where Have You Been, Young Lady?
That’s a good question, and I wish I had a good answer. The truth of the matter is, as some of you might know, I lost my momma in August and the world has not been the same since. I’ve been trying very hard not to fall into the Abyss of D...
Ruminations Regarding Flash Fiction
I came into writing late in life. I think I was forty-one or two (the years become hazy when you get past twenty-five) when I wrote my first short story, although I had written some pieces in high school and edited a newsletter for an insurance compa...
Submission Suggestions
Image by *L*u*z*a* via Flickr As promised (and just under the wire, heh) here are my suggestions for the flash from our Friday exercise: Clapboard House specializes in Southern-flavored flash fiction. (Say that three times fast, heh!) The Foliate Oa...
Are You A Naked Blogger? Flash Me.
Image via Wikipedia Not literally — that would fall under “Too Much Information,” and I just met you… I mean, what is your purpose in blogging? I started off some five years ago, brand new to blogging. I followed two fellow w...
Kick Ass Bloggers
There’s nothing like starting out a day when you’re recognized as a Kick Ass Blogger. My fellow Goddess and Partner in Blogging Adventureland, LaLa, was kind enough to pass this along to me. (I didn’t even have to pay her to do it!)...
