Between Books: The End of Illness, Mr. Rogers, and my daily freelance-writer...
As I have been repeatedly whining about in this space, I’ve had a couple of weeks of particularly irregular schedules; I’m excited to be back to normal as of yesterday. I like schedules. I read this...
View ArticleBetween Books: Why freelance writers need to work on their love lives
I was single once, and for many years, so I don’t really want to go around nagging people about their love lives. What I will tell you, aspiring freelancers, is that if you don’t have a live-in...
View ArticleFreelance Writing Resolution: Stop Doing Stupid Crap.
I have one major resolution this year for my career: Get more discriminating about what I take on. This is a particularly difficult thing for freelancers to do. The simple formula for our success goes...
View ArticleFreelancer ‘Fame': It Takes Longer Than You Think
Or at least it took longer than I expected it to. I figured that having spent nearly ten years at a national magazine and several before that paying my dues as a reporter, every editor would...
View ArticleWhat Do You Want to Know About Setting Up a Freelance Writing Business?
I’m working on a future post about how to set up your freelance writing business. What do you guys want to know about this? What are your burning questions and concerns? Email me, comment here,...
View ArticleUltimate Guide to Setting Up a Freelance Writing Business
I switched from being a staffer at Entertainment Weekly (where I worked for almost ten years) to being a freelance writer in 2011. Believe it or not, I had dreamed of being specifically a freelancer...
View ArticleHow Posting About Britney Spears Helped My Career
I love Britney Spears, and I’m not afraid to let the world know it. It may be the single subject I post most about on social media, a situation further exacerbated by three quirky facts about my life:...
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