This is an excerpt from my e-book Editors Unleashed: Editors Growl About Their Writer Peeves. Enjoy!
The Editor: Editor of a magazine for sports enthusiasts.
The Peeve: Writers who half-ass interviews.
What’s your biggest grammar/style peeve and why?
Disregarding basic conventions—not knowing how to use commas, etc. I don’t care what side of the serial comma debate …… Click here to keep reading…
Nov 17, 2011 Advice, Cool products, Editors
This week a few writers have let me know they’re interested in phone mentoring, so I thought this would be the perfect time to restructure my pricing. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and now’s the time!
Originally, I was charging $140 per hour and $75 per half-hour for phone mentoring. But as …… Click here to keep reading…
Nov 8, 2011 Cool products, Motivation, productivity, Writing
Carol Tice, six-figure freelance writer and author of the award-winning Make a Living Writing blog, recently started a new gathering place for freelance writers called the Freelance Writers Den. This is not only a rocking forum where you can get your questions answered and share advice with other writers — it also lets you:
* Take …… Click here to keep reading…
Sep 3, 2011 Cool products, Money, News you can use
This is an excerpt from my new e-book Get Unstuck! For Freelancers: A 6-Week Course to Boost Your Motivation, Organization, and Productivity—So You Can Do More Work in Less Time, Make More Money, and Enjoy the Freelance Lifestyle. If you think the name sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the name of my popular 6-week e-course. …… Click here to keep reading…
Jan 25, 2011 Advice, Cool products, Organization, productivity, Sources, Writing
If you’re like me, sending and answering e-mail is a big part of your freelance job — but it’s also a huge distraction. I recently figured that on a typical work day, I check e-mail every five minutes or so; that’s almost 50 times in a four-hour work period. And although I work — that …… Click here to keep reading…
Sep 6, 2010 Advice, Cool products, Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings, productivity, Self improvement