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Do You Freelance on the Side?

September 2, 2010
By Linda Formichelli
Do You Freelance on the Side?

I had a mentoring client ask me how people who work full time make freelancing work, and I promised I would pose her question on the blog. Last year I did a survey of our readers, and many of you say that freelancing is a side job for you on top of your regular...
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Do You Have Ideas for Renegade Writer Video Posts?

June 29, 2010
By Linda Formichelli

I’m thinking of creating some video posts for fun. Are there any topics you’d like to see me tackle on video? It seems the medium isn’t the best forngetting into the nitty-gritty of query writing and other writing-heavy topics, but it would work well for more personal subjects like motivation and confidence. But outside...
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Please Take Kelly James-Enger’s Freelancing Income Survey

June 9, 2010
By Linda Formichelli

I’m posting this request for Kelly James-Enger, author of Six-Figure Freelancing: When I was working on Six-Figure Freelancing several years ago, I found only two surveys about freelancer’s income. One was a 2003 survey of 369 ASJA members. At that time, 41% made more than $50,000 a year, including 12% grossing more than $100,000...
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Seeking Queries That Rocked

April 14, 2010
By Linda Formichelli

When I did a survey of Renegade Writer blog readers a few months ago, many of you said you wanted to see examples of queries that sold. I’ve posted a few of my own, but I’d love to also run queries from our readers. If you have a query that sold to a magazine...
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Take Our Survey & Win a Free Phone Mentoring Session

December 15, 2009
By Linda Formichelli

I’m trying to find out what free teleclass topics and Renegade Writer blog posts would be of most value to you, as well as how I can best get the word out about our offerings such as e-courses and phone mentoring, so I developed a short survey. Please take a few minutes and complete...
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Updating the Blogroll – Please Help!

October 30, 2009
By Linda Formichelli

I’ve come to realize that the Renegade Writer’s blogroll is seriously out of date. I want the blogroll to be a great source for writers looking for other professional blogs, and I also would like to return the blogroll love to those writing blogs that link to the Renegade Writer. If you have a...
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Do you like us? Do you really, really like us?

August 15, 2009
By Linda Formichelli

Mike Stelzner over at the Writing White Papers Blog is running the fourth annual Top 10 Blogs for Writers contest. We were thrilled to be in the top 10 last year, and since then we’ve added even more helpful posts — especially on motivation and productivity — as well as interviews with such successful...
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Need to Interview Writers for Article

March 4, 2009
By Linda Formichelli

For an article for a writers’ magazine, I’m looking for writers who have gone through the following sticky situations, who would like to share what happened to them and how they solved the problem. I’m also looking for other sticky situations, though I may have enough here for this short article: * A key...
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Operation Office Overhaul: Diana’s story

January 1, 2009
By Diana Burrell
Operation Office Overhaul: Diana’s story

The moment happened three weeks ago. My husband told me our auto insurance company needed the title to a car that had been totaled. My stomach sank. I knew the title was in our safe deposit box over at the bank. When my son was a toddler he’d wreaked havoc in my office, picking...
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Operation Office Overhaul: Alison Gets Going

January 1, 2009
By AlisonSteinWellner
Operation Office Overhaul: Alison Gets Going

Welcome to the “before” pictures of my office (click on pictures for a better view). It’s a bit of a mess, as you can see (and really, you can’t see the messiest parts of it in this picture) and so, in preparation for 2009, I’m sitting at the desk, getting ready to give it...
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