The Renegade Writer

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…

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This is a Q&A with Sage Cohen, the author of The Productive Writer and Writing the Life Poetic, both from Writer’s Digest Books, and the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World. Her writing has appeared in publications including Writer’s Digest Magazine, Poet’s Market 2011, Cup of Comfort for Writers, The Oregonian, and How to …… Click here to keep reading…

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Happy almost-New-Year! This is an updated version of a post I wrote a couple of years ago. The advice is still relevant, and it’s something I follow myself every year.

Once the confetti is cleaned up and the hangover is over, it’s time to start thinking of your 2011 plans for freelance writing. The new year …… Click here to keep reading…

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I hear from a lot of freelancing parents who have trouble getting it all done. How can I do an interview, they ask, while the house is falling down around my ears? How do I handle mountains of laundry and my writing when I have only two hours a day while my kid naps?

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I got a great response to my post Kicking the E-Mail Habit, where I discussed my e-mail addiction and how I’m working to beat it so I have more time and mental energy to spend on things that really matter to me. And I discovered that many other writers have the same problem!

I’m proposing a …… Click here to keep reading…

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