One of the biggest challenges facing a startup freelancer is the FEAST or FAMINE cycle. Whether you are a freelance writer, web developer, photographer or designer one of the biggest challenges you will have when starting your business is the cycle of feast or famine. Most freelancers start their business with BIG dreams and maybe […]
You Never Know When You Will Meet Your Next Client
Maybe it will be the gal standing next to you at the car wash, or a friend of your Auntie! I am a firm believer in synchronicity and in the idea that the universe (or whatever God you happen to subscribe to) is constantly giving me helpful nudges … and all I have to do […]
He Changed My Entire Life With ONE Sentence!
That’s all it took to know what I wanted and needed to do for the rest of my life. His name was Dr. Edward Norbeck ( 1915- 1991) I was in my first year of university and because my Mom had just finished getting her Masters degree I knew a little secret that most university […]
Why You Shouldn’t Use The Word SHOULD
The word SHOULD can stop you in your tracks and prevent you from doing the things you WANT to do! I stopped using the word should years ago when I realized that every time I said “I should do this” or “I should do that’ … I didn’t do it. Whenever I told myself I […]
I Just Don’t Freaking Want To Do ANYTHING. I Don’t WANT To, and YOU Can’t Make Me!
Arrrrrrg. I don’t feel like writing. I don’t feel like working. I don’t want to DO anything! There are days when I close my morning journal, fire up my computer and I have this BIG list of ONE important thing I NEED to do, have committed to getting done. You know … it’s the one […]
Writers Block Simply Does NOT Exist
IF you take these easy steps you will never use writer’s block as an excuse again! Writer’s block simply does NOT exist. It is an excuse. It is a figment of your imagination. Before you start telling me I am WRONG … put yourself in any or all of these situations … Imagine […]
Go Ahead, Write Something That Is Simply AWFUL
Go Ahead, Write Something That Is Simply AWFUL On a good day, awful can turn into awesome! Over the years I have worked with many writers, at all levels–from high school students to University Professors, from small business owners to Fortune 500 executives. Some wanted to freelance for a living, others dreamed about writing a […]
Are You Telling Me You DON’T Have a Business Card? Are You STUPID or What?
I met this young guy the other day … turns out he was a “content writer.” Since I hire writers from time to time I asked for his business card. He stood there and for five minutes told me why Internet marketers didn’t NEED business cards. I vaguely recollect that he was on LinkedIn […]
I Went Looking For a Fight and Ended Up With a $30K Writing Contract
Image courtesy of TheDigitalArtist My upstairs neighbor was making far too much noise. I was ready for a knock down match — not a $30K writing contract. When I moved to Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, I thought my path there had already been fully charted. After living in my new condo for about a month, all […]
Need Help Creating Fiction Plots?
Are You Sitting There Looking At a Blank Screen? Can’t Develop a Plot? Don’t Know HOW to Plot? Need Ideas? If you have been following me for any time, you may remember my 100-Day: 100 Words A Day Writing Challenge. Many of you joined me with your own 100-Day writing challenges. MY 100-Day target (after […]