It’s Leap Day, which means it’s time for you to learn how to make money writing… and actually DO it. Know how if you read something, you learn a bit; if you talk about what you read, you learn more; if you do that thing, you learn even more? There’s another level of learning where ...…
When you’re working as a writer, there are times you’ll feel completely overwhelmed. Like when you’re just getting back from vacation, and even though you’ve been weeding out your email box every couple of days, it’s still overflowing. That’s what I’m facing today. Many of you face this daily – along with a seemingly gargantuan ...…
I’m in the process of publishing some new cookbooks – this series includes some favorites from my grandmother! She was an amazing woman who: grew her own veggies canned and froze them for the winter maybe never bought bread from a store in her life! made the most amazing soup (favorites were cauliflower and peanut… ...…
I’ve talked before about how to make money writing by producing web videos for your clients. At breakfast at the hotel today, they had Headline News on. One of the stories was how Ikea now has a YouTube channel. It will be producing “how to assemble this crazy thing with that weird Allen wrench” type ...…
Working as a writer is a peculiar life… I’m not a total control freak (I hope! Maybe ask people who know me!) but I DO like to control my environment as I write. The chair is probably the most important element because if I’m not comfy, I’m distracted. Second on the list is definitely the ...…
Like I’ve said before, local networking events are a great place to get writing clients. But… I attended an event yesterday and got a HUGE reminder to share a tip about getting clients at these events. At this event, we only had 20 seconds to give an elevator speech. That’s pretty fast! When I used ...…
Love it when you send me questions about how to make money writing! Here’s one from Glen: “I’m still reading your book and I like your blog. I do have a question. I would like to take on some guru projects but the folks seem to want a lot of work for nothing. I have ...…
One of the best things about working as a writer and having this site is the messages! This one just came in and maybe it’s the heat in South Florida (visiting), but it cracked me up “What happened to Sue LaPointe? I emailed her a few years ago when I saw her book online (WWHW). ...…
Looking into how you can write to earn money from home… or wherever you are? Then don’t be a chicken Yes, it’s Poultry Day today. I’ve eaten my share of poultry. Heaven knows my kids ate their weight in chicken nuggets (ewwww) in their early years. My strongest and immediate memory association when I learned ...…
So, I was out at dinner with some friends when I saw the perfect example of how not to get writing clients. There’s a great little book by Jeffrey Gitomer called “The Little Gold Book of Yes!” No way on earth did the manager of this restaurant read this book. How do I know? Two ...…
