I was moved to see this challenge, to perform one random act of kindness in honor of each of the people killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. While my aim is to always be kind, helpful, and responsive to the needs of people around me (and ultimately, we’re all around each other!), I’m glad ...…
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in life and business is to ban the word “can’t” from my vocabulary. Can’t is more like a decision not to find a way to get something done. “But” is a close second… as in, “I’d love to _____, but….” I’ve learned instead to say, “I’d love to ...…
What’s the point of learning how to get writing clients? Sure, when you get writing clients, you get paid for doing something you love. But that’s not the end of the story. In my humble opinion (ok, more like, in my snarky opinion!), providing writing services is an act of humanitarian aid. (Hey, it ain’t ...…
As i was doing a impact seek, i ran into a useful new tool that i want to percentage with you – a unique thesaurus tool. Writing is a formidable tool that enables us to achieve some of our most important ambitions – our occupation, our public existence, our non-public existence… definitely you are interested ...…
Nerium Delerium noun: 1. A state in which a 44-year-old freelance writer finds herself standing at the window, waiting for the FedEx man to show up (even though it will likely be a few more days…. sigh) with the good stuff. Try it risk-free with me. I’ll post my ‘before and after’ pics if you ...…
Wow, okay, so it’s been about NINE days since I blogged. When I go on vacation, I REALLY go on vacation! But it’s been busy. In the last week or so, I… Helped my grandad celebrate his 95th birthday. Saw aunts, uncles, and cousins on both sides of the family for the first time in ...…
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If you’re stewing in questions about the working as a writer coaching program, wrestle on! I recently opened the door to my working as a writer coaching program a tiny crack (only 1-2 spots left!), and here’s a question that came in from one reader (shared with her permission). It’s stuffed full of excellent mental ...…
You really shouldn’t get paid to blog if it doesn’t help your clients make money. But if you can show there’s a positive return on investment, that makes it easy to get paid to blog because it just makes good business sense. Google’s ever on the lookout for good, solid, valuable content. That kind of ...…
What’s even more smile-inducing than a fresh jar of Nutella? Hearing from so many of you that you’re interested in getting coaching on how to make money writing. I’ll be contact each of you who requested more info on coaching in the next couple of days. If you want coaching but didn’t let me know ...…
