Whether you go digital or old school, this is a crucial piece of equipment if you’re working as a writer. It used to seem funny when I’d hear about people walking into a room and then wondering why they’d gone there. Today’s geek alternative might be opening a browser tab and then realizing you can’t ...…
When you’re just starting working as a writer, it may be hard to believe this could be a real question. The quest for your first gig working as a writer can leave you wondering whether you’ll ever find something, whether anyone will ever pay you for your words. So this is more a question for ...…
Most of us could learn a thing or two about working as a writer from my buddy Max. Max is the biggest Chihuahua on the planet. Weighing in at a whopping four pounds, this is one big dog. I’ve seen him put a pit bull in his place (resulted in said pit bull assuming the ...…
Working as a writer may rank right up there with bungee jumping. You don’t even have to be working as a writer for a travel and adventure magazine, swimming with sharks, wrestling feral hogs in mud, or scaling heights to feel the tingle that comes only from stretching your limits. I mean, you could stay ...…
Make no mistake about it – working as a writer is not a job. See, at a job, you’ve got to… show up at a certain time sit or stand in a specified location do whatever is listed in your job description (yeah, right… we both know you’re the kind of person who ends up ...…
This working as a writer moment brought to you by Kleenex. The comment function on the blog’s acting up (next stop, Fiverr for a fix!), so I’ll just paste an email I received last night from a coaching student. Laurie was replying to a recent post about writer coaching. Sue, Having just finished your (incredibly ...…
How could picking up a paint brush make working as a writer even better? Oh yeah. Not talking about painting a wall. That’s a whole other thing. My lovely sister-in-law and I went to a bottle and brush kind of place a couple of nights ago. You know, you bring a bottle of wine. You ...…
Does getting coaching guarantee your success working as a writer? Not even close. How’s THAT for un-selling? Over the years, I’ve coached a lot of people to help them get their writing businesses started or to help them move to the next level. Their results have been all over the place – some are making ...…
Guest Post: Suzanne Young Turcotte, staff writer with Triumph Communications Working as a writer, I am often asked if I like what I do and I can honestly say yes! But sometimes I am asked if there is anything I don’t like about it. That question always makes me pause, because yes, there is! It ...…
Develop THIS and working as a writer will take on a new dimension. Working as a writer requires you to wake up, to notice, to be aware, to see what you’re looking at. It requires you to trust yourself, your instincts, to know when that “thing” falls, whole, into your mind, that it is worthy ...…
