Archive for July, 2010
Breaking Into The Magazine Market
As a freelance writer, have you ever written an article for a magazine? If not, you are missing out on a particularly rewarding segment of the freelance writing market. Not only is there a decent amount of money to be made, but there is a thrill to seeing your name in print, and being published [...]
Quotes From the Book of Excellence That Are Just Write
The Book of Excellence is a short little book full of wisdom from super sales executive Byrd Baggett. While a lot of what the book contains is oriented towards sales folk, there is a lot that applies to us freelance writers. Here are some of the best quips from the book and how they apply [...]
Writing Underwater
Not literally, of course. What idiot would try that? I am referring to a quote I read over twenty years ago which has stuck with me. I was pretty certain it came from a book on runes, so I searched online just now and it did indeed pop up on a runes website as an [...]
In The Zone
For folks that are involved in sales, there is something known as being in the zone. Being in the zone means you are in a place where your focus is laser honed. Outside distractions are not a distraction at all and you can accomplish nearly anything. It’s almost as if the rest of the world [...]
Write Your Freelance Story
As I sit here on the cusp of two years worth of freelance writing, I’m thinking there sure are a lot of things I’d do different if I had known better. First, I think I would have Googled “smart, funny, take no prisoners, laser wit” so I could have gotten Mark Pepper’s email addy sooner. [...]
Don’t Give Up The Day Job
I was watching Steven Seagal: Lawman the other night. In case you don’t know, Steven Seagal: Lawman is a documentary following Seagal’s exploits as a deputy sheriff in the Jefferson Parish County Sheriff’s Department in Louisiana where he has worked for the past 20 years – that means before and throughout his time as a [...]
