Archive for December, 2010
How About That Customer Service?
Freelance Writers have customers. Therefore, they need to have customer service skills. Sometimes it’s the most difficult part of our job. A lot of people get into writing because it tends to be a solitary sport and the need to interact with other people is fairly minimal. As a self confessed social idiot, I understand [...]
How Often Do You Go Back To The Basics?
I saw an interesting post today that proclaimed to have six basic writing tips. I came this close to passing it on by. Heck I’m a writer already aren’t I? Let the noobs spend some time reading those kinds of articles. Okay, that didn’t exactly cross my mind. I’m a bit more open than that. [...]
My Christmas Writing Projects
I have written novels, but please don’t expect a Christmas card from me. They’re just too hard. I would rather stare at an empty screen awaiting a first page of a novel than look at a blank Christmas card. “The message inside this card is blank.” Sod that. If I see that on the reverse [...]
How Writing A Novel In 30 Days Helped My Freelance Writing
Each November, thousands of writers simultaneously have a little mini-stroke and sign up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The challenge is to write a (albeit short) novel of 50,000 words in 30 days. This November, I was one of those pitiful hacks. I managed to meet the challenge and do it 4 days ahead [...]
Do You Have Time For Social Media?
Freelance writers lead busy lives. Well, the successful ones do, anyway. Seems like we are always up at the crack of dawn. A distinctly cool thing during an Alaskan winter. Alaskan Summer? Not so much. We always seem to get that gotta have it done NOW job just as we’re walking out the door for [...]
