Archive for February, 2011
Is This The Way To Unemployment? Blogging’s Made Me Sound Like A Right …
Apologies to Tony Christie for the title. Tumblemoose’s last post was pretty awesome in the slap in the face it gave me. I know (think) he wasn’t writing about me, or even including me, but, if I haven’t fallen right in, I think I am certainly skating all around that career-freezing ice hole identified by [...]
Freelance Writing: Bitches, Snarkys, Politicos Need Not Apply
Over the past year or two I’ve noticed a trend in social media circles and blogs that I find a bit disturbing and counter-intuitive. More and more I’m seeing a tendency for folks to label themselves as being bitchy or snarky and seeing this as a cool thing. I guess in some arenas this may [...]
Firefox Up Your Productivity
I wrote a blog last year called The Enemy Within about the huge drain that Norton Internet Security places on your computer, causing it to run slowly and sometimes crash. For a freelance writer who needs flow in their work, that’s not good. I advised then that a new security suite called Vipre was my [...]
When Freelance Writing Is Just A Job
If you’ve been a freelance writer for a while, think back to when you were chewing on the decision to start a freelance writing career. If you are new to freelance writing, do the same thing – think about your motivations for starting. In either instance, did you think about freelance writing as a job [...]
Out of the Pens of Brats
I wonder what the future holds for freelance writing. Tumblemoose did a blog last year on the wonderfully creative writing talent that can be found in the oh-so-young. Whilst such occurrences are undoubtedly widespread and should indeed be lauded, those of you who know my posts will appreciate I sometimes look at the darker side [...]
Client Relations – The Ups And Downs Of Freelance Writing
Freelance writing clients, ya gotta love ‘em. You want to hug them when they put money in your Paypal account and you want to strangle them when they send you a fresh set of revisions for the project they promised was the “final final” version last week. Managing clients is one of the most difficult [...]
Want To Be, But Not
I want to be able to fly a helicopter but I don’t go around telling people I’m a helicopter pilot. There’s a good reason for that: I can’t fly a helicopter. I know what you’re thinking: I’m just being hard on myself; I probably can fly a helicopter, but just not as well as I’d [...]
Can Freelance Writing Be Inspired Writing?
When I first started my website, the tag line read, “Inspiring Writers Every Day.” Although I don’t use that tag line anymore I still kind of like it. I think it applies to a lot of what I do at Tumblemoose. I started thinking about it as I was working on a freelance assignment today [...]
