Published on March 12, 2014
I’m remaining pretty consistent with burning out a laptop about once every three years. I diligently back up my machine every single night and I double back up the accounting program info.
On Saturday morning, my laptop started making a high-pitched whining sound. We figured out pretty quickly it was the fan. Since it was three years old, we decided to run to Best Buy for a new one rather than risk a meltdown during repair. Richard then spent the entire day (and several hours into the night) transferring all my programs and files. The result was I got the entire day off on Saturday…
Published on March 12, 2014
I’ve always said you should NEVER PAY a book reviewer to review your book. Here is further proof that this is a horrible practice…
Published on March 12, 2014
Thought you might like this, Angela. Made me laugh.
40 Worst Book Covers and Titles Ever
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-book-titles-covers/
(WARNING! MATURE CONTENT!)
-Michael
Publisher’s Note: I’ve seen this before but I laughed all over again! I even ordered one of the books. 😉
Published on March 12, 2014
diversify your writing income
See bad writing online? Offer to fix it. That’s how I’ve won numerous web content writing jobs from companies. Finding the work is easy. Anytime you’re online, take note of sites lacking content or whose content could use improvement. Most of these are the sites of small business owners who likely made the sites themselves with the help of a tech savvy friend…
Published on March 12, 2014
Print on demand, self-publishing
Hello Angela,
In the past, I have entered your 24-hour short story writing contests. My question: I have a completed book that I’d like to self-publish. Who would you recommend for self publishing and what problems could I run into with self publishing?
Thank you,
Rebecca
Published on March 12, 2014
As many new-to-the-scene freelancers do, I began my career on a well-known outsourcing platform many years ago. In the earlier days of copywriting on the web, there weren’t many rules guided by search engine algorithms like there are today. For this reason alone, I seemed to have a lot of time to research my new career’s possibilities. Having started writing when it was common to earn one dollar per 500 word article, I always assumed I’d have nowhere to go but up…
Published on March 5, 2014
I had to run an errand yesterday morning. This is the high season here on Florida’s gulf coast. We’re overrun with snowbirds and we don’t mind because their vacation dollars keep us from paying state income tax. During the high season, the traffic is pretty bad here so I was surprised when, pulling out of our neighborhood, there was no cars at all. I turned right, away from the island. About a mile up the road, I could see lots of flashing lights. No traffic was coming my way. They had the road closed down, and were forcing all the cars to turn around.
I stopped at the light. My windows were open and a guy walking by asked, “What’s going on down there?”
I replied, “I have no idea!”
Published on March 5, 2014
This week, I want to share a query letter l I received…
Published on March 5, 2014
I love WritersWeekly. I really appreciate the consistency and accuracy.
Patti
Published on March 5, 2014
writing career advice
Sometimes we writers get hitched to the wagon and steed on a blazing trail headed to nowhere fast. That blazing trail for our purposes may be the pipe dream magazine of a bitter editor. It might be a newspaper making due at just the middle ground with no path to better real estate. It may be the dead end online portal for pulp entertainment and sports write ups that don’t really get you the Pulitzer you dream of. Whatever it is, eventually you have to have a heart to heart with yourself about your ambitions as a writer. When is it time to move on to greater adventures? That, my friends, is the million dollar question…
