One summer day several years ago, two acquaintances stopped by my house to ask a favor. And, later, on dark nights, when stars illuminated my imagination, the idea glowed with possibility…
The wind was howling, snowdrifts were already over three-feet deep and climbing, the temperature was stubbornly stuck at minus twenty-five below zero, and then I received a mysterious message while researching the TV show Highlander online…
In this piece, I explain how I used the power of upfront, face-to-face communication (the kind that many of us have forgotten) to land a four-figure gig at a networking conference.
This month, we encountered someone who easily qualifies for our “World’s Worst Queries” articles. Her actions give us great examples of what NOT to do as a freelance writer.
I could have let the loss of my 22-year career devastate me. But, there are SO many avenues in the writing profession.
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It was the scariest period of my life. I’d left my job teaching in San Francisco and was writing full-time in the booming tech industry.
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