Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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Letting Go of the Need for Perfection

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“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the...
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3 Fun and Effective Self-Editing Exercises

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"Feeling lonely is fine. Staying this way forever is not."- Maxime Legacé Freelancing is amazing and I love it...
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Don’t Be Freelance If…

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"Don't freelance to make a living, freelance to make a life."- Joel Klettke I'm always espousing the benefits...

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One of the wonderful things about freelancing is the ability to work from wherever you want. Of course, this is not quite...

It’s Okay to Change Direction as a Freelancer

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"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are going."- Lao Tzu So you've...

Awesome Things About Being Freelance (That Aren’t Money)

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"Time is more valuable than money." Unknown   I say this all the time and...

Language Geekery

Language Geekery

4 Grammar Rules You Can 100% Go Ahead and Break

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The past is always tense, the future perfect. Zadie Smith   Language holds an endless fascination...
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Opinion

Opinion

You Can’t Please Everyone. And It’s Okay – Really.

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"There's a human being on the other end of your tweet. So please type with kindess."- Kat Edison, The Bold Type
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Hustle Culture: The Hamster Wheel of Exhaustion

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Commercial is Not a Bad Word

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You Don’t Have to Stick to One Genre of Writing

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Why I Dislike the Hemingway App and Similar Tools

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Where to Find First-Person Stories

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Last week, I wrote about how you don't have to sell your soul, breach your boundaries, or monetise your deepest traumas in...
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First-Person Writing: You Don’t Have to Sell Your Soul to Sell Your Story

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"There is nothing to writing. ALl you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."- Ernest Hemingway I...
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My Top Reads of 2020

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She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live- Annie Dillard There are many things...
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Gifts for Writers: What to Give the Writer In Your Life for Christmas

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"A writer is a world trapped in a person."- Victor Hugo I get asked this all the time -...
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Three Writers Who Inspire Me

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We all have our favourite writers - those whose newest work we will rush to buy, those we just can't put down,...
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5 Awesome Instagram Accounts for Freelancers to Follow

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"No-one's life is as perfect as their Instagram feed." Unknown   I love Instagram. After...
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"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole...
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Yes, You Are a Writer

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You fail only if you stop writing- Ray Bradbury I struggled with this question many times over the...
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Is a Creative Writing Degree Worth It?

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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese Proverb   People ask...

Becoming a Freelance Writer: How I Got Here

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Writing Goals for 2021

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"A goal without a plan is just a wish."- Antoine de Saint-Exupery I'm not a big fan of new...
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Meet My Home Office

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"Don't work from bed. You want your bed to be a place of peace and calm, not work stress."- Liz Grossman Kitoyi
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Lessons From My First Month of Freelancing

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"Everything is a story. You are a story. I am a story." Frances Hodgson Burnett  
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