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Comment on Look Online for a Full-Time Career by Quick Tip: Schedule Your Sending : freelance-coach.com

Quick Tip: Schedule Your Sending : freelance-coach.com — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:33:36 +0000

[...] I wrote about the fact that I have a whole lot of queries sitting around that really need to be sent. I’m sure I’m not the only [...]

Comment on Do What You Love by Sarah E. White

Sarah E. White — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:21:15 +0000

Angela, that’s a really long question to answer (I’m planning a book on the subject, tentatively titled “Zero to Freelance,” so stay tuned for that) but I would start, if I were starting over today without any published writing experience, by writing a blog about the subject I really want to get paid to write about. That way you can at least direct potential clients/editors to a site that shows you can write and that you have personality, even if you don’t have published clips.

And Stephanie, I think you’re starting in the right place because you do have a blog where you write about things that interest you and your personality shines through. Maybe it’s time to start querying magazines and websites on tech for moms?

Comment on Do What You Love by Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:22:20 +0000

I’m definitely a “work-for-myself” type. Now, if I could just figure out how to make money doing it…
My head is full of ideas (that are worth about $10). Hopefully, my blog will someday become a stream of income. We’ll see.

Comment on Do What You Love by Angela

Angela — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:25:11 +0000

How do you get started without a degree or any writing credits? I love to write and take pictures, I’m even pursuing a degree in photojournalism, but as far as freelancing goes, I’m not having any luck. Thanks.

Comment on When Will You Work? by Nan Koenig

Nan Koenig — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:00:32 +0000

I have to say, this is something I experienced in spades because I decided to start writing after my child was born, naively thinking that it could be done basically by wishing it could get done. I have two children, one 13 and one six, and didn’t start producing anything worth mentioning until they were both in school. I couldn’t quite articulate the anxiety and stress that is involved with trying to be a writer at home until this past year when I was in a class called Women in Literature and read Alice Munro’s The Office. (Do wish it was available online; it is not). In it, Munro talks about getting an office outside of the home to write because “the woman is the home”. Over the past year, there have been a couple of phrases that just seemed to save my sanity as a writer. This was one of them. It encapsulates the unique problem of being a writer at home. That’s why I think The Awakening has such a dark end… Chopin was widowed with six children at home and wrote her books with the kids surrounding her on a lap desk in the living room. Really? Without air conditioning? I would have walked into a lake myself.

Comment on Resource: Writer Mama by Christina Katz

Christina Katz — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:09:51 +0000

Thanks for the thorough review, Sarah. Yes, it’s true that snail mail is yesterday’s news. But I think most of the rest of the advice is still sound.

Under any circumstances, it’s always refreshing to hear a thoughtful and intelligent review such as this one. Thanks again!

Comment on Mind Mapping by Nina

Nina — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:36:58 +0000

I find mind mapping very useful because it facilitates thinking process, boosts creativity and helps you be more organized. I use mind mapping software Seavus DropMind™ because of its functionalities and flexibility.

Comment on Keep Your Article Organized with Notecards by Mind Mapping : freelance-coach.com

Mind Mapping : freelance-coach.com — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:28:24 +0000

[...] outlining with note cards, mind mapping is a handy way to get your thoughts organized before writing a query, doing an [...]

Comment on Quick Tip: Let it Sit by Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:50:17 +0000

You are so right about that!

Comment on Quick Tip: How Much Money Do You Need? by Ashley Lynch

Ashley Lynch — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:51:19 +0000

I want to be a writer and I’ve started on my first book. What do I do after I finish it? How do I find a publisher? Please help me!