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Continue reading →: My First Blog Award Nomination: Liebster
Rubber Ducky Copywriter has been nominated for a Liebster Award! Thank you, Williesha – it means a lot, especially coming from you. Like many, I didn’t know what a Liebster Award is until Willi explained that it’s “a pay-it-forward award.” One of the rules for accepting this award nomination is…
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Continue reading →: the care and feeding of your inner hamster
Ring, ring! Who’s there? Destiny? I’ve been expecting your call. – Rhino the Hamster, Bolt (2008) Inside my head, there lives a little hamster. Her name? Hortense. What does she do? She’s the source of my creativity. When I woke up this morning, Hortense was tearing it up on her…
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Continue reading →: How this Little Ducky Went Freelance: Part 3
When I was kicked out of Azkaban almost a year ago, I decided to put my career in my own hands and go freelance. A year can make a big difference, good, bad and unconventionally pretty. I’ve made major mistakes, especially in my marketing strategies and freelance rates. Result being?…
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Continue reading →: How this Little Ducky Went Freelance: Part 2
In my last post I shared why I went rogue and how I set up shop as a freelance writer. Now it’s time to cover the scary parts: setting rates and getting clients. Once you’ve got your shop set up (or at least finished the heavy lifting), you have to…
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Continue reading →: How this Little Ducky Went Freelance: Part 1
Welcome to the first installment of a three-part series on how I went freelance. I’m going to share why and how I set up shop, where I find clients and where I’d like to go from here. Spoiler alert: This is not a “how to be an overnight success” story.…

