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Continue reading →: How to Deal with Rejection Day
Sometimes you can almost smell its sulfuric aroma before you get out of bed. Other times, you don’t know what’s happening until you’re hiding under your desk with a pint of Rocky Road ice cream. It’s …*boom boom BOOOOOOM*… Rejection Day. Rejection Day starts creeps in slowly. Someone unsubscribes from…
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Continue reading →: Writers Resolutions for 2013: My Progress Report
The aim of life is self-development. – Oscar Wilde In January, I made some ambitious writers resolutions for 2013. With March wrapped up, it’s time to take a look at how it’s going. Resolution #1: Less input, more application. Limit my input and spend more time thoughtfully applying what I…
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Continue reading →: Your Checklist—Uncelebrated Freelancer Milestones
Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. – Plato Earlier this month, I posted a short list of milestones that tend to go unnoticed in the daily whirl of being a freelancer. And several of you wonderful people helped add to the list. (Thanks!) In fact, your…
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Continue reading →: Dealing with Writer’s Performance Anxiety
Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it; write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it. – Jesse Stuart American writer Last week on the train, I sat across from an artist drawing in his sketchbook. As I secretly watched, I admired how…
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Continue reading →: A Freelancer’s Uncelebrated Milestones
Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age. – Christopher Morley (1890 – 1957) American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet For some reason, fellow creatives have been asking me for advice lately. I eat raw cookie dough and wear bunny slippers with whiskers and bendy…

