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Do you need a freelance portfolio site? 22 Aug 2012 | 11:04 am
I sat on a panel tonight at a personal branding event at the University of Washington. One of my suggestions was that creative freelancers — writers, designers, illustrators, photographers and the lik...
How to hurt your freelance rep on social media 20 Aug 2012 | 10:57 am
You know those days when you’re so overwhelmed by the 19 pressing tasks on your to-do list that the only logical course of action is to spend an hour posting squeal-worthy kitten videos on Facebook? I...
How to roll with changes in the freelance writing landscape 17 Feb 2012 | 02:06 am
I recently was interviewed for the freelance journalism site Ebyline by Susan Johnston of the The Urban Muse. Here’s my favorite question from the bunch. (You can read the interview in its entirety he...
How professional envy can help freelancers 15 Oct 2011 | 06:25 am
We’re told not to get hung up coveting the careers of those more successful than us, to stop getting bogged down by what we don’t have and focus on building up what we do. However, new research on env...
How to keep the conference high alive after you get home 28 Sep 2011 | 11:34 am
I spent this past weekend at the most inspiring writing workshop I’ve attended in I don’t know how long. [Flickr photo by jemsweb] No matter how energizing a professional event, though, my usual MO ...
Freelancers, what’s your work mantra? 26 Jul 2011 | 10:40 am
Sunday night, after a glorious weekend on the Olympic Peninsula, I came home to several hours of uncompleted work. Due 9 a.m. Monday, hard stop. After two leisurely days of beach strolls and sunsets, ...
Stressed and proud? Frantic freelancers, you’re not impressing anyone 13 May 2011 | 04:30 am
You know those emails and status updates we frantic freelancers love to write about how we’re so busy juggling 11 assignments that we don’t know how we’re going to make it to Friday? We’re not helping...
Five dirty little secrets of working from home 29 Apr 2011 | 10:48 am
Last week my editor at ABCNews.com asked me to write a column outing what goes on behind the closed doors of freelancers, telecommuters, and kitchen-table entrepreneurs who work from home. I had a loa...
Ask the cubicle expat: Help! My star client has begun making unreasonable demands on my time! 30 Jan 2011 | 03:42 pm
L. asks: One of my favorite copywriting clients has me on a retainer, which usually works out very well for us both. However, in the last two months a third project manager has been added. My lovely r...
Online class: Dealing with Nightmare Clients 18 Jan 2011 | 10:47 pm
My online class for rookie and veteran freelance writers on how to handle clients from hell is back! “Dealing with Nightmare Clients” is a four-week online course – starting Friday, February 4! – spo...
