Tag: freelancing for pleasure and profit
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December 20, 2009 11:17 AM EST --
Issue #63
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. In light of this Christmas issue, my gift to you is the following list of paying markets . . .
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November 16, 2007 03:45 PM EST --
Ellen didn't seem to fit the mold. Perhaps I was being stereotypical. Probably it was because I'd really only known one other person who was married to a minister. Millicent had been . . .
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December 27, 2007 11:17 AM EST --
Greetings, Gather writers! Now that the holidays are drawing to a close, and the winter weather will undoubtedly linger, many of us are faced with a case of the doldrums. It's perfectly natural. . . .
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December 29, 2008 04:25 PM EST --
Writing Resolutions for 2009
1. I resolve to finish revising two essays and pitch them until published. Those essays are: The Cajun Fiddle and The Baltic Sea.
2. I . . .
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January 31, 2007 11:50 PM EST --
Name me one writer who hasn’t battled writer’s block. I’ll bet you can’t. It’s inevitable. Even the most prolific writers have rare occasions where the words won’t . . .
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December 30, 2007 08:43 PM EST --
I've heard it dozens of times.
"They'll get their just desserts."
Maybe they did. Maybe they didn't. I doubt I'll ever know. As a writer, however, I've always . . .
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January 09, 2008 11:16 AM EST --
Here are the writing resolutions I had for 2007:
(copied from old journal)
1. I resolve to earn more money per hour, thereby increasing my take-home pay and eventually becoming financially self-sufficient. . . .
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November 16, 2008 10:22 PM EST --
I don't, but I really need to get some. I have to drive a couple of hours up into Maine tomorrow. The gas here in the seacoast area of New Hampshire has actually dipped below $2 a gallon. Okay...so . . .
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January 01, 2009 08:20 PM EST --
May you go out of your way at least once every few days for someone else....maybe even a stranger.
May you strive to improve your health....even if it's just one less cookie or a ten minute . . .
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March 28, 2009 09:45 AM EDT --
Does absence make the heart grow fonder
Or create a silent facade.....
Distance posing
As repose
Miles imposing trite discourse.
Repartee triviality,
Complaisant,
Solicitous. . . .
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April 20, 2009 10:45 PM EDT --
While I don't subscribe to a lot of the thinkings of some radical Christian groups...those promoting hatred toward any group of human beings....I must say I have witnessed some disturbing behaviors . . .
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September 18, 2009 01:08 PM EDT --
Issue #60
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. For our 60th issue we're going to consider some recent trends and how they . . .
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October 30, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
Issue #61
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Are you aware that this time of year is one of the best for breaking into . . .
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March 19, 2009 03:19 PM EDT --
As chilly as it is today in New Hampshire, I was warmly welcomed home by my family. By noon today I had seen them all. In addition, granddaughter Lilly and I had our photo shoot, for which Lilly cooperated . . .
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November 19, 2009 12:00 PM EST --
Issue #62
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit.
I know that many of you write regular columns, commentaries, messages . . .
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April 11, 2009 10:32 PM EDT --
My daughter went out for a walk this evening, and found a new neighbor had moved into the neighborhood......I'm glad she didn't step on him! He was hanging out right by my car. It's the first . . .
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December 28, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
So often we ask the question, "Why, Lord?"
Sometimes there is no answer.
This is one of those times.
On Christmas afternoon a young man threw himself off a building in our city, . . .
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February 28, 2008 07:39 AM EST --
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to Thursday's Writing Essential. As writers we frequently need to tell our readers a little something about ourselves. Our biography---or bio, as it is more . . .
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March 20, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
When I asked Gather writers how they celebrate Easter or the arrival of spring, I had no idea the range of emotions they'd cover. The following pieces were featured throughout the day:
I was . . .
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March 18, 2009 08:52 AM EDT --
Im flying out of the sunshine and into the......does anyone know what the forecast for New England is today?
I'm leaving Fort Myers to go home to New Hampshire this afternoon....but only for . . .
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