Tag: freelancing for pleasure and profit
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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. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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September 03, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
Issue #40
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Have you ever considered writing a biography? If the thought entices you, but you're . . . more
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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, . . . more
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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. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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August 14, 2008 10:01 PM EDT --
Have you ever watched HGTV? If so, you probably know who Vern Yip is. He's the host of a program called Deserving Design, and I'm here to make a public plea.
Vern Yip, I need you! I understand . . . more
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December 26, 2007 01:30 PM EST --
Issue #22
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Have you ever wondered how the really big crime writers get their information about . . . more
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April 12, 2008 02:10 AM EDT --
If that's not a dead giveaway I don't know what is! We rolled into Savannah (on fumes, much to the chagrin of my daughter and friend!) around 12:30 PM and will stay here for the night. I opted . . . more
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January 08, 2008 09:58 AM EST --
Issue #23
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Did you create a writing list of New Year's Resolutions? This is completely separate . . . more
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January 22, 2008 02:40 PM EST --
Issue #23
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. If you haven't yet been published, and are looking for unique opportunities to do . . . more
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February 11, 2008 11:30 PM EST --
You've heard them whether you've attended an auction or not. You've undoubtedly heard one on the radio or witnessed one on TV. Auctioneers are a rare breed. And how on . . . more
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February 13, 2008 12:55 PM EST --
I may have posted this a few months back....probably not in this exact format, but am reposting it today for Kathryn Esplin-Oleski's Wednesday Writing Essential.
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February 13, 2008 08:35 PM EST --
I wrote this piece several years back when my in-laws first became ill. They have both since passed away, within four months of each other.
When did life as they knew it slip away? . . . more
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February 21, 2008 10:17 PM EST --
This was today's challenge for the writing essential group:
Write something about your ultimate publishing goal. Is your goal to simply become a published writer, or do you aspire to become . . . more
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March 04, 2008 10:23 AM EST --
Issue #27
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. For those of you who travel, like I do...and take along your work, these tips . . . more
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March 24, 2008 02:30 PM EDT --
There are occasions when my mind tends to do far worse than wander. In fact I think it takes a hiatus from time to time. I try to cover it up, but never to much success.
"Your name is...." . . . more
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June 13, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
I'm not a hotel snob. In fact I tend to stay at family style places that feature free breakfast and decent accommodations. But decent is decent, and the room we had last nightv didn't fit the . . . more
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