From Freelancedom
June 15, 2011 at 1:43 pm
This self-portrait, by William A. Clark, is both brilliant and eerily familiar. (Whatever. I love ramen noodles.)
My writer-buddy Stacy Lipson recently moved to NYC to pursue her ... (
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From Freelancedom
June 10, 2011 at 11:48 am
So. This virtual Networking for Word Nerds thing is now a… thing. Third Tuesday of every month. You can make it a recurring event on your calendar and shit. Its existence ... (
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From Freelancedom
June 7, 2011 at 8:18 am
Bill Dameron
It’s been awhile since I posted something new in our Reason To Write series, but when Bill contacted me with his story, I immediately connected to his personal ... (
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From Freelancedom
June 3, 2011 at 10:31 am
Last month, I asked if you’d be interested in participating in a Freelancedom Book Club. You responded with a resounding YES. Obviously, I’m among my people. :)
As ... (
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From Freelancedom
June 1, 2011 at 8:40 am
My new dress code. ... Okay. Not really. I'm wearing a sundress sans bra right now.
It can be tough to be tough with clients when you’re first starting out as a freelancer.
After ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 27, 2011 at 8:49 am
I’ve commented on a lot of blog posts arguing the benefits of grad school versus real world experience. I’ve blogged about how I feel the best way to learn is by doing. ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 23, 2011 at 5:40 pm
This image is 100% about partners, and 0% about the huge crush I used to have on Burt Ward.
This is an excerpt from a post I wrote for Brazen Careerist. It was written both to ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 23, 2011 at 8:04 am
The following is an excerpt from Cinnamon McCann’s Self-Publishing in Stilettos.
In reading through my review copy, I felt that the step-by-step, how-to content was definitely ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 19, 2011 at 8:39 am
Since leaving YourTango, I’ve used the past two months to take a really close look at my career coaching business, trying to figure out what I want to focus on, which products ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 16, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Last month, I partnered up with Brazen Careerist to put together a virtual Word Nerd Networking event. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and some of you even asked to be ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 13, 2011 at 8:46 am
I am at this very moment squeezed into a Prius with my husband, my brother, and my parents, hurtling toward my cousin’s wedding in South Carolina. Wheee!
We left early yesterday ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 11, 2011 at 12:05 pm
My idea of the perfect afternoon.
The other day, I participated in a book club gathering at my favorite local coffee shop. It was my first time, and I was nervous about inserting ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 6, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Yes. She is quietly judging you.
As a writer, do you need to have a website or blog?
It’s a question I’m asked pretty regularly by coaching clients, blog readers, ... (
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From Freelancedom
May 4, 2011 at 8:46 am
With any luck, you'll start seeing this smiling mug all OVER the damn place.
A few weeks ago, I told all of you my big, fat master plan since deciding to drop permalancing ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 28, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I don’t want to presume too much about you, dear readers, but I’ve noticed a pattern among the fellow freelancers/entrepreneurs I’ve had the pleasure of engaging ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 26, 2011 at 8:02 am
About five years ago, after going back and forth over some story ideas, an editor from a national women’s magazine invited me out to lunch. I did a little happy dance, and ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 21, 2011 at 2:46 pm
My adoring fans. Um. In my fantasy life.
If you’ve hung out on Twitter lately, or spent time on just about any business blog out there, you know that networking has been ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 19, 2011 at 12:13 pm
After resigning from YourTango, and before my time there was even up, I started making plans.
I secured a writing partner who could keep me accountable as I worked my way through ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 14, 2011 at 1:08 pm
My new, improved head shot with my new, improved boobs (I was a late bloomer).
Over the past four years, you’ve revealed your fears to me regarding freelancing. You’ve ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 12, 2011 at 3:50 pm
According to an infographic recently put together by the American Museum of Corporate American History and Solvate, the average commuter spends 429 days just commuting over the ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 5, 2011 at 11:51 am
Writers. Bookworms. Editors. Publishing professionals. Word nerds all. We should totally hang out.
Back in November, I co-hosted a Word Nerd Networking event in NYC that attracted ... (
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From Freelancedom
April 4, 2011 at 8:30 am
Though this blog is all about freelancing, it’s become clear to me over the past eight years that freelancing doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing proposition.
In fact, ... (
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From Freelancedom
March 22, 2011 at 5:50 pm
I was recently asked to guest post over at YouTern‘s Savvy Intern blog, partially because I’ve done three internships myself, and partially because I’m the intern ... (
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From Freelancedom
March 4, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Struggling to pinpoint a blog niche? Grappling with how to present yourself to editors or clients? Still looking to settle on one particular area of expertise, but unsure of where ... (
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From Freelancedom
February 25, 2011 at 4:00 pm
It wasn’t until I was 21 that I realized I could be funny.
I had just transferred to Emerson College and, after workshopping a series of overwrought essays about my last ... (
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