How to Create the Ultimate Home Office for Writing is the title of my latest article on Garden and Hearth. As writers we may find ourselves crammed into the only available space at home, but there are still some things that we need to do our jobs. Check out How to Create the Ultimate Home Office [...] [...more]
Happy 4th of July! When you blog a lot, it can be hard to find inspiration, but sometimes other people find it for you. Here’s what someone suggested I blog about today. Today I was trying to finish up a batch of eight articles to partly meet a tight deadline that’s looming. While I was doing that, [...] [...more]
Sometimes you have to blow your own trumpet, otherwise who else will do it. I’ve been a member of Helium for a while (in fact, I plan to review the highs and lows one day) and I have a few articles on there. Not as many as some of my friends, but a respectable number. [...] [...more]
I’ve just realised something. Nearly every writer I know at the moment is a mom. Some have new babies, some have older children, some even have grandchildren. There are lots of us juggling writing careers and motherhood. Some of us are freelancing full time, while others are combining writing with full time jobs outside the [...] [...more]
Whether you’re freelance writing or in any other career, it’s important to have goals. They keep you focused and, in the tough times, remind you why you’re churning out articles at 1 cent a word. I have a lot of goals for my career - and not all of them involve writing. In talking to [...] [...more]
