The successful freelance writer can get so caught up in doing the same ole same ole that she misses the fine line. That happened to me just the other day. I got a project request that touched on a subject near and dear to my heart so I jumped on it.
There was plenty of time [...]

Recently a friend was reading one of my articles at my request wearing her editor and reader hats. The editor stopped at the first paragraph and pointed out how I used the word that twice in a sentence. “That is something that I do a lot,” was my prompt and humorous response.
I was joking around [...]

“I made so much more money working for someone else.”
Every freelance writer that I know cries out on this subject at some point and time. The money that you thought you were going to make may not have ever materialized. It may just be that the work you get spaces out so far that if [...]

Just over two years ago, my writing income supplemented our household income by several thousand dollars a month. We were in a position to pay down debts and even build up some savings – which turned out to be a good thing.
Just over two years ago, my husband left his full time job to begin [...]

My passion for writing started at an early age, but my pursuit of writing as a career only started a few years back. I thought I had something interesting to say and I thought I had a unique way of saying it. Over the last few years I have discovered that there is more to [...]

Things have been moving along these last few weeks. In the last couple of days the momentum has started to pick up. Now would be an easy time to sit back and enjoy, but when things start moving it is important to keep the action going so that you continue to move forward.
Big [...]

Developing a writing career comes about in similar ways to developing any career. You have to be willing to expand your talents, present your talents and pursue opportunities with boldness to fulfill those talents. Writing opportunities seem to be endless in the online community but finding writing opportunities that will expand your personal [...]

My list of reasons (i.e. excuses) could fill a book. Maybe if I would take the time to write down that list then I would have a best-selling book, but I had something else that needed to get done for now. That will have to wait.
Get it?
Great ideas are useless if [...]

“Don’t simply tell me that faith saves you, tell me how it almost failed you, too. Don’t tell me about love, speak of your passion. Don’t tell me you’re hurt, let me see your heart breaking. I don’t want to see your talent on the page, I want to see your blood. Dare to be [...]

My schedule creates a sense of peace for my day. Every day gets broken down almost to the minute. I know where I am going, what I am doing and even what the menu will be for each day. But there are those days when even though I know what lies ahead, [...]