“Are you THE Kathryn Lang – the one that writes for that paper?” My husband’s groan could not be heard, but I could see it written all over his face. He sat helplessly as my head began to swell. “Yes, that’s me.” “I love what you write.” The one compliment …Click Here to continue
Creating Success
Falling of the Face of the Planet
May 31, 2010
About Writing
Posting on my own websites have not been the priority as of late. My husband started a second shift job and I have simply been trying to survive. Have you ever been there? Falling off the face of the planet hurts any writer. Several years ago I was an avid …Click Here to continue
Getting Past the Numbers Game
April 23, 2010
About Writing
A successful blog must have a high number of visitors each day. A successful blog must have consistent, quality content. A successful blog must have a strong design that keeps the visitors around and brings them back. And a successful freelance writer MUST have a successful blog. My journey as …Click Here to continue
Raising the Bar to Excellence
March 10, 2010
Creating Success
Being exceptional requires pushing beyond the expected. Reaching a level of extraordinary comes from the dedication to stretch beyond the normal. If I want to have the level of success that I desire in my writing then I have to be willing to go beyond what I am doing at …Click Here to continue
Success Brings Failure
March 9, 2010
Business of Freelance
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 …Click Here to continue
Embrace the Critic
March 8, 2010
About Writing
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 …Click Here to continue
Cries of a Freelance Writer
March 4, 2010
Business of Freelance
“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 …Click Here to continue
Writing Despite the Tough Times
February 23, 2010
Creating Success
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 …Click Here to continue
Top 20 Tips to a Successful Writing Career
February 19, 2010
Creating Success
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 …Click Here to continue
Something is About to Break
February 9, 2010
Business of Freelance
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 …Click Here to continue
