Category: Working it
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How to Become a Successful Freelance Writer in 11 Easy Steps
I have an acquaintance who recently reached out to talk about how they “might approach getting into freelance writing.” This sort of request happens fairly frequently and I always oblige. I have to say though, my track record of selling freelance writing as a career is less than stellar. Maybe it’s my sales pitch. Here’s…
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Welcome to the Annex
In the summertime, when we were kids, our mom would kick us out of the trailer and lock the door. She’d leave a big red Igloo water cooler of Kool Aid and a sleeve of saltines on the porch and would tell us to basically entertain ourselves all day – “you kids go play.” I’ve…
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The Great Coronavirus Novel: Prologue
(blows dust off blog landing page) This seems like a good time to restart this thing, right? I mean, after all, we’re all supposed to come out of this quarantine business with having acquired a lucrative side hustle, learned a new foreign language and musical instrument, perfected the art of sourdough bread baking and putting…
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Remembering ‘The Voice of Mission Control’ on the Apollo 11 Anniversary
It’s a pretty exciting time to be in Washington D.C. The whole town is amped up over the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. The Saturn V rocket is being projected onto the Washington Monument, Neil Armstrong’s space suit is back on display at the National Air and Space Museum and the National Symphony Orchestra…
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Lessons on Professionalism from Bravo’s ‘Below Deck’
I have a client in the meetings and events industry and I was submitting a couple of story pitches to them this week, based on a new survey of event planners. One of the key takeaways from the survey is that 59% of planners say a lack of professionalism among the venue management and staff…
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When Bees Don’t ‘Do It’ – Summer Gardening
My client’s big event wrapped up a couple of weeks ago, which means….. I actually have two big, yearly client events that I provide content support for, one of which is usually at the end of May or June. And after it wraps up, things slow waaaayyyy down. I mean, I have a few recurring…
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Procrastinating on my New Year’s Resolutions
Hey, have you heard? It’s a new year or something. And we’re all supposed to make big resolutions or goals or intentions or whatever. I’ll admit it: I do get caught up in that whole resolutions business. It’s just the excitement of closing a chapter on something old and getting a fresh new start on…
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How I Plan to Be Super Chill and Eat Waffles in 2018
Here we are a week into the new year and I must say my overwhelming feeling so far in 2018 is that the dumpster fire that was 2017 is far from over. That seems mighty pessimistic, I know. On a personal and professional level (and without getting too personal), last year was a bit bumpy,…
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How to Deal with Freelancing Uncertainty Explained via Vanderpump Rules GIFs
I feel like a broken record, but hey there. I know, I know. I’ve been MIA in the blogging world. Well, I am contributing to blogs, but they’ve been on behalf of clients. Not this blog. This blog has been neglected, like a lonely, unwanted redheaded stepchild. Which is part of the “problem” and a…