Jennifer Escalona tells it like it is
I am swamped with work. Literally swamped. So swamped I’m sure there must be an alligator in here some place. Not to mention I also have a presentation due in my Grant Writing class tonight, and I’m nervous as, well… a writer who probably has an alligator lurking somewhere in her apartment. All gators aside, [...]
In my post The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Writing Proposal Letters, I blithely advised to read all ads carefully before applying. I guess it’s time I took my own advice, huh? I misread an ad earlier this week that almost led to quite a bit of wasted time on my part.
I read that a freelancing [...]
One of my book club selections this week is Life Entrepreneurs by Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek, and they had something interesting to say:
In his book, ‘Free Agent Nation,’ Daniel Pink points out that, counting temporary workers, microbusinesses, and freelancers or “soloists,” there are over thirty-three million free agents in the U.S. workforce today—more than [...]
In: Reviews
17 Feb 2009Have you ever wondered what to do with all those old books piling up on your shelves? You know you’ll probably never read them again, but maybe you heard from former library aides like me that most donated books get recycled instead of entered into general circulation, and you don’t want Trixie Belden’s 50’s-era adventures [...]
In: Writing Craft
5 Feb 2009As freelance writers, or one might even go so far as to claim, a wordsmiths, I think it’s important to have many words to work with, don’t you? But what you might not know is that many of our beloved words are in danger! Yes, it’s true. Every year lexicographers analyze the English language and [...]
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