Jennifer Escalona tells it like it is
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3 May 2010Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. – Thomas Edison
Somebody has been talking me up. Lately, I’ve had shiny-eyed prospective new freelance writers popping up out of the woodwork to ask me how to get started. So hi there, new writers! This post is for you.
What are my two top pieces of advice [...]
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21 Oct 2009I have a question for all of you freelance writers/fiction writers out there. Do you use your published fiction as a sample in your writer’s portfolio or not? I’m especially interested in responses from freelance writers who mainly deal with business clients but write fiction on the side.
You see, I’m asking this question for a [...]
I have some exciting news. I was invited to speak at the University of Georgia’s Magazine Club next month! I’m going to talk about the ins and outs of freelance writing, getting started in a freelance writing career, and my own favorite way to earn scratch – corporate blogging for pay.
Now, I covered [...]
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20 Jul 2009Do you have any weird writing process quirks of foibles? I recently identified one of mine. It’s something I’ve been doing since high school, but hadn’t actually given much thought until recently. I generally write a whole article, brochure, paper, or whatnot but then need some time and distance before bringing myself to write the [...]
Conflicts of interest pop up everywhere. Judges have to recues themselves from cases when they know a defendant personally because that is a conflict of interest. Politicians have to turn down cabinet positions due to potential conflicts of interest. Even that ad agency on Mad Men had to put Pete through all kinds of daddy-issue [...]
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