Writing and self-publishing a book sounds like a pretty daunting task, right? As a writer myself, putting together my first book is something I've had on my growing to-do list for well…
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Most writers I know have a little voice in their head called The Inner Editor. This voice is, well, opinionated, which is a euphemism for mean. I talk a lot…
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Have you ever been told to 'just grin and bear it'? Or perhaps, more recently, to 'keep calm and carry on'? Because sometimes we just need that extra push to…
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Near the end of my first year as a freelancer, I picked up Stephen Covey’s (author of the legendary 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) lesser-known book, Primary Greatness, in…
I’ve learned a lot in my sixteen-year freelance writing career, especially because it is technically two freelance writing careers, bifurcated by the Great Recession of 2008, which coincided with the…
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When you're on the road, no one knows who you are until they see what you have to offer. But there's no need to give into the classic teaching English gig…