Disclaimer: I kept my description of sensory and emotional overload – and my illustration above – as non-triggering as possible. I give NO advice in this post about medical or herbal remedies, as I’m not a doctor and you might be allergic to the calming teas I drink. I suggest that you look up authoritative…
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That’s Not How It Works! 12 Freelance Writing Myths to Dispel
“You freelance writers are all {insert assumption here}!” And you just stare at the other person with widened eyes and mumble “But… that’s not how it works…”. As a freelance writer myself, I have been there so many times, home and outside of home, that I have collected plenty of myths (or just wrong assumptions?)…
29 Freelance Writing Challenges For The Next 12 Months
Updated: March 2017 The number is 29 because I turned 29 on June 17 (2014). Yup! I have only one year left in my twenties and, as a writer, I want to get the most out of it. 😉 Are you up to the challenge, too? Because you see, these challenges are not here just…
How I Got Started Freelance Writing (And How You Can Do It, Too)
How did it all start? Freelance writing, I mean. If I had to answer this question, I think I would say: “It began with accepting the obstacles and taking up the challenge.” Well— a few weeks ago I received exactly that kind of question from a follower of my Facebook page. Hi, I am a…
8 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before You Accept To Write For FREE
Free “gigs” are easy to find. Which prospect will say “no” to the possibility to get a writer to work for them at no cost? But often writers won’t get any benefit from their effort. What’s in for us in a free “gig”? Experience certainly isn’t enough of a reward. The truth is: you should…
Writing Innocence, Where Have You Gone? — The Adult’s Writer’s Block (And How To Get Rid Of It)
Read her, please! Why write for money? I want to write for Love! I want to cry along my characters, be their shade as they walk down the streets of their imaginary world. I want to write because one day, when I’ll be older, my children and grandchildren can have a piece of me to…
5 Freelance Writing Pearls From “Kung Fu Panda”
A few weeks ago I watched Kung Fu Panda on DVD with my sister. It’s animation, good to kill the boredom and apathy sick days bring along. What I didn’t expect – even after watching it at least a dozen times – was the amount of precious advice it carried and how wonderfully it could…
5 Stress-Free Ways To Continue Writing Even When You’re Sick
To get sick on deadline days is a nightmare for every freelance writer. It mines your ability to finish an assignment, or to work on the next one in line. Yes, you’re sick and weak and your mind won’t focus enough to let you write a word after another. Do you have to stop everything…
7 Get-Out Remedies To Unending Interruptions
You could be that lucky writer who can count on quiet, uninterrupted working hours. Or you may be not. Only a few of us actually live in a stress-free environment: most writers have families, kids and spouses demanding attention, ringing phones and door bells. If you live in a metropolitan area or nearby schools or…