Last July I was interviewed by Carol Tice of the Freelance Writers Den about my main freelance specialty -- writing college textbook supplements and other educational materials -- and also about my best productivity techniques for writers. I wrote … [Continue reading]
How to Minimize Interruptions So You Can Get Your Writing Done
Whenever something interrupts you from your writing, your concentration is broken and you lose time as your mind tries to recover that productive state you were in. And, of course, you also lose time dealing with whatever distracted you. Good time … [Continue reading]
Educating Girls in Developing Countries: The Girl Effect
The Girl Effect...Yes, we've come a long way toward gender equality in western countries like the United States, but discrimination against girls and women is still very pronounced in many developing countries, and it begins with the unequal … [Continue reading]
Seven Key Steps for Finding, Evaluating, and Implementing Good Ideas
"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." -- Linus Pauling. As writers, we all want good ideas about what freelance projects to pursue and what else to write -- nonfiction books, e-books, a novel. And we also want good ideas … [Continue reading]
Writing Ergonomics: Top Tips for Proper Posture, Alignment, and Movement
Authors and everyone who writes or works at a computer needs to pay attention to proper body posture/position, alignment, and movement -- if you want to be a faster writer and be a happier writer, you must learn about writing ergonomics. What Is … [Continue reading]
My Review of Carol Tice’s Freelance Writers Den Membership Site
Carol Tice's Freelance Writers Den is a membership site dedicated to helping people serious about freelance writing increase their chances of success. The site opened a few weeks ago, and since I've been an active member since the get-go, I've … [Continue reading]
How to Capture, Save, and Review Your Freelance Writing Ideas
Good ideas are crucial to the success of freelance writers and all creative types. But you have to do more than generate good ideas: you have to get those ideas out of your brain and into some system to save them. Only then can you evaluate those … [Continue reading]
On Freelance Writers Who Write For Free or Low Fees
Many freelance writers write paid blog posts in order to pay the bills and further their writing careers. One freelance writer who has had success at it is Carol Tice, but she recently wrote an insightful and important post called "Will Huffington … [Continue reading]
Take A Writer’s Retreat: Go Camping or Rent A Cabin
Do You Need a Writer's Retreat? We freelance writers are bombarded with distractions: e-mail, blogs, social media sites -- the entire Internet -- along with phone calls, visitors, family, pets, and more. It's difficult to get our writing done. My … [Continue reading]
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