My location-independent freelance writing lifestyle lets me house-sit in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and other northern California and world locations. I love to travel to interesting places -- to experience different local cultures, to see … [Continue reading]
Some of you may remember that I did a podcast/teleseminar interview with Kim Pawlak from the Text and Academic Authors Association last December about how to succeed in my specialty: freelance writing for college textbook publishers. Shortly … [Continue reading]
In addition to ProductiveWriters.com, I also write the Writing College Textbook Supplements blog, which is devoted to my specific freelance writing specialty. I started the blog back in April of 2009, right after I released the first edition my … [Continue reading]
Most of you who visit ProductiveWriters.com know that my main niche is freelance writing for college textbook publishers. Today I'm proud to announce that I've just released the second edition of my e-book that details everything a smart freelancer … [Continue reading]
I recently wrote about why I think publishers should pay a 50% royalty on e-books. In that post I focused on the money, but there is also the big question of how e-books will be delivered and consumed. There are many different e-book readers -- … [Continue reading]
Going to be a guest on a podcast, webinar, or teleseminar? Here are the top tips to make sure you do an excellent job. Last December I was the featured guest on the Text and Academic Authors Podcast. I really enjoyed being interviewed by Kim … [Continue reading]
Recently I put my new e-book Intelligent Productivity For Freelance Writers: Manage Your Time, Make More Money, and Get More Enjoyment From Life for sale using the E-junkie shopping cart. (Note: Intelligent Productivity For Freelance Writers is … [Continue reading]
Time management is absolutely critical to achieving success in freelance writing and in the rest of your life. Time is the great equalizer: we all have 24 hours in a day. The big question—what do we do with our time? How you spend your time — … [Continue reading]
Most freelancers are quite active with social media/social networking, me included. My Social Networking/Blogging Story I got online in 1994 with an AOL account and started using e-mail to connect with editors at my book publisher, at the magazines … [Continue reading]
