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Soft Skills of a Professional Writer

By on March 14th, 2013

I’m not going to split hairs about what makes a professional writer different from a full-time writer or different from a freelance writer or blogger or any other industry distinction. When I talk about being a professional writer, I could care less what you write – I’m referring to how you treat your clients and your business. There are two elements to being a successful writer. The first is that you can deliver what you promise. If you promise a well-written feature article, then you should be able to produce an excellent article. If you promise some short descriptions using …

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New Business, New You

By on December 22nd, 2011

I’m not sure how much of a mother’s personality comes from her career, her children, her life perspective or her own personality traits that have been recessed since everything else came along. I have plenty of friends who don’t have a career inside or outside of the home. I have ample friends who are highly educated professionals in their fields as they work for “the man” and then there are those of us who cross all the lines and seem to do everything all at once. I’m thinking back about seven years trying to get a grasp of who I …

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The Two-Hour Career: Making WAHM Work

By on August 18th, 2011

Every now and again I think about what it must be like to have all day to work on the writing career. How much more could I do in a day? How much more could I make? If only I’d started all of this writing before kids! But here I am, just like so many of you, a freelance mom working from home. I’ve done this for six going on seven years now and my schedule has been roughly the same during that time – I only work two hours per day. Adjusting Mentally Growing up it’s ingrained that 40 …

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The Trouble with Bedtime: Working Mom Woes

By on May 26th, 2011

While I love most things about having two jobs, the time I dislike being a double-time working mom most is at bedtime. Throughout the day I push, push, push to get everything done. And now that the day is winding down I want more than anything to just relax and enjoy myself. Unfortunately I can’t sit down and finish up a quick job just yet because my children won’t fall asleep. Every parent has bedtime woes with kids, but as a mom who works in the evenings (Yes, I was doing mornings, but I keep switching between morning and evening …

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Working the Summer Months: Working at Home with Kids

By on May 13th, 2011

If you’re used to sending your kids away to school and working, you’re in for a rough ride – summer is almost here! Of course, those mothers who are insane like I am don’t have to worry too much about this. In fact, the summer months are the most relaxing months for my career, simply because I’m on summer vacation as well. My mornings won’t change much once school lets out. I’ll write for a couple of hours before dawn, but maybe I’ll get to crawl back into bed for an hour and rest instead of packing lunches and prepping …

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The One Writing Rule That Will Help You Lose Unsightly Stomach Fat while Earning $3,276 in One Week!

By on February 17th, 2011

I had every intention of writing you a nice, long sales page full of random lies and musings. I was hoping that I could create a really cool, (imaginary) expert name for myself like Dr. Rebecca Frankenfurter, M.D. so that I would have instant credibility through my fake letter when I went to sell you some aspirin in a pretty bottle I colored with my son’s smelly markers. Then I realized that I didn’t really want to do any of that – except maybe the name. Actually, I don’t really like to write sales letters or heavy sales pages. It’s …

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