The most critical piece of advice that I give to anyone who wants to write - whether I'm officially coaching them or not - is that they have to find their voice. And to do…
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This morning was a bit of a challenge. With a house full of relatives - literally, someone was sleeping on every surface - we were woken up at 5am by our two 3 year-olds and…
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"You're ghostwriting a book? But a book is like, a book - it's so long!" I'm noticing that other writers and non-writers are book-shy - they keep saying things like that ditty above. A book…
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I subscribe to Copyblogger. I'm a fan of Brian Clark's and I usually like the posts on the site...but lately, well, I'm seeing a theme and it's making me a little queasy. The fact that…
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Forget writer's block and building a clientele, the single hardest task for a copywriter is deciding how much to charge for a project. Behold, the many reasons this is so difficult... There are no golden…
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I broke my foot...and it sucks. But my inability to move has shown me a few things. For instance, I had no idea that I had so many good ideas until I was virtually unable…
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I just finished reading an article by Sean Platt that left me going, 'huh?' The article was about the importance of freelance copywriters standing out from the crowd - a huge crowd of talented writers,…
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Political correctness has a place, I know it does. But when I hear something incredibly honest come out of someone's mouth - it just gets me. Of course I'm not talking about hateful, violent or…
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Do you have a relationship with your writing (or whatever it is that you 'do')? I have one, absolutely. As I started thinking about this concept, I thought for sure that my writing relationship was…
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I've had the opportunity over the last few days to discuss my writing process at length - specifically my process of writing for other people. I talked to interviewers, friends, clients and writers-to-be... One of…
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