Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another - Madonna And here we are, eh? The freelancing community has a knack for getting tied up in knots, literally, in our dependency…
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Ham versus SPAM (the 'food', not the unwanted emails). Cheddar versus Velveeta. Labradors versus Dachshunds. Mac versus Dell. (sorry, that one just slipped out) Do you see where I'm going with this? I just got…
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As some of you noticed and inquired about (very sweetly and privately via email), I had a couple of weeks there around the holidays where I was down, down, down. Not just in the dumps,…
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Trust me when I say that this post is not for teenagers or tweens, it's for everyone. And, it's actually about writing, freelancing and my other usual topics. I promise. It really does have a…
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This morning, we had to do a little family health test. It wasn't a big deal, but three of us need to find out what we're allergic too - and that takes blood, in case…
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We all have our battles - with ourselves. Writers? Ours can be just gruesome. I love talking to new clients. I love writing proposals. I love getting the call that says, 'We want to hire…
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Have you ever written something on a blog about grape jelly only to come back an hour later, read your comments and realize you were wrong - that you actually wrote the post about peanut…
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A friend of mine just told me about this wildly useful exercise she did in couples therapy: They sat facing each other and closed their eyes (which signified 'me' time). Whenever each of them felt…
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I went to high school with one of my brothers, Steve, who is just two years older than me. Here's a classic scenario from those good old days at Clayton High: I'm standing at my…
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Listen, I'm a cancer (the crab) - and I take my astrological sign literally. I come equipped with my own little home and I like to stay inside of it, ie. I'm NOT a good…
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