Sep 21, 2021 | Get It Written |
“Write what you know… My No. 1 rule,” declares blogger Ellen Vrana. “Charles Dickens couldn’t have written Jane Austen and Austen couldn’t have written Dickens. They wrote the world and people they each knew. I’m not going to...Aug 16, 2021 | Get Yourself There |
We self-employed professionals are graced with mixed blessings around getting stuff done. No one is looking over our shoulder making us do the things we know we should. Hooray, there’s no boss breathing down our necks! But also… Uh oh, that means...Jun 8, 2021 | Get Yourself There |
I often hear from self-employed professionals that they are struggling. Running a business is hard work. Marketing and sales can be uncomfortable or even scary. You frequently don’t know where your next client is coming from. It can make you feel pessimistic, or...Mar 19, 2021 | Get It Written |
Before she wrote her memoir Wild, Cheryl Strayed penned an advice column under the pseudonym “Sugar.” In answer to a letter from a self-described “writer who can’t write,” Cheryl replied, “Writing is hard for every last one of...Nov 9, 2020 | Get It Written |
“I write every morning between 6-7 a.m.,” says Honorée Corder, the author of You Must Write a Book and Prosperity for Writers. “There’s an alarm to remind me at 5:58 a.m. (in case I need more coffee), and I set a second alarm for 7 a.m. I write...Sep 9, 2020 | Get It Written |
Caitlin Moran is an English journalist and author who writes three columns per week and has published seven books — so far. Her columns and books have won multiple awards. She’s married, has two teenage children, and appears to post on Twitter 24/7. How...
