Sometimes You Need the Praise

I am a writer. I’ve said the words myself and I’ve written the words myself, but today I heard them from someone else. It was an off-handed comment during our “Positive Moms” study at the local church. Part of our homework was to write out a job description. I handed mine [...]

What Makes a Freelancer?

Last year I dove into writing full time. Up until then I had merely been playing around with the idea. In September I began to get a bit more serious. Just the other day (now almost one full year – 12 months – later) I’m still getting more serious about the idea. [...]

Guaranteed Key to Writing Success

There is only one way to guarantee that you will ever become a successful writer. You have to write. It may seem simple enough but anyone who has ever tackled this particular field will tell you that it is rarely easy. There are days when your schedule is too hectic, the kids [...]

A Peculiar Dilemma

There was a time when this website ranked #1 for “being peculiar” – on Google search. But I have fallen far behind for that particular keyword phrase. Although my page rank by Google has continued to improve over the last few months, my search engine ranking has plummeted.
The peculiar thing about this [...]

Ultimate Online Writing Experiment

The race is on to see how much I can accomplish and how fast it will happen. Yesterday I got up a new website devoted to the pursuit of being the perfect woman. It’s a labor of love that has been in the thought process for a year and actively worked on for [...]

3 Peculiar Thoughts about Spending Time

Learning to Balance the Time
Deb – over at Freelance Writing Jobs – posted an article today about how she spends her down time. At the end she asked about how we each spend our own time away from the daily grind. I was stumped. There is down time in my life, [...]

Is It a Scam?

Freelancers are almost always on their guard when applying for new job postings online. It can be difficult for you to know if the job is for real or if it’s some kind of trick to get your information (or free content). The more experienced you become in the freelance world then the [...]

Make Money Now

Last year I attempted to follow along on the Thirty Day Challenge because I desire to grow my internet presence. Dial up just would not cooperate. Now I’m on cable and I’m ready to get in the game.
In case you don’t know what the Thirty Day Challenge I’ll give you a basic run [...]