Once upon a time, I taught courses in college-level English Rhetoric, as well as college-level introductory Biology. This morning I got to combine those disparate background-bits to work on a freelance assignment--writing 6,000 words of rhetoric (and making a damn good case, if I say so myself) for something I don’t believe at all. Six … Continue reading Soul for Sale, Going Once…
Category: Writing
Reprise: ‘Blogger Call to Action’
For those of you who already saw this a few months back, I apologize for the repetition--but as I have many new readers (and many new blogs I read on my iPad) since the original post, I wanted to share this information again... Since I first posted this, I have met exactly TWO bloggers who … Continue reading Reprise: ‘Blogger Call to Action’
Freelance Job Opportunity!
Here's an appropriate follow-up to last week's post on freelancing tips--the company for which I do my most regular freelancing is in need of some more writers! I've been cranking out up to 10K per day for Quality Communication Solutions, but (happily) business is booming, and Steve Brown needs some more writers for his team. … Continue reading Freelance Job Opportunity!
A Forum on Freelancing
Almost four months ago my seasonal job at the Idaho State Park near our house ended with the summer. My husband Keoni and I had been tossing around the idea of NOT searching for my "next job," but doing something instead that I felt moved to do (namely, write) and treating that as though it … Continue reading A Forum on Freelancing
‘Mythbusters’ Edition: How NOT to Blog
Just recently I came across a post listing Rules for writing a good blog--and I discovered I've been doing everything wrong! Without laying out the whole rulebook, here's the CliffsNotes edition of Somebody Else's Rules: Pick one topic and only blog about that. People want to know what to expect from your blog. Don't post … Continue reading ‘Mythbusters’ Edition: How NOT to Blog
Growing a Writer: Just Add Marker
My daughter wanted a story. So I began with "Once upon a time" (which parents probably recognize as the stalling technique employed while a distracted multi-tasking mom thinks of a story to tell)... but I got no further than this opening before she interrupted. "No, Mommy--a LIVING story." Evidently Elena Grace shares my predilection for … Continue reading Growing a Writer: Just Add Marker
In Which my ‘Tab’ Key Becomes a ‘Tabby’ Key
"Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed." ~George Burns Burns probably had another profession in mind when he dropped that quip, but thanks to the invention of the internet and the laptop, I do get to make money from bed... as a freelance writer. And as a bonus, every day is … Continue reading In Which my ‘Tab’ Key Becomes a ‘Tabby’ Key
Kana's Chronicles 