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Life of a Well Fed Writer

When Does Part-Time Copywriting (vs. Full-Time) Make More Sense? (Guest Post)

October 6, 2011

Thanks to Emily Suess for contributing this great guest post. While most of us probably think in terms of full-time when it comes to our commercial writing careers, there’s no doubt plenty of folks out there for whom part-time would make more sense. Enjoy!
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Until recently, when people would ask me what I [...]

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What’s a Commercial Freelancer to Do about Health Insurance?

February 24, 2011

After getting yet another email a few weeks back from a reader, suggesting a post on health insurance for freelancers, figured it was time. I know this is a hot button issue for any commercial freelancer, often looming as one of the key issues giving salaried employees/aspiring commercial writers pause when considering the leap to [...]

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Got a Place to Flee to from Home Office Distractions?

January 12, 2010

So there’s this cool space not too far from me here in Atlanta called Strongbox West. Geared to freelancers of all stripes, it’s a place to escape to when you want to flee the claustrophobically-closing-in four walls of the home office and get some work done while in the company (or at least the proximity) [...]

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How Important is Meeting Clients in Person?

November 1, 2009

Here we go with Part Two of the previous post. As you recall, I’d gotten an email from a commercial freelancer starting out, asking about business process (i.e., when I write, when I talk to clients, which we covered in the first post) as well as the age-old “meeting/no meeting” issue. Did I meet clients [...]

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Your Business “Process” is Up to You, Not Your Clients…

October 14, 2009

Got an email from a budding commercial freelancer recently, asking about my business “process.” Specifically, when I do my writing, when I talk to clients, if I meet them in person, how often I have in-person meetings (he was a good 90 minutes from the nearest big city and didn’t relish in-person meetings), etc.
I’m [...]

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The Joys of Unplugging

July 28, 2009

A wooden screen door slapping closed. Small waves gently lapping up against a waterside cabin. Delicious lake breezes rustling the leaves and billowing a window’s curtain. The sounds of summer. The sound of leisure. The sound of unplugging. What could be sweeter?
Promise I’m not trying to rub it in, but… I’m in the midst [...]

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