Published in The Freelance Field Notes·Updated Jul 21, 2021Member-onlyYou Are the Creative Director of Your Own LifeWhat it means to have creative agency. — You are the Creative Director of your own life. Not just Director. And not just with lower case letters, either — Creative AND Capitalized. Official. Appointed. Artistic. Innovative. Yesterday I shared the above post to my Instagram story. And when I first saw it on my feed, I was like…Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
Oct 30, 2020Member-onlyParticipating in NaNoWriMo as a Blogger50,000 words in 30 days. Let’s do this. — If you’re not familiar, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it’s a long-held tradition among novelists aiming to crank out 50,000 words of a novel in the month of November. That comes out to 1,667 words per day. As you can probably imagine, for those who choose to…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published in Better Marketing·Oct 27, 2020Member-only12 Things You Need to Start Your Freelance Writing Business… and 5 You Probably Don’tIt doesn’t have to be fancy, it just has to work — To get started as a freelance writer, you only need one thing: a laptop. Okay, two things: a laptop and an internet connection. Once you’re on your laptop with your browser of choice pulled up, Google Chrome being my favorite, where do you go from there? When I started my…Freelance Writing5 min readFreelance Writing5 min read
Oct 1, 2020Member-onlyIt’s OKAY To Major In Creative WritingArticles on creative writing to spark your inspiration. — When you major in something like “creative writing” you might get comments such as: “What are you going to do with that?” (0/10 very unoriginal) OR, “Oh, so you’ll never get a real job.” (They say as a “joke,” of course) OR, “Yeah, I thought about doing that too but…Newsletter3 min readNewsletter3 min read
Published in An Empowered Life·Oct 1, 2020Member-onlyI Did Absolutely Nothing On My To-Do List Yesterday, and it Felt AmazingIt’s okay to be a little rebellious. — Monday morning began bright and early — without me. I was still snuggled in bed, having slept through a score of alarm clocks (yes, I’m one of those people). When I finally opened my eyes, the day was well on it’s way to 10 o’clock, my early-morning-workout plans dashed and…Personal Development4 min readPersonal Development4 min read
Published in A Life of Words·Sep 23, 2020Member-onlyCreative Writing Lessons from 5 Short StoriesThe best short stories I read for my creative writing degree. — During a creative writing undergraduate degree, you may end up reading a few short stories. Those stories may produce thoughts such as: Why can’t my writing be this good? How did they DO THAT? Okay, that sentence just made me cry. I’ll never write anything this amazing! And then you’ll…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Sep 18, 2020Member-onlyHow Creativity is Kind of Like a PickleResources to help you feel more creative! — On good days, I feel like my creativity is a blooming flower. And on bad days? It’s like mushy blueberries that have been out on the counter for too long and taste like dust. BUT IN REALITY, creativity is a lot like a pickle. Yeah, the long green dudes. Because…Creativity3 min readCreativity3 min read
Published in The Freelance Field Notes·Sep 18, 2020Member-onlyHow I Keep Myself Feeling Creative For My JobBeing creative on demand is TOUGH. — Just be fresh and new and snappy and bold and witty and hip and entertaining! Oh, and have it done by tomorrow. PANIC MODE. When I was in middle school trying to write young adult novels (all of which vaguely resembled Twilight and should never see the light of day)…Creativity5 min readCreativity5 min read
Published in The Freelance Field Notes·Sep 11, 2020Member-onlyThe 31 Simple Steps to Start an Online Writing BusinessSo easy!…Right? — Discover that having an online writing business is even POSSIBLE. Get really, really, really excited. Day dream about it. Have actual dreams about it. Think about it pretty much all the time. Journal about it. Annoy all your friends by talking about it constantly. Read about having an online writing…Freelancing3 min readFreelancing3 min read
Published in The Freelance Field Notes·Sep 4, 2020Member-onlyHow I Made My First $3,000 as a Freelance Writer in 4 MonthsFrankly, I’m not totally sure. A lot of it was luck. — I’m here to talk about MONEY. Strap in, babes! Or, more specifically, making money. Because we all wish we could be doing more of that. And unfortunately, for the last four months, I wasn’t making ANY of it. No, I don’t count my monthly .30 cent Medium earnings. …Freelance Writing6 min readFreelance Writing6 min read
