The Freelancer’s Guide to Passive Income by Thursday Bram
I’m sure you noticed the affiliate link in the right sidebar to help you easily purchase this ebook. I bought my copy on Friday, and I have devoured it in the few days since then.
Bram provides a full slate of ideas to help freelancer’s build multiple income [...]
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Book Review: The Freelancer’s Guide to Passive Income by Thursday Bram
May 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Book Review: Novel Shortcuts by Laura Whitcomb
July 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Young adult author Laura Whitcomb shares techniques that will help even the most seasoned wordsmiths write better and faster.
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Book Review: My So-Called Freelance Life
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · book review
Michelle Goodman learned the hard way how to build a freelance writing business. Then she captured her wisdom in an easy-to-follow guidebook so you don’t have to make the same mistakes.
My So-Called Freelance Life takes you from the beginning dreams of leaving the cube farm behind to planning for your retirement, with great advice in [...]
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Book Review: The Boss of You
January 16th, 2009 · No Comments · book review
The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business by Lauren Bacon and Emira Mears
When Lauren Bacon and Emira Mears set out to begin their own web design company, they looked for books [...]
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Book Review: Writer Mama by Christina Katz
December 30th, 2008 · No Comments · book reviews
Buy this book. It doesn’t matter if you’re a guy or a girl, a parent or a pet owner. Christina Katz leads you step-by-step toward writing a novel from ground zero. And she does it in manageable chunks that help you build your writing career around other responsibilities.
Katz starts you by providing ideas to help [...]
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Book Review: Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott
December 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
While stuck in the Fort Lauderdale airport yesterday, waiting for our flight to Houston, I had a lot of time to read. I finished this 1994 book, along with a novel and three magazines, during the travel odyssey.
Lamott’s reflections on writing and life are couched in real-world experiences that speak to writers at all levels [...]
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Book Review: Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · book review, freelancing
Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer: How to Win Top Writing Assignments by Jenna Glatzer
This is a great book for those of you beginning a freelance career. Glatzer provides tips on starting your freelance business, a glossary of terms, and sample queries to emulate.
One of the best tips, I think, is to avoid [...]
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Book Review: Self-Leadership and the One-Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard et al.
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This is not the type of book I would normally read, but I found quite a bit of useful information. And, it’s a quick read. It took me about 45 minutes.
The main lesson for those of us beginning or growing a writing career is the challenge assumed constraints. The story given in the book is [...]
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Book Review: On Writing by Stephen King
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · book review
I feel a little like I’m cheating because I discussed Stephen King’s On Writing before, but I hadn’t finished it then.
King’s book is a combination memoir and writing guide. At first it seemed odd to combine these two types of books. From a financial standpoint, two books means more income. But about halfway into the [...]
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Book Review: Who Moved My Cheese?
November 18th, 2008 · No Comments · book review
What does Who Moved My Cheese have to do with writing? You mean besides the lesson that you can write a book about darn near anything?
Seriously, there were two lessons I got from the book that are helping me build my writing business.
Don’t resist change. Markets change, and if you are looking to write for [...]
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