One of my favourite Seinfeld episodes was on last night, the one where Kramer gets a intern. Kramer’s intern serves “Kramerica Enterprises” by setting up coffee shop trips with Jerry (“Do you need directions, Mr. Seinfeld?”) and assembling chicken wire. The scam comes to an end when the internship supervisor notices the tasks are mainly [...]
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City of interns
Posted in Business, tagged craigslist, internships, jobs, pop culture, rant, Seinfeld on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Opposing thoughts on a creative career
Posted in Business, Writing, tagged motivation on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Admittedly, I’ve not been feeling rah-rah-rah about the writing/editing game lately. But this post came along just in time to provide some motivation: Five Opposing Thoughts on an Art Career.
I hope it picks you up, too.
Stuff costs money
Posted in Business, tagged freelancing, funny, videos on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t normally post links to YouTube videos, but I was sent this one today and found it cathartic: The Vendor-Client Relationship.
Lady getting highlights: “It’s just a test … then if my husband likes it you can roll the costs over into the next time.”
Proactiveness
Posted in Business, Resources, Writing, tagged bidding sites, freelancing, jobs on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My two favourite stops to look for freelance writing and editing job leads each morning are Freelance Writing Jobs, a network site out of the US with a daily list of leads culled from from the web, and Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs, a blog focusing on jobs and contract positions for writers in Canada.
Both are [...]
Don’t stop believin’
Posted in Business, tagged confidence, freelancing, job hunting, proposals, self-esteem on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time, you can get a little blue about the prospects. You wonder if you’ll ever be hire to write or edit anything again, ever. You apply for things day after day after day, and never hear back. And often, you apply for jobs or write proposals for projects that you’re 99 percent [...]
Why you shouldn’t write custom samples to get a writing job
Posted in Business, Writing, tagged dubious job ads, job hunting, samples, scam, warning on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found a link to this discussion board that illustrates very starkly both why you should be skeptical of very low-paying ads for writers on Craigslist, and why you shouldn’t write samples specifically for a job unless you know who you’re sending it to: Getting Free Professionally Written Articles.
You’re welcome.
Update: Looks like they figured out [...]
Busy bee
Posted in Business, tagged freelancing, marketing, networking, self-promotion on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This fall been one of those wonderful periods when I’ve had plenty of work to keep me busy. I’ve been copyediting/proofreading for alive and blush magazines, writing lots of reviews of restaurants, stores, and everything else on the map for Yelp, plus writing some book reviews for subTerrain and doing odd editing and writing jobs [...]
It’s an honour being norminated
Posted in Business, Resources, Writing, tagged red flags, scam, spam on August 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday morning, I received an e-mail with the subject line (in caps): “THE PULITZER PRIZE 2009 NOMINATION LETTER.” Well, isn’t that exciting. After all, I am a nationally published writer and all.
Here is the e-mail, cut and pasted, warts and all:
REF:PULITZER PRIZE
ATTN:
I write to acknowledge the above attachment to us [...]
Smiling and shaking hands
Posted in Business, tagged networking on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was in writer school, we had to take several courses in professional development along with the regular diet of writing, editing, research and design courses. One thing that our instructors and guest speakers said, over and over, was that you have to get out and meet people. Not just that, but try to [...]
Sixth Sheep Sick
Posted in Business, tagged anxiety, freelancing, sickness on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am feeling pretty gross, but since I am freelancing, I feel like the show must go on even if I would rather not be sitting upright, typing, or reading. And when you’re sitting around all nauseous and dizzy, the last thing you want to be doing is contacting potential clients, employers or markets [...]
To SASE or not to SASE
Posted in Business, Publishing, tagged literary magazines, Canada, SASE on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just as every client seems to have a specific invoice they want you to use, every magazine and book publisher has their own highly particular set of submission guidelines to follow. Some welcome electronic submissions; some still specify 8 1/2 x 11 paper, double spaced type, to be packaged in an envelope marked just so, [...]
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