This time of year, between Christmas and the New Year, I always feel like crawling into a comfy chair with paper and pen and planning my goals for the next year. I go back over my accomplishments of the last year and figure out how I can improve my game plan. It looks like […]

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If you need a kick in the writing pants or just want to re-find your inspiration, check out the writing classes that Hope Wilbanks will be offering in the new year. See the details on the classes.

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The wahm.com writing message board was all a flutter this week when it was leaked as a “secret source” for cheap labor in an outsourcing report. People popped out of the woodwork looking for content to be written for a whopping $3 per 500 words. The responses ranged from horror to non-chalant. Some wahms were […]

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Have you ever walked into a room in your house only to forget what you were looking for? I do the same thing with my web browser. I open up Firefox to look up something for a writing project and get sucked into the vortex that is my e-mail, favorite forums and Etsy.com.  Half an […]

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I had another post planned for today. But this issue has risen to the surface twice in the last week so I felt the need to address it. If you’ve written for a while, you probably have a queue of sorts. You don’t turn folks away when your plate is full. You schedule projects in […]

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It’s hard enough to work during the holiday season when you’re at a normal job. But when you work from home it can be even more difficult to keep your professional and “party-goer” life seperate.
There’s two separate challenges that I’ve been experiencing, and maybe you’re the same. Because of the holiday season, I feel more […]

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I’ve been asked to select the best post of the year, and I’m stumped. I figured it would be better to ask my readers than to choose one myself, so here are the contenders.
Are you building your house on a pile of sand?
Are you an ostrich or a butterfly?
How to gain experience without being […]

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