Professional writer, designer, and blogger. When she’s not publishing eBooks, designing embroidery patterns, or blogging — Mel’s out in the sunshine finding new stories.
Your success as a freelance writer -- and this is true for any self-employed person -- is critically linked to your own personal productivity. And I'm not talking your ability to use Productivity Apps and write a to-do list.
“Stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions … the truth is that what we call ‘interruptions’ are precisely our real life -- the life God is sending us day by day.” C.S. Lewis Hello writing friends. It's been a…
Yesterday I read some excellent writing advice on medium.com. Shouting out @tijmenr, who's medium handle I stumbled across yesterday morning while coffeeing and blog browsing in Starbucks Iloilo City. I wish I'd heard it 2 years ago. And when I…
Right now I'm sitting in the coffee shop area of a small shopping mall very close to my adopted son Jerry's school. I've been working on some product descriptions for a client, and in between starting a detailed article that…
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Working as a freelance writer is all about finding the balance between doing what you love and making enough money to enjoy a full life. This short blog is all about applying the 80/20 rule to your writing time so…
This is a guest post I wrote for the Small Business Bonfire -- an online community of small business owners based in the USA. It's my best tips for working out of a home office and remaining productive (despite all…
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