Grab Your Hammer – We’re Building a Platform – Pt. 2
I've been freelance writing for a year now, and I finally feel like I have enough experience to put together a "writer's portfolio" - yeah!But now what?I've never actually seen another writer's portfolio. What should I put in it? How should I put it together? I'm thinking it should be [...]
Grab Your Hammer – We’re Building a Platform – Pt. 1
I'm ready to take the next step in building my platform. I've already got the blog going (thanks for following!!), I've got my name in two local papers on a regular basis (and a couple of times in a national market), and I've been doing my best to meet agents, [...]
Know the details before you put in the time
A year ago I joined a free writers site. It was fun because I could post items to get comments from other writers, receive postings about writing opportunities, and, my personal favorite, enter a free weekly writing challenge.I haven't entered the contest in MONTHS, and I was excited to do [...]
Wednesday’s Weekly Writing (W)Prompt
Back Story: My friends C & M have five kids. They got married when they were 18 and started right away; he's 15 now, and the baby is 3, so there's a lot of space there. Very few years without diapers ;)C & M are two of my favorite people, [...]
The Best Kind of Encouragement
I recently wrote an article for The Grand Traverse Insider about a local award-winning writer, Nancy Vogl. I had the chance to attend a presentation she gave at a local school, and then we corresponded via email to fill in the details. The story ran in Sunday's edition of the [...]