Personal Fulfillment & Solopreneur Productivity Coach | RomCom Novelist
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I have attended a lot of worthless meetings over the years—meetings that just end up wasting your time, and which don’t really seem to have a point to them. It was doubly frustrating when I knew that the meetings could have been useful and meaningful, but they were just conducted poorly. Nowadays, with freelancing, my …
Last week we discussed the #1 mistake people make on Twitter. Today we’re going to look at mistakes #2 and #3! The second thing that people do wrong on Twitter is this: Linking up your Facebook to post directly to Twitter. Don’t do it! It’s going to take you a couple extra minutes each day …
I love Twitter. It’s the kind of platform that speaks to me. I like that I can share a quick thought or funny moment, direct people to an interesting article, and participate in conversations with all kinds of people from around the world—and, of course, I love making up silly / clever hashtags. Growing Twitter …
Are you close to finishing your book and getting ready to hire an editor? Here’s what you should do to prepare your book for the editing process… 1) Have as much of your book written as possible. This will help to save you money! If the editor starts working on an unfinished book and you end …
Becoming a professional editor is a little different from becoming a professional writer. For one thing, if you have a natural talent for writing, you can become a professional writer with little formal training. Editing isn’t the same. Aspiring editors commonly say things like, “I’m good at catching typos” or “Everyone comes to me to …
This is one of the most common questions I receive: I love to write, and I think I’m pretty good at it. How did you start? How can I quit my day job and write full-time too? This is a great question—and there are so many potential answers to it for how to be a …
When I go to an event and get into a good conversation with someone, I have a terrible habit of staying with that person and just talking to them. I get comfortable speaking with the same person, and I also like to have longer, deeper, more meaningful conversations. That being said, this might not be …
You all know how much I love to-do lists and planners. Well, I have discovered something new which I absolutely adore! Let me back up a moment. A lot of my work, for both my blog and for the work I do with clients, is ongoing long-term work. That means that I have to chip …
I go to events fairly regularly—not necessarily networking events, but receptions and other events where there are opportunities for mingling. And small talk is so not my thing. Moreover, I’m not the kind of person who can just walk up to someone and say, “hi, my name is ___ and I do XYZ.” That’s not …
I spent three years volunteering as the weekly co-host of an hour-long talk radio show. It was a huge amount of fun, and while I don’t do it anymore (I just had too many other things going on, and something’s gotta give!), I certainly learned a lot from it—in particular, how to speak well when …
Being a social media manager is a super interesting job. You have the opportunity to became well-acquainted with awesome brands, there is constantly more to learn about the industry, and you get to see real progress being made based on what the target audiences respond to. One of the big issues with being a social …
We all have those times when you just feel like you’re plodding along. You have work to do, but it’s tough to just sit down and do it. The clock keeps ticking and you have no idea where the time is going! If you’re in this kind of situation, you need to know my simple trick for …
As a freelance editor, I’ve had the great pleasure of working with several indie (and established!) authors on editing their manuscripts. I’ve done everything from proofreading to developmental editing for authors, in genres from children’s books to crime mysteries, so the types of manuscripts (and the amount that they are ready for editing) that I …
Every single time I do work as a freelancer and submit it to a client, I tell them that I hope it’s what they were looking for—and to please let me know if they have any changes to make. The thing is, when someone hires you to do something, you can’t always be entirely sure …
Sometimes you just aren’t in the mood for writing. But if you have a deadline to deal with, or if you are writing content for a client, you don’t really have much of a choice! You might not feel inspired to write, but you have to write anyways. I have now been blogging for more …