Work/Life Balance

Keeping the Free in Freelancing

I’m not talking about writing for free. But instead the free as in the freedom that we have as freelancers. One of the biggest benefits we have is the freedom...
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When Freelancing Isn’t Rainbows and Unicorns: What to Do When You Hit a Rough Patch

I should be on top of the world with freelancing right now. I am having my best year income-wise by far, new clients are approaching me for work, and I...
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Taking Stock of 2016: 4 Numbers You Need to Know

You can’t get where you want to go in 2017 if you don’t know what went both right and wrong in 2016. If I don’t do this while the calendar...
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Paying Your Mortgage vs Making a Difference

The first thing I remember writing was a poem about the sunset while sitting on the vinyl seat of my parents’ ’68 gray Oldsmobile Cutlass. I was five. And going...
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How to Not Lose Your Mind (And Your Freelance Writing Clients) When Your Kids Have 9 Snow Days in A Row

There are eight 11-year-old boys in my house as I am trying to write this. Only one of them is mine. They are currently involved in an elaborate game of...
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