Looking cool while doing it

Oh totes

Read the chapter in Ruiz's The Four Agreements about "Don't take anything personally." 99.9% of what people say or do or think is about them, not you. Similar to above. The chapter echoes it. And convinced me.

Along with milestone payments, I've begun requiring a down payment from EVERYONE. I've been a full time freelance writer for almost a decade now. In the past, I required down payments from new clients, iffy clients, clients that required me to layout some initial investment myself (hiring a translator, etc). This was…

Maybe some money. But building up an audience generally requires 1) Some polish to your text and 2) Time.

Oh, and PS- I guess my work at About is "writing articles." It's certainly more than $10 per. It pays my mortgage. But that's it.

Make a living writing articles: #4 focus on PRINT articles. But I've always said, a mix of clientele is best. I've been a full time freelance writer for almost a decade now, and I walk people through the career at freelancewrite dot about dot com, so I've heard every success story, and every down-and-out story too.…