I started thinking about work-life balance during my pregnancy. Here’s what I’ve learned in the years since then. In the years that I’ve been working with and talking to writing parents, I’ve never known a topic more fraught with emotion than work-life balance. And the guilt—the endless amount of guilt—that seems to hang over young […]
8 Ways Tracking Your Time Can Make You More Productive And Help Grow Your Business
For those of you who remain unconvinced of the merits of tracking your time, I offer the following benefits. In my first decade of freelancing, I was pretty opposed to anything to do with time tracking. My reasoning was that writers and journalists can’t reasonably be expected to track every minute of every hour of […]
The Seven Habits Of Highly Productive Writers
The most prolific and productive writers have a few traits in common. Writers write. And productive writers write routinely, efficiently, and while having a whole lot of fun. In the decade that I’ve been writing and interacting with writers, I’ve found that the most prolific and productive writers have a few traits in common. Do […]
Can You Make Full-Time Writing Income On Part-Time Hours?
In my first year as a writing parent, I made more money working part-time than I had in previous years. This is how. In January 2012, I became a parent. Everything I had learned about productivity, meeting deadlines, and keeping to a schedule was about to be tossed down the drain. I re-learned a lot […]
24 Financial Mistakes That Will Cost You Big As A Freelancer
A six-figure writer on the top financial mistakes you’re making as a freelancer and how to fix them, fast. Somewhere around the middle of last year, I got a panicked email from my accountant in India. He’d just finished doing my taxes—several months late because of my tardiness—and had realized that my tax bill was […]