On and Beyond Labor Day: Make Your Day Job Support Your Writing
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On and Beyond Labor Day: Make Your Day Job Support Your Writing

Once, during a job interview, one of the interviewers confessed that she had google-ed me.

Then, she asked me if, as a creative writer, I actually had time for any other work—including that potential job.

From her tone to her body language, this woman couldn’t have been rude-er. Also, she couldn’t have been wrong-er.

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Fair Pay: 6 Tips for Writers (and writing teachers)
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Fair Pay: 6 Tips for Writers (and writing teachers)

Last month, as I filled my dining room table with receipts and mileages and 2022 credit card bills—all to prepare and file my 2022 taxes—I noticed a pattern.

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5 Questions to Ask Before You Lead a Writing Workshop
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5 Questions to Ask Before You Lead a Writing Workshop

Most of us are flattered when we're asked to speak to a group or lead a creative or expressive writing workshop. But there are questions to ask before you sign up.

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Ditch that Messy Draft. Embrace the Blank Writing Page.
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Ditch that Messy Draft. Embrace the Blank Writing Page.

Should I write a new draft? Or throw my writing away?

Yesterday I decided to dust off an old, Thanksgiving holiday-themed essay. It had already been drafted and re-drafted, so (I convinced myself) it would only take an hour to edit, fix and pitch.

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