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How to Keep Your Sanity When Dealing with a Micromanaging Client

March 9, 2014 by Maricel Rivera 5 Comments

How to Keep Your Sanity When Dealing with a Micromanaging Client

To try to control all the small parts of (something, such as an activity) in a way that is usually not wanted or causes problems The above is Merriam-Webster Online’s definition of the word “micromanage.” I don’t particularly relish being on the shorter end of the micromanagement stick. I see myself a self-starter, and being […]

Filed Under: Freelancing, Motivation Tagged With: difficult client, micromanager

How to Handle Rejection: Dealing with Disappointment Constructively

March 5, 2014 by Hazel Mae Pan Leave a Comment

How to Handle Rejection: Dealing with Disappointment Constructively

Stick to the process, stick to the process It’s easy to get hurt by rejection and subsequently become overwhelmed by the feelings of dejection and discouragement that ensue. It’s alright to feel the sting of insult driven to your work (although it most probably was not meant that way by the inflicter), but there is […]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: dealing with disappointment

10 Never-Fail Formulas for Creating Engaging Blog Posts

March 2, 2014 by Kayla Matthews Leave a Comment

10 Never-Fail Formulas for Creating Engaging Blog Posts

Writer’s block is a real thing. You sit down to write, and the ideas just seem to disappear. Get rid of those moments, and don’t offer any excuses, by using one of these never-fail formulas for writing and crafting your latest and greatest blog post. The key to all of them? For one, most draw […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blog posts, writing engaging posts

Get Things Done: Apps for Optimizing Your Writing Productivity

February 26, 2014 by Hazel Mae Pan Leave a Comment

Get Things Done: Apps for Optimizing Your Writing Productivity

When your work involves tons of research, writing, fact-checking, cross-referencing and collaboration, sometimes, you can get stuck on information overload. What you don’t want to happen is to end up wasting precious time sifting through multiple categories of data in order to try and piece together a coherent picture out of it all. Add to […]

Filed Under: Motivation, Technology, Writing Tagged With: apps, writing productivity

On Giving Up and Starting Over: This Is Me Stepping into WAHMhood

February 23, 2014 by Maricel Rivera 2 Comments

On Giving Up and Starting Over: This Is Me Stepping into WAHMhood

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably already finished just one article in eight hours and felt bad about it. The fact that it’s almost a thousand words long and required a good amount of research is, I believe, not so much the question, especially if you’re trying to make a living out of writing. […]

Filed Under: Freelancing, Personal Tagged With: work-at-home mom, working from home

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