If you’re not getting rejected, you’re not putting yourself out there enough. Here’s how to handle rejection like a grown up.
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Setting Goals for a Writing Career
Last week I was at a Halloween party where a tarot card reader was telling fortunes. I love fortune tellers. I love to geek out over their predictions and try […]
Reconsidering the Day Job
Way back in September, I was feeling pretty low. I had just taken a day job I thought was perfect for me, and I couldn’t figure out why I was […]
Balancing a Writing Life
I had a great week last week. I got a ton of writing done, I checked off about a dozen items from my long-standing to-do list, and on Friday, we […]
I Got the Job!
Last week I told you that I was talking with an engineering company about a full-time writer position they are looking to fill. Shortly after I posted that, I had […]
Unexpected Possibilities
An interesting thing happened to me at work a couple weeks ago. I was on my regular conference call with a client, the President of a civil engineering company. We […]
Not-A-Performace-Review Update
As suspected, it was not a performance review. He did ask what the three worst parts of working for the company have been, but he said it laughing, so I couldn’t tell if he was joking. I was honest, but gentle.