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Posts from the ‘Writing Escapades / Freelancing Foolery’ Category

Sep 6

Depression & The Job Search

How to Overcome Depression in Your Job Search

Great synopsis by Suzannah Scully (Yahoo! Contributor Network, March 21, 2011) on a presentation by Richard Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute. He presents the two types of depression, situational and clinical; and how situational depression can be brought on during a trying time in one’s life. Situational depression is temporary, and there are things one can do to alleviate it.

“While searching for a new job can be exciting, it can also be lengthy, arduous and frustrating.” Bolles breaks down the experience of depression into four parts – Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual — and provides advice on how to overcome each.

 

Sep 4

The Writing Process

The Writing Process

– By Ed Yong on March 30th, 2011 [DISCOVER]

On Twitter, John Pavlus recently asked me which bit of the writing process I like most – researching and collating information, or actually getting it down on paper.

So to answer that question more fully (and because it’s been a bit of a slow week), here’s a graph depicting my process of writing a feature. Enjoyment’s on the vertical axis, time runs along the horizontal. This applies to longer features rather than blog posts – those are more straightforward and less emotionally variable.

(And yes, I know “regurgitated” is spelled wrongly in the image. I can’t be bothered to change it).

Sep 4

So You Want to Write a Novel…?

The YouTube comments really are fascinating on this great little clip… But you gotta love it. C’mon. Thanks to David Kazzie for the clever quirk!

Sep 3

The New Business Model for Writers?

Patchworking Is The New Freelancing?

Rachel Kaufman (January 31, 2011 [mediabistro.com]) relays concepts from the book ‘The 9-to-5 Cure,’ in which author and career coach Dr. Kristin Cardinale argues that “traditional, full-time jobs aren’t everything they’re cracked up to be.”

Visit the original link to determine whether you’d be a good freelancer / patchworker.

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