Moving

Hi there.  I’m moving my blog to http://getstartedwriting.blogspot.com
I thought I’d give wordpress a try, but I’m a creature of habit, and am already comfortable with how blogger works.  Hey – at least I’m trying new things, even if I make changes later on, right?

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How I Got My First Paid Writing Job

I know a lot of writers don’t believe in doing any writing for free, but that’s how I started out.  I just wanted to write.  I knew I had no background in writing, and I had a lot to learn, so it felt okay to me to do some writing for free.
 I’d just finished reading [...]

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Procrastination Is My Enemy

I’m a huge procrastinator.  Have been my whole life.  Now that I’m spending my evenings growing a new career, procrastination isn’t just annoying, it can destroy my efforts. 

I read some writing advice once about how to get over writer’s block.  I don’t remember for sure where, it may have been one of the NaNoWriMo [...]

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