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Writing in the Summer

Posted on 27/08/2017    Written by  BRIAN NELSON   LEAVE A COMMENT Writing can always be a tricky task. Sometimes the muse just isn’t having it. Unfortunately, she can be especially finicky during the summer months when the bright sunshine, and allure of being outside seem much more compelling. As a freelance writer, you have to be your own boss and shut down those notions, lest ye write not enough to pay thy mortgage. There are a lot of different tips and tricks to help. One powerful trick that works for those of that are married is to tell our spouse how much money is on the line with today’s writing assignments. Actually, saying it out loud often does the trick. Another thought is to power through with music and a nice beer nearby. Refills require the completion of a certain project of the day. At that rate, there won’t be any issues with dulling of the senses. For me, one part of the equation has always been big, thick, heavy drapes over the wi...

7 Money-Management Tips for Freelance Writers

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Posted by:  Evan Tice By Carol Tice In case anybody missed it, I was the subject of vilification on WAHM.com last week for daring to mention Demand Studios’ recent disclosure that it loses buckets of money. The discussion on WAHM turned into a long thread full of reasons people love writing for Demand. And the big one is that they pay so fast. Some posters said they write for mills because of the “enormous” amount of time it takes to get paid by magazines and corporations — up to six months! And also that they felt a lot of uncertainty about whether they would get paid or not — maybe they’d only get a “kill” fee if an article didn’t work out. I’d like to puncture these myths and say that it really doesn’t take forever to get paid from most of these types of clients. It’s also pretty rare to get stiffed, especially if you have a contract. It’s been a lot of years since I had an article killed, too — good communication with an editor...

āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝাāĻŦāϞী

āĻ•. āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻ• āϜাāϤীāϝ় āύীāϤিāĻŽাāϞা āĻ“ āĻŦিāϧি āĻĒ্āϰāĻŖāϝ়āύ āĻāĻŦং āϝুāĻ—োāĻĒāϝোāĻ—ীāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়/āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ— āĻ“ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āϏংāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়োāĻ—িāĻ• āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāĻ•াāύ্āĻĄে āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ; āĻ–. āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻ• āϜাāϤীāϝ় āϟাāϏ্āĻ•āĻĢোāϰ্āϏেāϰ āϏুāĻĒাāϰিāĻļāϏāĻš āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦাāϝ়āύ; āĻ—. āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϰ āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āϏেāĻ•্āϟāϰে āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা, āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻ“ āĻĒ্āϰāϏাāϰেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϏংāĻļ্āϞিāώ্āϟ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা/āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš, āĻŦেāϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻ• āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা/āϏāĻŽিāϤিāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻ•āϰ্āϤৃāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻ• āϜāϰিāĻĒ, āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻ“ āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻŦং āϏেāĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύেāϰ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝে āϏাāϰ্āĻŦিāĻ• āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻ“ āĻ…āύুāĻĻাāύ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāύেāϰ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ— āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ; āϘ. āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•িāϤ āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻĻেāĻļে āĻāĻŦং āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āĻ“ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϏāĻŽূāĻšেāϰ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒৃāĻ•্āϤāϤা (Integrity)āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻ“ āϏংāĻļ্āϞিāώ্āϟ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āĻ“ āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤা āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦাāϝ়āύ; āĻ™. āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়/āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āχ-āĻ—āĻ­āϰ্āύেāύ্āϏ, āχ-āχāύāĻĢ্āϰাāϏ্āϟ্āϰাāĻ•āϚাāϰ, āχ-āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ, āχ-āĻŦাāĻŖিāϜ্āϝ āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āϏেāĻŦাāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽেāϰ āϏāĻŽāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖে āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻŽāύ্āĻŦāϝ়āĻ•āϰāĻŖ; āϚ. āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— ...

āχāϤিāĻšাāϏ

āφāχāϏিāϟি āϏেāĻ•্āϟāϰেāϰ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻ•ে āϤāϰাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤে ā§Šā§Ļ āĻāĻĒ্āϰিāϞ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āĻ–্āϰি. āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻāĻŦং āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ—  āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞ⧟েāϰ āĻ…āϧীāύ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ— āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰে।  ā§Ē āĻĄিāϏেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āĻ–্āϰি. āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ—āĻ•ে  āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়ে āωāύ্āύীāϤ āĻ•āϰে। āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āωāύ্āύ⧟āύেāϰ āĻ—āϤি āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻ—āĻŦাāύ  āĻ“ āϏāĻŽāύ্āĻŦিāϤ  āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝে āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻĢেāĻŦ্āϰু⧟াāϰী ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē āĻ–্āϰি. āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ—  āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞ⧟ āĻāĻŦং āĻĄাāĻ• āĻ“ āϟেāϞিāϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞ⧟āĻ•ে āĻāĻ•ীāĻ­ূāϤ āĻ•āϰে āĻĄাāĻ•, āϟেāϞিāϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻ“ āϤāĻĨ্āϝāĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞ⧟ āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻ•āϰে, āϤাāϰ āĻ…āϧীāύ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“   āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ— āĻāĻŦং āĻĄাāĻ• āĻ“ āϟেāϞিāϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ— āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰে । āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύāĻļীāϞ āφāϧুāύিāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤাāϞ āĻŽিāϞাāϤে āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšী āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ āĻāĻŦং āωāϚ্āϚ āύীāϤি-āύিāϰ্āϧাāϰāĻŖāĻ•াāϰীāϰা āφāχāϏিāϟিāϰ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻ•ে āĻ…āύুāϧাāĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰেāχ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻāχ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύে āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻ•āϰেāύ। āĻāχ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝোāĻ—াāϝোāĻ— āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়েāϰ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽে āύāϤুāύ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻীāĻĒāύা āϝোāĻ— āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে। 

āĻļেāĻ– āĻšাāϏিāύা

ā§Ļā§Ģ āϜাāύু⧟াāϰি ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē  āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚāύে āφāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻŽী āϞীāĻ—েāϰ āύিāϰāĻ™্āĻ•ুāĻļ āĻŦিāϜ⧟ āĻ…āϰ্āϜāύেāϰ āĻĒāϰ ⧧⧍ āϜাāύু⧟াāϰি ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āĻ—āĻŖāĻĒ্āϰāϜাāϤāύ্āϤ্āϰী āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āϤৃāϤী⧟āĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āύেāύ āĻļেāĻ– āĻšাāϏিāύা। āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Š āϏাāϞ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤী⧟āĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻāĻŦং ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ŧ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§ āϏাāϞ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϤিāύি āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻĻা⧟িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻ•āϰেāύ। ā§§ā§Ģ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧧⧝⧭ā§Ģ āϏাāϞে āϜাāϤিāϰ āĻĒিāϤা āĻŦāĻ™্āĻ—āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻļেāĻ– āĻŽুāϜিāĻŦুāϰ āϰāĻšāĻŽাāύāĻ•ে āϏāĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰে āĻšāϤ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻীāϰ্āϘāĻĻিāύ āφāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻŽী āϞীāĻ— āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤাāϰ  āĻŦাāχāϰে āĻ›িāϞ। ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ŧ āϏাāϞে āĻĻীāϰ্āϘ ⧍⧧ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļেāĻ– āĻšাāϏিāύাāϰ āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦে āφāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻŽী āϞীāĻ— āĻĻেāĻļ āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύাāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ— āĻĒা⧟। āĻŦāĻ™্āĻ—āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻļেāĻ– āĻŽুāϜিāĻŦুāϰ āϰāĻšāĻŽাāύ āĻ“ āĻŦেāĻ—āĻŽ āĻĢāϜিāϞাāϤুāύ্āύেāϏা āĻŽুāϜিāĻŦেāϰ āϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ  āϏāύ্āϤাāύ āĻļেāĻ– āĻšাāϏিāύা। āĻ—োāĻĒাāϞāĻ—āĻž্āϜ āĻĨাāύাāϰ āϟুāĻ™্āĻ—িāĻĒা⧜া āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽে ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§­ āϏাāϞেāϰ ā§¨ā§Ž āϏেāĻĒ্āϟেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āϤিāύি āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāύ। ā§§ā§Ģ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟেāϰ āĻ•াāϞāϰাāϤে āĻļেāĻ– āĻšাāϏিāύা āĻ“ āϤাāϰ āĻ›োāϟ āĻŦোāύ āĻļেāĻ– āϰেāĻšাāύা āϜাāϰ্āĻŽাāύিāϤে āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖে āĻŦেঁāϚে āϝাāύ। āĻĒāϰে āϤিāύি āχংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄে āϚāϞে āϝাāύ āĻāĻŦং āϏেāĻ–াāύ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ļ āϏাāϞে āϏ্āĻŦৈāϰাāϚাāϰ āĻŦিāϰোāϧী āφāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύ āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰেāύ। ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§§ āϏাāϞে āĻļেāĻ– āĻšাāϏিāύাāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āϤাঁāĻ•ে āϏāϰ্āĻŦāϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤিāĻ•্āϰāĻŽে āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļ āφāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻŽী āϞীāĻ—েāϰ ...