Writing for businesses. Advice for writers.
Illustration by Ramiro Roman, Jr.
You are your business now. And as a business you’ll be dealing with customers. Which means you’ll be expected to bring some customer service practices to the table…
We’ve all heard it.
“The customer is always right.”
But is it really true?
Ehhhhhhhhhhh… Sort of.
Ghostwriting! Let’s take a look at it from both sides: As a writer (the pros & cons) and as a client (why you should hire a ghostwriter).
Illustration by Ramiro Roman, Jr.
As a writer, there are several advantages to becoming a ghost in the business. Here are 7 of them:
All right. It’s time to look at outsourcing. The good, the bad, and the…hasn’t this reference been done to death? Moving on!
Good help is hard to find!
Here are 4 positive things about outsourcing:
Okay, there’s a good chance you might not die a failure. But you definitely will if you follow in the footsteps of Harrison Winslow! Read on to find out why.
Harrison Winslow
One of my all-time favorite movies is Heart and Souls. If you haven’t seen it already, you should go watch it after you finish reading this. It’s awesome.
The character I–perhaps regrettably–relate to the most is Harrison (played by Charles Grodin).
Harrison works in a library but desperately wants to be a singer.
In the first scene we see him, Harrison is standing around waiting for his turn to audition in a chorus. He’s performing vocal exercises and is clearly quite talented.
But, when it comes time for him to go, he urges one of his competitors to go before him, saying he needs “more time.”
After everyone else has gone ahead of him, Harrison finally takes his shot.
Except he doesn’t. [Read more...]
This article is going to tell two different stories: The writing will tell the story of how the actual e-book was made and the photos will share how the fantastic cover was made! (Be sure to check out the mouseover text for more details).
After brainstorming with my significant other on possible ideas, I decided that a comic book/superhero theme would be best for the cover. I scribbled down a rough sketch and tacked it to my bulletin board as a reminder.
I knew I wanted to write an e-book, but I didn’t know what I wanted it to be about.
Then, over the summer, I read an article by Carol Tice that suggested repurposing old Blog posts and turning them into an e-book.
The article also suggested making “loads” of money off of said e-book. But that didn’t feel quite right to me…
Then I read an article by Jeff Goins that said, “Give away your best work for free!”
Hmmmmmm…
The question I receive most often from readers is, “How can I become a successful freelancer too?”
I wrote this book with that question in mind…
Inside LittleZotz Writing Adventures in Freelancing you’ll find 25+ articles divided into the topics most relevant for budding freelancers:
What luck that Halloween would land on an update day! 
Time to face your fears!
It’s Halloween!
Time to face your fears!
Every writer has to start somewhere, just make sure you don’t stay there…
Escaping the Content Mill
Over the past couple months, I’ve been taking a lot of online classes. Longtime readers might remember my post on higher education or my experiences with trade school and college I talk about in my e-book. Long story short: I’m not a huge fan of “school.” So why am I such a supporter of online classes…?
Graduation Day!
Last week, I gave my thoughts on Submitting to Magazines. This week, I’m going to share what to do when waiting around for your acceptance or–gasp!–rejection letter. As Tom Petty famously sang, “The waiting is the hardest part.”
Sometimes I dress like a tourist and pretend I’m on vacation.
