You'll be more successful if you make it easy for others to help you. Recently, we received two requests for assistance that made them difficult for us to help. listen to find out what I mean. #gigeconomy #freelancer #networking
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A former colleague, Stacie Sherman, has written a book that I highly recommend. She details with an honesty that is astounding how she has had to deal with rearing two special-needs children while juggling her work and marriage.
Check it out:
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How would you start a presentation or speech that would grab your audience's attention. I start to address that topic in my latest post here:
#writinglife #freelance #publicspeakingtips
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Thriving in a Gig Economy: Help Those Who Help You Is the Best Networking youtu.be/V7hQGA7cI8A?fe… via YouTube

Sherlock Holmes is called to New York in 1905 to find President Teddy Roosevelt's missing daughter. He finds she is investigating a plot to kidnap her father but is too late to stop the crime. Now Holmes and Alice must team up to rescue her father. #joypit #A #A C #M #S #HF

Our young hero is caught without his homework! He spins a yarn involving being kidnapped by a bus-full of pirates along with a ballerina, a pilot + a baseball player. A paper airplane and a clown lead to a rescue, but the homework is confiscated as evidence! #joypit #C #PB #AC

A young Puffin struggles with being outcast by his peers and discovers a dark secret that his elders are hiding. One that threatens to devour their home. Should Percy risk his life to save the puffins that have shunned him for being different? #joypit #MG #YA #COA #AC #F

Princess vs. Pie-Eating Dragon? Who will win?
The dragon threatens the village’s annual apple festival.
When the king’s sons fail to defeat the dragon in battle, young Princess Charlotte challenges the beast to a pie-eating contest.
Can a princess prevail?
#joypit #C #PB #AC

What happened to his missing homework? Our hero spins a yarn involving being kidnapped by a bus-full of pirates along with a ballet dancer, a pilot + a baseball player. A paper airplane and a cowboy lead to a rescue, but the homework is confiscated as evidence! #joypit #C #PB #AC

Just like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Percy the Puffin is an outcast due to his different color. When he discovers a threat to the puffinry, he has to decide whether to fight for those who have shunned him. #joypit #MG #YA #COA #AC

When socialite Alice Roosevelt goes missing in 1905, President Roosevelt calls on Sherlock Holmes to find her. He discovers she is probing a plot to kidnap her father but is too late to stop the crime. Holmes and Alice must team up to rescue her father! #joypit #A #A C #M #S #HF

Princess vs. dragon in the pie-eating contest of the century! A pie-loving dragon threatens the village apple festival. When the king’s sons fail to defeat it in battle, Princess Charlotte offers a different challenge. Can a princess eat faster than a dragon?
#joypit #C #PB #AC

After being put on a cheese puff restriction following a string of cheesy disasters, an orange trail leads to a shocking, new cheese dust culprit! #joypit #PB

Celebrity socialite Alice Roosevelt teams up with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in 1905 in a race to rescue her kidnapped father, President Roosevelt, and stop a plot to bomb the Russo-Japanese peace talks or risk an escalation of war on a global scale. #joypit #A #A C #M #S #HF

Caught without his homework, our young hero spins a yarn involving being kidnapped by a bus-full of pirates along with a ballerina, a pilot + a baseball player. A paper airplane and a clown lead to a rescue, but the homework is confiscated as evidence! #joypit #C #PB #AC

Percy arrives at the puffinry to find trouble as plain as the purple beak on his face. Shunned as different, he flees, finding love with a Guillemot. Now he faces a choice: Should he return to face the Great Skua preying on his fellow puffins? #joypit #MG #YA #COA #AC #F

A pie-loving dragon threatens the village’s annual apple festival.
When the king’s sons fail to defeat the dragon in battle, young Princess Charlotte challenges the beast to a pie-eating contest.
Can a princess actually eat faster than a dragon?
#joypit #C #PB #AC

A few weeks I shared a podcast in which I discussed the importance of editing. Afterward, I did a video on how to be a good podcast. I've now put a link to the podcast in the video notes. Check it out.
#writinglife #editing #freelance
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There's a lot of advice on using an icebreaker joke to start a speech.
My advice: Don't. Seriously, just don't.
I explain in my latest blog post.
#writinglife #publicspeaking #publicspeaking tips #humor
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Many authors don't like marketing because they feel they are being pests. That's the wrong attitude. In this video I explain what the proper mindset is, and how every freelancer needs to rethink their approach to marketing. #freelance #writing #writing life
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