Arghhh… it’s happened again… spend most of the last two hours taking pictures and posting to a web page… http://annewayman.com/kittens.htm if you’re curious. And if you’re near or in San Diego and want a kitten…
Taking a deep breath, making another cup of coffee and I’m back to work, really… I promise.
Write well and often,

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Image from http://www.sxc.hu

Japanese Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina by gmarcelo from http://www.sxc.hu
Write well and often,

Two newsletters:
Abundant Freelance Writing – a resource for freelance writers including 3x a week job postings.
Writing With Vision – for those who want to get a book written.

Ye gods… we humans do for get pain, don’t we. I mean I’ve long forgotten the pain of giving birth to babies, and I’ve forgotten the pain of giving birth to a book enough to begin another one. It’s been at least year, maybe more since my back “went out.”
Wow! Small wonder I’ve been pretty good about working my abs! And that’s helped; I don’t hurt as much as I did last time, which makes me wonder how I survived the last time. I’d also forgotten how tired pain makes me.
Plus, it turns out that today, probably, is the …read more

How are you doing on the goals or the vision you set for yourself this year? You did set some, I assume, becuase most of us seem to. I actually believe in Visioning and goal work; I wrote about it at the end of last year in a post called: Sneaking Up on 2008 – Goals for Freelance Writers
For reasons that are totally obscure for me, I didn’t share my goals with you. I just dug them up, and, with some editing, here they are:
• Stay quit from nicotine
• Lose a pound a week which would put at around 120, yes …read more

I’ve got a ghostwriting contract for a self-help book by a professional. We’re projecting 12 chapters, and our agreement calls for payment in four chunks. The next payment is due, and was promised, when the call came in. It turns out the author has a partnership arrangement on the book and the partner, who was to pay for half of it, is flaking out. Yesterday, when we talked, neither the author nor I were sure what to do and agreed to talk more. Now that the shock is wearing off, I’m wondering how to approach all this. Here’s what …read more