Quiet Rebel Writer

So why should I read this post?

Delightful details on the insecurity and intimidation fiction and nonfiction book writers face
A method to defuse that pesky, pathetic inner voice of doubt
A chance to tell your story

For those of you like me, with the masochistic desire to write books and get them published, with that willingness to sacrifice […]

What the hell is this post about?

Insecurity: The freelancing and creativity plague
Intimidation: The killer of business success and creativity
Why insecurity and intimidation suck
The QRW Weekly Theme

The challenges freelancers face in establishing and continuing a successful writing biz are pretty overwhelming. The challenges those who strive to be more creative face are equally as numerous. […]

Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! I’m back from my weeklong sojourn to I-O-WA, the state where I was born and raised. My entire family lives there, so it’s quite a trip with lots of folks to see. But the main focus of this trip was my new nephew, born to my younger brother […]

Hello all! I will be vacating the blogosphere this week as I trek to my home state of Iowa. (which, despite the sign, has more than manure. I swear.) What awaits me there? My brother and his wife, who welcomed a ginormous baby boy two weeks ago. My other brother, stoked to be an uncle. […]

Sunday link love, just for you. Enjoy.
Blogging:

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Freelancing:

10 Productivity Hacks for […]

Friday afternoon. Getting on towards happy hour. So before I get happy, it’s time to purge in the weekly rant.

In the spirit of word porn, that lovely Friday tradition in these parts, this week’s rant is focused into one-word sentiments. Words have that ability – to convey a world of emotions and power into […]

It’s Friday! Word Porn Day!
So this Friday is especially necessary right about now. My weekly habit (bad Amy!) of slowly pushing things to the end of the week meant a hellaciously busy yesterday. My cat’s decided she wants to be a dog, and as such has been nibbling on my work folders, notepads, and […]

Although the majority of the moving is done, our new loft still has work to do. We have piles of art and albums we decorated the last place with sitting around, waiting for us to have free time, taunting us with their forlorn and undisplayed beauty. I was looking through one of these piles the […]

For the most part, freelancing is glorious. The annoyances and problems that do inherently occur are outweighed with the kickassness of the career. Taxes? Sure, they blow as a free agent. Feast and famine? Sure, it’s painful when you’re this close to reinstituting the ramen diet from college. But I can deal.
But there’s one […]

Welcome to the week, everyone! The sun is shining here in Chicago, and I can clearly see the skyline from my office window. No fog, no clouds, no sleet/snow/mist/rain/hail/apocalyptic weather. Progress!
Let’s start the week off with a poem excerpt. As I’ve said before, I’m not a huge poetry fan. I like me my metaphors, […]