Most parents just want to see their children be successful and happy, but unfortunately that can turn into power struggles when it comes to career choices. Although your life is ultimately your decision, it is often hard for parents to stay out of the decision, since many help pay for college. They want to see that their money wasn’t wasted. Telling your parents that you’d going to avoid the job search and instead be a freelancer can be daunting.

When you leave a comment here, you’re asked to include your email address (which is never shared, for the record). Now, I realize that some people leave fake email address and others use the email addresses they use with friends, which is not the same as the email you use for business.
Some email addresses I [...]

When I wrote at Bizzia, I did a post about how it isn’t fair to upload pictures to Flickr without understanding your licensing options, and then persecuting others for using your pictures. Basically, I had received a really nasty email from someone who had uploaded his pictures under a creative commons license, but then got [...]

When I first started writing, I found a gig that I thought was perfect – writing academic papers. The company sold their business as wanting great college-level papers that students could use as a reference when writing their own papers, professors could use as examples, and so forth. You may have come across some of [...]

I’m sort of a weirdo when it comes to young adults because I love to cook. Recipes that include words like saute, blanch, and dice don’t confuse me, and I’m familiar with products like cornmeal and heavy cream. Wait. Don’t click the back button. I promise that I’m not going to ask these things of [...]

I love Grey’s Anatomy. Sue me. I know the show isn’t nearly as good as it used to be. I know that it’s a chick flick turned into a TV show. I know that the actors are a little elitist.
I still love it, and I have since about season two, when my college friends got [...]

You might be new to this biz, but it won’t be long before you start seeing the term “rock star” thrown around online in relation to writers. Clients advertise wanting a “rock star writer.” Some bloggers call themselves “rock star bloggers.” Just look through the archive of your favorite writing site (other than this one, of course), and you’ll probably find at least one reference to “learning to be a rock star.” But you know, I’ve read some bad things about that term too.

Life After Graduation. LAG. It seems fitting for most people, sadly enough. It was for me, at least. I’m a pretty goal-orientated person, and I also consider myself very financially responsible. But nothing in college prepared me for dealing with my finances in the real world. I was thrown to the lions and given a [...]

College is an odd bird for writers. When I go back and read pieces I wrote in high school, I’m sometimes a bit embarrassed for myself. There’s a lot I had to learn about writing, even though I received a lot of praise from teachers at the time.
So college taught me those things, right?
Erm. Not [...]

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