Posts Tagged ‘ My Freelance Life ’

sigh my so-called career

May 16, 2009

So, I’ve decided I should write a little more about my personal stuff in here. Don’t get it twisted though, there will be no wild sex stories or anything like that- sorry… …anyway, as you all know, I am still aspiring to make full-time money freelancing. And while it’s obviously not easy, I feel...
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I don't know what's wrong with me

April 8, 2009

By Jamie Fleming

*Vent begins.* For the last couple of days, I’ve been feeling a little down about work lately. Not my “real” job, but my “passion-job”. For the past few days, I feel like I haven’t gotten a lot accomplished. I’ve been w/my boyfriend, which is all well and good, but if I really want to...
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April showers bring…goals?

April 1, 2009

By Jamie Fleming-Dixon

Can’t believe it’s April already. This year is going by so quickly! Here are my writing goals for April: Send emails/make calls/visit at least 20 businesses Network, network, network! Maintain blog; have own domain Write queries/send/get at least one accepted Promote Mocha Writer At least four Demand Studios articles Write dating article/send/get accepted Fundraiser stuff [promote/confirm...
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Happy March: freelance writing goals

March 6, 2009

By Jamie Fleming-Dixon

Today is March 1, so it’s time for some new goals (and maybe some snow in GA-that’s exciting). Woo-hoo! Anyway, here goes: Send at least 10 “cold” emails to business per week. Network, network, network. Maintain/post in both blogs. Send queries about topics I’ve had on my mind for a very long time but...
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Women's History Month: Amy Dubois Barnett

March 6, 2009

By Jamie Fleming

Women's History Month: Amy Dubois Barnett

In honor of Women’s History Month, I will introduce you to some of the women (past and present) I admire most. Amy Dubois Barnett (One) Claim to fame: Being the first Black woman to head a major mainstream magazine, Teen People. What else she’s done: An award-winning journalist, fiction writer and television commentator, Barnett...
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Finding your own way…

March 5, 2009

By Jamie Fleming

While searching for news this AM, I came across an interesting column on The Women’s Media Center (Finding a Media Career that Suits Me-Not My Image of Myself- by Michele Filgate). I liked it because it’s kind of the same way I feel about my writing/journalism career. Anyway, here’s some of what it says: From...
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