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I’ve talked about sending Letters of Introduction (LOIs) many times on the blog, but I only touched on how to write them once – way back in the third issue of this newsletter.
So I thought I should go over this process again.
When I talk about sending LOIs, generally I’m talk...
Aspiring nurse-writers frequently ask me what skills and knowledge they need before they can launch a freelance writing business. Many nurses already possess all the qualifications they need to become a professional writer, though they may not know it. So today I thought I’d tell you what I consider...
I often talk about the money aspect of freelancing. Sure, I make good money. Great money, compared to many writers.
But money isn’t life.
One of the main reasons I love the freelance lifestyle is because it allows me to fit my work into my life instead of having to fit my life into my work. Let me...
Many, many people don’t believe me when I say I only work part-time, yet earn six figures in revenue each year. But it’s true.
As I said, I believe life is all about time and how we spend it. Being somewhat hedonistic, I prefer to spend my time pursuing things I love to do, not slaving away at
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Once you’ve hung your shingle as a freelance nurse-writer (woot!), you need to constantly nurture your business so it flourishes. Without goal-setting, that’s just not gonna happen.
How do you juggle client work with prospecting with invoicing with negotiating with updating your website with cookin...
What is “net 30”? “Net-45”? “On acceptance”? What does “on publication” mean? How about “kill fee”?
These are all types of payment terms offered in the publishing and content industries. In order to manage your business’ cash flow, every nurse-writer needs to understand what different types of paym...
I never expected to sit down at my desk on a Monday morning and find my inbox flooded with messages from strangers, asking me if I had seen what Dr. Sandra Lee (aka: celebrity dermatologist “Dr. Pimple Popper”) had said “about me” on Twitter.
What?
One person helpfully sent me a screenshot of the ...
If you’re considering transitioning to a writing career from nursing, you might wonder what types of…things you might actually be asked to write. In the industry, we call the things we write “content assets” or “content deliverables” or “articles,” depending on if you’re working on the content marke...
Very often when nurses first approach me about how to become a writer, they’re interested in writing to advance their personal “cause” or “issue.” For example, I’ve recently talked to a nurse who believed passionately in the value of case management and wanted to spread the word more widely, and I’v...
Sometime in the spring of 2011 or 2012 (I honestly don’t remember now), I arrived home after a shift at the plastic surgery practice I’d been with for a year or so. It wasn’t a particularly tiring nursing job, but it could be frustrating at times. And that spring Friday was one such day.
Part of my...
