• Is it time to make my big screen debut?

    Is it time to make my big screen debut? Well… maybe these days it’s more of a small-screen device debut. But the question remains. And I must say, “thanks” to the one person who emailed and got me thinking about… Read more…

  • My email from a year ago stinks…

    I’m laughing (well… wincing) at an email I wrote a year ago for one of my clients. Hmmm… Maybe my clients should stop reading today’s email around about now. 😏 Yes… I have clients on my email list. Maybe they’re… Read more…

  • Niching and your website

    I saw this great question in a Facebook group that I belong to. It’s on a topic that’s near and dear to me… niching. “Should I niche?” is of course the million-dollar question for many freelancers. On this occasion, the… Read more…

  • Should you call yourself a freelancer?

    I don’t call myself a “freelancer” when talking with prospective or existing clients. 😲 “But, Chris, you’re always writing about freelancing. And you have an email list called Freelance Contours. What gives?” You’re right. I talk about it ALL THE… Read more…

  • Chicken and egg problem?

    If you’re stuck for what to write then… Nothing beats having no ideas than… writing. Yeah, yeah… I know how that sounds. Chicken and egg problem and all. 🐔🥚 But… When you start writing and working with an idea… it… Read more…

  • An ebook in one-minute flat?

    Yep… in one-minute flat today… While I was having a chat about ebooks with a freelancing friend… I threw the formatted text from my ebook into a Google Docs file. Dragged in the cover image. Went to File ==> Download… Read more…

  • Avoiding embarrassment was a big motivator…

    Just in the nick of time I managed to complete my Q1 goal which was… write an ebook! (Yeah… told you I’d be talking about that a bit this week!) This is a BIG deal for me because it’s a… Read more…

  • How I’m keepin’ it simple

    Back in the mists of time, when I first started freelancing… I thought it was a good idea to overengineer-the-hell out of everything I did. I mean… Why use a perfectly good pen and paper? Or a spreadsheet? When a… Read more…

  • The earring hole story…

    So my youngest daughter comes up to me… still a bit groggy after waking up. She’s pointing her finger at her ear. And making grunting noises. I’m like: “Are you OK? Is something the matter?” She’s like: “Dad, just look!“.… Read more…

  • Putting energy into this is a MUST

    When I began freelancing, I could count all the freelancers I knew on the fingers of my left elbow. I knew even less people doing this crazy copywriting thing I was getting into. It was just me, myself, and I…… Read more…