Adventures in Freelancing

If you look in the top left corner of my blog, under the blog title, you may notice my new tagline, “making newbie mistakes for you since 2008.” Can you guess what kind of week I’ve had?

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It’s funny, this whole freelancing thing. I know that I have skill, business acumen, ideas…potential. There are, however, many little nuances, and big…well…whatever the antonym for nuance is….things that I don’t know.

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I almost got declined at Bright Hub because I turned in a writing sample that did not pass copyscape. Okay, that’s a pretty big deal. The Editor of the channel I was applying for asked me why it didn’t pass and I explained that it was because I ghostwrote it for a client. She was fine with this and accepted me into the channel as well as two others. So, happy ending, but for Bowie’s sake was I embarrassed! 

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Can someone please learn me on what I can and can’t do with these clips? I need them as samples to show that I can write about certain topics…but what is the right way to show them, use them, prove that I didn’t copy them from someone else? 

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Oh, and for those checking back for the Amy Winehouse pics, please see my personal blog: Notamomma . They seemed to be more appropriate for that blog