Beyond the Rhetoric

When it comes to most of my immediate peers, I’m the anomaly. The vast majority of my friends have more conventional jobs where they commute to an office and work among their co-workers. By contrast, I own and run my freelance writing business out of home and most of my days are spent alone. A [...]

Here on Beyond the Rhetoric, I gather together five blog posts from around the Internet to share every Wednesday. This week’s collection is loosely centered around the topic of feeding your hunger, interpreted a few different ways. If you want to be included in a future speedlink, be sure to follow me on Twitter and [...]

“You’re a freelancer and a good one.” The challenge, of course, is figuring out how to convince everyone else, how to entice the right clients, how to make the most of your time, and how to earn the most money possible. And that’s the goal of Enhanced Freelance, a new program put together by Thursday [...]

While American Thanksgiving isn’t until next month, they are celebrating Columbus Day today. Canadians have our Turkey Day today, but I don’t have an epic feast this year. In any case, I am taking it easy for the rest of the day and I encourage you to do the same. We all need a break [...]

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t [...]