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I’m blogging at eGullet this week about my other passion besides writing: cooking! If you have any interest in food (or snow) come check it out! [db]
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by Jen A. Miller
Last time I posted an update about my fun fun RW Makeover, I was just about to head to the Philadelphia Phillies home opener. Well, it’s past the all-star break, Chase Utley broke his wrist, and I’m about to throw in the towel on that season.
But the calendar almost turned to August […]

I’ve had my last book coaching session with Katey Coffing as part of my Renegade Makeover, and I’m so grateful to Linda and Diana for selecting me as the third winner of the contest. Katey has pushed me along in the right direction with great enthusiasm and optimism, and I’m now knee-deep in research and […]

I had the privilege of being interviewed for Wow! Women on Writing. The women who run the site asked some great questions about the writing life and did a wonderful job with the page design, making me look way renegade! Read the interview here. [lf]
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It’s hard for me to believe it’s time for me to update you on my makeover again. Katey Coffing and I had another excellent phone call last Thursday about my book proposal. I spent the two weeks between meetings researching organizations that specialize in assisting families who have lost a child to stillbirth, checking out […]

A couple weeks ago I was blog surfing and read about an interesting new book called The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9 to 5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss. Odd because just the day before, Linda and I had been sitting on her sunporch, talking about how we could work less […]

So it’s the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, and I’m sitting in my office, which is an absolute mess. Magazines are strewn across the floor, notebooks and books in disarray on the shelves, and paper is just…everywhere. But there’s a good reason for all this mess: I’m packing. Why? Because I bought a house.
One of […]

Kate asks, “Since reading the Renegade Writer, I continually check the site (and re-read the book) for the inspiration to quit my boring, stressful job and turn my writing endeavors from mere moonlighting to full-throttle freelancing. Truly, the inspiration is there. What I need are the *guts* (or balls, depending on how you see it). […]

Check it out! We just opened our Renegade Writer e-Books store, where we share important career information in e-book format. We did all the work—all you have to do is break out the PayPal! The books available there so far are:
Editors Unleashed: Magazine editors growl about their writer peeves: For this e-book, Linda interviewed ten […]