The Renegade Writer Blog

For an article for a writers’ magazine, I’m looking for writers who have gone through the following sticky situations, who would like to share what happened to them and how they solved the problem. I’m also looking for other sticky situations, though I may have enough here for this short article:
* A key source insists [...]

The moment happened three weeks ago. My husband told me our auto insurance company needed the title to a car that had been totaled. My stomach sank. I knew the title was in our safe deposit box over at the bank. When my son was a toddler he’d wreaked havoc in my office, picking labels [...]

Welcome to the “before” pictures of my office (click on pictures for a better view). It’s a bit of a mess, as you can see (and really, you can’t see the messiest parts of it in this picture) and so, in preparation for 2009, I’m sitting at the desk, getting ready to give it a [...]

Renegade Writer instructor Alison Stein Wellner and I have decided to out ourselves in 2009. No, not like that … like this:
We’re slobs! We decided that in 2009, we’re going to clean up our freelancing lives, and that starts with our offices. We’ll start by showing you photos of what we’re dealing with (believe us, [...]

I’ve been struggling with a book proposal for going on two years. Every couple of weeks, my husband asks, “How’s the X book coming?” and I feel the pool of despair inch out a little farther in my gut. This weekend he asked again and I snapped, “It’s not, okay? Lay off!” I rarely snap, [...]

I’m not a big reader of essays, but earlier this year I was pointed to an essay at the Washington Post written by Lori Hall Steele, a freelance writer I know from Freelance Success. By the end of her essay, my heart felt as if it were going to break in two. Go ahead. Read [...]

Michael A. Stelzner’s Writing White Papers Blog is accepting nominations for the 2008 Top 10 Blogs for Writers Contest. The Renegade Writer blog made the cut last year, and we’re hoping to win honors for 2008 as well. If you follow our blog, please do head over to the Writing White Papers blog and nominate [...]

This June has been a struggle for me. I’m reminded of my school days, where I’d sit in math class, gazing out at the trees and blue sky outside the window, lost in my thoughts — thoughts that had nothing to do with the Pythagorean theorem up on the blackboard. This week I’ve been distracted [...]

Wordwych won this week’s Wednesday Fun prize with her Barry Manilow mondegreen from “Looks Like We Made It.” Please contact me off board so I can send you a $10 iTunes gift card. Oh my gosh, these were all so funny. Thanks to everyone for participating. Have a great weekend! [db]
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Freelance writer Lori Hall Steele needs your help. This Saturday, her friends are holding a silent auction to benefit Steele, who’s unable to work because of a neurological condition doctors haven’t been able to figure out. To top things off, her insurance company isn’t covering any of the costs because they’re considering it a pre-existing [...]