If you’ve ever felt like a failure as a writer, blogger, or freelancer (and who hasn’t), you might find these tips for building self-confidence helpful! Here’s how to bounce back after rejection, criticism, and hard knocks.
I’m driven to write this because I’ve recently received criticisms on both this website and Quips and Tips for Couples Coping [...]

The sooner you reduce the stress of freelance writing, the easier your writing life will be…and the more money you’ll make as a writer! These six tips will help you flow through the ups and downs of a writing career — even if you’re not earning a full-time living as a writer.
Before the tips, a quip:
“Sometimes [...]

These ten tips for coping with writing rejections are from editors, publishers, and even readers — and as a freelance writer, I apply these tips almost every single day!
First, a writing quip from two successful writers and published authors:
“We think writers should stop placing so much emphasis on ‘rejections’,” writes Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell in The Renegade Writer. “They’re not [...]

To stop feeling like a writing failure because of rejection after rejection, check out JK Rowling’s Commencement Speech at Harvard. It’s about failing in life, and succeeding as a writer. Rowling calls this part of her speech “The Fringe Benefits of Failure.”
“An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as [...]