by Terra Osterling | Nov 18, 2012 | Motivation
First, let me take a moment to marvel that this post marks two years of Sudden Write Turn. The blog itself hasn’t gone viral, netted a book deal, or attracted monetizing ads or affiliations. That was never the point of the blog. The point was to make me write, every...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 4, 2012 | Business of Freelance Writing, Game-changers, How I got "here", Motivation, Storytelling
We are brand-loyal in our household. With each item, it isn’t so much about the label itself. It’s about the experience. All the marketing in the world won’t compel me to buy again if the first experience sucked. For example: Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. Honestly, I can’t...
by Terra Osterling | Oct 21, 2012 | Motivation
The new home office/writer’s den is finished! We moved in my furniture, wired the room for the network, and I’ve spent the last week enjoying the view from the windows overlooking our pine tree. Bird watching here is a far better occasional distraction than garbage...
by Terra Osterling | Sep 23, 2012 | Motivation
Virginia Woolf first said it in 1928 while lecturing at the two (separate) women’s colleges at Cambridge: “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” I’ll not get into the discussion of Woolf’s essay as feminist text, but she had made a...
by Terra Osterling | Aug 12, 2012 | Experiences, Motivation, Summer Classics
I work from home. Some people think that this means I do whatever I want all the time. Not true. I have a daily routine that begins at 8:30 a.m. in my home office where I read, research, write, plan, learn and network my way through this freelance life. I break midday...
by Terra Osterling | May 20, 2012 | Business of Freelance Writing, How I got "here", Inspiration, Lessons from Faith, Motivation
I am a member of a UCC church – United Church of Christ, a blend of Congregational, Christian, Evangelical and Reformed denominations. We roll fairly liberal, siding with progressive just-causes and civil equality since the mid-17th century. Some may think this...
