by Terra Osterling | Feb 25, 2022 | Business of Freelance Writing, Uncategorized
– Me, November 15, 2010 Those words opened my first blog post. If ever a life had a turning point, for me it was then. That post kicked off a run of publishing a weekly blog post for a full three years. (Count ‘em – that’s 156 consecutive weeks, 156 posts. And they’re...
by Terra Osterling | Apr 14, 2017 | Business of Freelance Writing, Literary Journalism Examples, Publishing, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Writing
This spring marks five years of freelance writing. It was a slow start. I spent those first months reading and researching, while meeting my nephew’s school bus. Over the following two years, I cultivated business relationships and my time slowly began to fill...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 30, 2016 | Adirondacks, Experiences, Inspiration, Lessons from Faith, Nature, Poetry
I am not below ground. I am far up above in the sky, on a peak of rock. On the peak of me. Getting here was not guaranteed. Climbing over rocks and logs, feet moving over loose stone, knotty roots, and slick pine needles. A push from behind is needed to surmount a...
by Terra Osterling | Mar 10, 2016 | Business of Freelance Writing, Outside my comfort zone, Storytelling
One week ago today, I stretched way out of my comfort zone by participating as a vendor at the annual Women of Focus Trade Show. The one day event was the culmination of four months of expending time and money to prepare for my first big trade show. Why would a writer...
by Terra Osterling | Jun 5, 2015 | Business of Freelance Writing, Writing
Has it really been almost five months since my last post? What have I been doing?, you ask. Not writing blog posts, clearly. The short answer is just that I’ve been working: getting new writing work, maintaining recurring projects, and logging off at the end of the...
