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 | Dec 1, 2013 | How I got "here", Old jobs
Right now, the world is filled with shows of “giving thanks.” We are all thankful for health, employment, family, education, food on your plate, clothes on your back, and a roof over your head. Those objects of gratitude are really low hanging fruit. Lately,...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 3, 2013 | Business of Freelance Writing, Finding the artist in me, How I got "here", Old jobs
The phrase ‘screen time’ is in the Oxford dictionary: Screen time: noun : the time allotted to or occupied by a particular subject, actor, etc., on film or television: these characters deserve more screen time : time spent using a device such as a computer,...
by Terra Osterling | Oct 6, 2013 | Business of Freelance Writing, Writing
Working for myself as a freelancer means that I work a lot without getting paid, because I have to work to get work. And that keeps me rather busy. I’m not complaining. I have prepared a quote every week for the last six weeks. That means I review a possible project,...
by Terra Osterling | Jul 21, 2013 | Experiences, How I got "here", Inspiration, Old jobs, Storytelling
This post was originally published in April 2011, and, according to my WordPress statistics, is my #2 post of all time. 19 Items Per Minute is about my seven years working at a local grocery store chain. It was the only job I had all through high school and college...
