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As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on thee internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys: Stories that Matter. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please email me, connect with me on social media or fill out my contact form with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email or in your message.
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As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.
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The following poem was given to me by the Holy Spirit during the American Council of the Blind Community Gospel sing on Sunday night. This poem was God’s message to me about my editing, and I pray that someone out here in the Blogosphere gets a blessing from reading it and it speaks to your heart, like God spoke to mine when he put this poem on my heart to put down on the digital page. Happy reading and God bless.
The year got off to a crazy busy start
The Holy Spirit tells me to trust God with all my heart,
I’ve struggled this week, with doubt and fear,
God Whispers words of comfort, “My child, I’m right here.”
“I know your heart
And I have a plan,
To mold and shape the words
I’ve put into authors’ hands.
I’ve given you a story to tell,
Though it’s not the one you thought you knew so well,
As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.
Thanks for listening to Inspirational Journeys and have a Blessed Day.
Freelancing may seem like an unlikely business opportunity for students or recent graduates, but plenty of people are doing it. If you’re looking to augment your income while building new skills and experiences, freelancing may be the way to go. This guide covers freelancing during school or after graduation, as well as Ann Harrison’s tips for making freelancing work a viable long-term career path.
Enhance Your Writing Skills
The key to a successful freelancing career lies in your ability to write well. No matter what niche you’re working in, always keep learning and developing your skills through writing courses and workshops. Taking extra courses at local community colleges is often an option if you’re short on funds. However, there are also a lot of free resources available online.
Create a Writing Portfolio
Before you begin making money from your writing, you need to have a portfolio of samples. Just like a painter or musician, a writer’s portfolio is a way of showcasing your work and establishing your value to potential clients. Try to include 3–5 samples — any more than that and your would-be client will get swamped.
Looking for Writing Gigs
The most obvious place to look for writing jobs is online. There are more job opportunities here than ever before. In addition to sites like Indeed, you can also check out marketplaces like ProBlogger. Search for small business blogs where local businesses may be hiring writers to create copy for advertisements, blogs, newsletters, and other media. Another great way to find writing gigs is by networking with other professionals in your field.
Marketing Yourself and Getting Started
It’s important to market yourself as a freelance writer. Research how to write marketing pieces and product descriptions, and make sure you include them in your portfolio. Look for internships or part-time jobs related to writing. You can also find a mentor who can help guide you through your early days as a freelancer. Subscribe to newsletters and blogs, follow online discussions related to your industry, and apply for scholarships that reward writing skills.
The Legalities Running a Freelancing Business
Consider getting an EIN (tax ID number). If you’re hiring employees and paying them, you need an EIN so the IRS can track and report payroll taxes for any employees you might hire. Additionally, using an EIN on your invoices shows that you’re running a legitimate business. Here is more information on how to set one up.
Looking For Long-Term Contracts
If you’re just getting started as a freelancer, it may be difficult to attract consistent work. Long-term contracts can be an excellent way to build your portfolio and reputation while building steady income. While they do require more work up front, they also provide stability over time.
Rewards and Flexibility
As a freelancer, you can enjoy being self-employed. As with any career, freelancing comes with its share of headaches and stressors but it also comes with tons of rewards, including flexibility, a high degree of autonomy, and greater work/life balance. Visit Ann Writes Inspiration for more writing tips.
Lucy Reed created Gig Mine to help others dig up sharing economy opportunities in a user’s area, all in a single location, so users don’t have to jump between multiple sites. It’s the new and improved way to get a gig job!
Memoir exploring the authors struggle with the loss of his vision over 20 years as the result of a rare autoimmune eye disease. The author uses humor as he describes the ups and downs he experienced and how it affected not only him but his family as well. In sharing his story the author hopes it will help others learn to cope with whatever curve balls life throws and how to deal with adversity.
As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.
Thanks for listening to Inspirational Journeys and have a Blessed Day.
I had a lovely conversation about poetry, which is one of my favorite forms of writing, with this week’s special guest. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the conversation.
INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS PRESENTS!
Garry Cox!
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MORE ABOUT GUEST AUTHOR Garry Cox in his own words…
As an educator, poet and runner I am a lifer. I have the blessed opportunity to create new works and compete in my sport (Track & Field) in my upcoming 80th trip around our Sun.
I believe writing is precursor to thought, not the other way around. Poetry is an invitation to advance our thinking and deepen our feelings about the world we live in. It is a sharing of truths, your truth, my truth, the truth of our human experience. A good poem will celebrate these truths with a style and grace that exists in every tongue spoken on our planet.
To see more of my work including popular blog series What I Did on My Covid-19 Vacation, New Poets Wednesday and the Bernice and Garry series go to my website garrycox.com
Also see my fb page Garry Cox, Poet
Garry’s poetry books include: The Waters of Appanoose County Copyright 2016
Beyond The Waters Copyright 2019
Coffee with the Bard Copyright 2021
Description for Coffee with the Bard:
Coffee with the Bard was meant to be a poetic potboiler, featuring a combination of my most liked poems alongside my feelings and reactions to the events associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic
As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.
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This week, my special guest and I talk about how listeners and viewers can create their own everyday excellence, and we share a few laughs along the way.
INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS PRESENTS!
Everyday Excellence with Joe Templin!
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Reformed physicist, financial planner, startup founder and autodidactic polymath best described as a Swiss Army Knife, Joe Templin has invested the past two and a half plus decades to helping others reach their financial potential as a planner, trainer, mentor and creator. He has served as a member of NAIFA (the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) on the local, state, and national level, and including three terms on the NAIFA National Young Advisors Team (YAT) Subcommittee and was honored as one of the 2011 Four Under 40. He is a graduate of the Leadership in Life Institute of NAIFA as well as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is an alum of Johns Hopkins University.
Joe served as the President of the Castle Alpha Tau Foundation for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity and as the Chapter Advisor, and is currently a Board Member of The Autism Society of the Greater Capital Region. He has been a member of The Ancient Order of Hibernians for over 20 years, and is the Lieutenant of the Honor Guard.
Templin is the Managing Director of the Unique Minds Consulting Group, LLC, and is the author of “Every Day Excellence” and co-authored “Do You Want To Make MDRT, Or Not?” with Dr. John Stolk as well as “Choices: Creating a Financial Services Career”.
Joe is a Co-Founder and President of The Intro Machine, Inc. an organization dedicated to teaching professionals in a variety of fields how to build an Introduction Based Business. He has spoken all across the US and Canada on ethical business development.
In his free time, Joe enjoys running Ragnars (200 ish mile team relay races) ultramarathons and is a champion-level martial artist. He lives in Ballston Spa, New York, with his hooligan boys Danny, Liam, and Colin. They are huge Yankees fans.
Joe’s featured book is entitled: Every Day Excellence (A Daily Guide to Growing)
Description:
Life is a journey. Every day can be viewed as a semi-independent event or contest, and using insight from others ranging from Marcus Aurelius to Nadia Comaneci to Dori from Finding Nemo, we can get a better handle on the world around us and some guidance on that journey. Quote, discussion, then action item for the day translates the map from potential to doing daily and growth whether in business, relationships, personal or physical development.
As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.
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This week my special guest shares the inspiration behind and the process of putting together the first book in a series of stories featuring youth, foster parents, and social workers within the foster care system.
INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS PRESENTS!
Miriam Cobb!
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Empty Frames Initiative is inspired and driven by the heart of the Father. We believe everyone is created with a purpose. EFI looks to empower orphaned
and vulnerable youth as they transition out of state care by providing training in life skills, counseling, community, and access to the Gospel. Within
this role, Miriam was excited to be a part of the creation of their curriculum titled, “Storytelling Through Photography”.
This program combines art therapy techniques, documentary photography, and storytelling concepts to encourage participants to share their stories from
their perspectives. The result of our first pilot session is The Story of Foster Care, Volume 1 that was made into a gallery and book.
Miriam’s featured book is entitled:
The Story of Foster Care
She cowrote this book with several contributing authors including: Angela Quijada Banks, Sarah Chambers, Carmelita Coleman, Danielle Dolinski-Sloan, Jason Hosonitz, Kelly Hosonitz, Desirea ‘DJ’ Jacobs, and Crystal Cobb.
Description:
An autobiographical collection of photos and stories that illustrate the daily experiences of those involved in foster care.
Told by three foster care alumni, two social workers, and two foster parents, this book gives an intimate glimpse at each author’s personal journey through
trials, obstacles, grief, forgiveness, joy, healing and love. Through the medium of photography and the written word, the authors created a visual narrative
to the complicated world of out-of-home care in the United States. Compiled and edited by Miriam Cobb and Crystal Cobb.
From Miriam and Crystal Cobb’s piece, Moving Forward
“Foster care is complicated. Foster care is complicated because people are involved. In the United States there are over 500,000 youth in care every day.
Youth who have individual stories and backgrounds that shape their beliefs, emotions, and physical needs. These stories intersect, merge, blend, and sometimes clash with
the life stories and backgrounds of others in their lives, from biological families to schoolmates and teachers to caseworkers and more.
It’s complicated.
We compiled the stories in this book to help bring some of these complicated issues out of theoretical concepts and into real life stories from those who
have experienced them. This book was written by seven individuals who experienced the joys and struggles associated with this system: three foster care
alumni, to social workers, and two foster parents.
So, while we encourage you to embrace these stories and draw from the experiences of our authors, we also encourage you to embrace the complicated. Embrace
the parts we couldn’t
express in one volume, or even a hundred. The circumstances in foster care will carry dramatically from case to case, and when you encounter someone who
has been involved with this care system, don’t assume to know the story. Instead, be ready to listen.
Every individual in these writings had different experiences and outcomes, but there were a few key takeaways from every group.
From our Alumni: Foster care was just a part of my story.
From our Social Workers: everyone can make a difference.
From our Foster Parents: We need more.
From Sarah Chambers’ piece, For the Storytellers:
“Who are you without your story? Paralyzing thought, isn’t it? To know who we are away from social constructs, job titles, relationships and traumas. We
fear there will be nothing left of us, so we cling to who the story says we are. The trouble though, our spirit withers if it stays here. Slowly we must
start living again at no names place, there is no right time. Draw a line in the dirt and step over it. That line asks us to reject the fiction that tells
us that the worst things that have happened to us will write the rest of our story. We start the work to integrate the traumatic experiences into a meaning
of moving forward. You start with a handful of nothing and ask yourself what will I need to bring with me on this life walk forward?”
As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.
Thanks for listening to Inspirational Journeys and have a Blessed Day.
He has published articles for a number of organizations, including Contemplative Light, Abbey of the Arts, Contemplative Outreach, EerdWord, In Search of a New Eden, the Ordinary Mystic at Patheos, and the Contemplative Writer.
Rich has been a daily practitioner of centering prayer since June 1, 2014. Centering prayer has been so life-giving and life-changing that he feels compelled to share his journey with others who wish to learn more. Rich resides with his family in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Learn more about him at www.SilenceTeaches.com.
Rich’s featured book is entitled:
Sitting with God: A Journey to Your True Self Through Centering Prayer
Description: Premise
In 2013 I began to dabble in silent prayer. I had heard that silence can transform you and wanted to experience this transformation too. Silence and silent prayer are counter-cultural. They are very challenging to cultivate because everything in our culture seems to point in another direction. Yet, surprisingly, in silence I have found profound transformation. And that is the motivation for writing this book. I want to share what I have discovered.
The point of this book is to share my centering prayer journey with the reader. My hope is that my journey will help readers with their journeys. Centering prayer is not a sprint. It is a series of marathons. Centering prayer practiced daily, weekly, monthly, yearly will transform people, as it has me. Centering prayer does not replace other forms of prayer. It complements and deepens them.
Centering prayer has changed my life and mind. It has been too life-giving to keep to myself. I have to share it.
As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.
Thanks for listening to Inspirational Journeys and have a Blessed Day.
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