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Money Management and Living on a Budget for Freelancers – Part 1: Income

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 by Therese Arkenberg

This not going to be a series of posts where I tell you to stop buying lattes at Starbucks (though I will talk about what I do instead). Nor am I going to magically fix your budget with a few suggestions – wish I could, especially in these times when many people are facing budget strain, freelancers…

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Living With Imposter Syndrome–Guest Post Live on Fictionvale!

Posted on November 24, 2014March 29, 2017 by Therese Arkenberg

The first mercy of impostor syndrome, in my experience at least, is that it isn’t constant. Instead it attacks at intervals, at moments of either my deepest despair or highest success. Of course success attracts this psychological beastie’s attention: in the grips of impostor syndrome, my jerky brain is happy to dismiss any achievement as…

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Editing Gift Cards!

Posted on August 12, 2014March 29, 2017 by Therese Arkenberg

They’re here! I’ve printed off this lovely bunch because I’m offering 10,000 words of line-by-line editing as an auction item at the Plowshare Center of Waukesha’s Fashionably Fair Trade fundraiser this September. But gift certificates are also available for any wordcount and any occasion–and can be delivered electronically as well as in hard copy. I can…

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Rummage and Toil

Posted on July 11, 2014March 29, 2017 by Therese Arkenberg

After almost a month back in Wisconsin, I’m relearning my way around my hometown’s streets. I was out for three hours today, visiting the post office and (of course) library, gathering blackberries at the park, and visiting a mere handful of the infinite rummage sales being advertised along the road. As I followed the bright…

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