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• My (Exact) Response To A Cheap Client Who Offered Me $500 For A $5,550 Job [Jano le Roux]
• Freelancing Can Be Lonely. Here’s How To Find Community—And a Mentor [Girl Boss]
• What If We Just Stopped Being So Available? [The Atlantic]
• A Look at the Most Annoying Twitter Marketing Approaches (and How to Avoid Them) [Social Media Today]
• What Is a Niche Site? Consider Building One For Fun and Profit [Word Wise Tips]
• Addressing the Elephant in the Room: 6 Strategies for Writing About the Hard Stuff [Ann Handley]
• 5 Simple Rules for Writing a Solid Business Plan [FreshBooks]
• Opportunities for writers: February 2022 calls for submissions [The Writer]

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