What Happens to Your Website If You Die?

Written by James - 43 Comments

My great-aunt passed on this winter. We thought everything would be quite simple – read the will, carry out her last wishes and move on.
Things weren’t so simple.
We found her will, and the executor named within let everyone know the details of it. He made arrangements and began carrying out my great aunt’s last [...]

We’re Back – and Bolder than Ever

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You may have noticed that Men with Pens looks a little different these days. This is the fourth – count ‘em, four – reincarnation of our design since we started this blog back in early 2007, and it’s likely nowhere near the last, despite the fact that I swore this is the absolute very last [...]

How Do You Know When You’ve Reached Success?

Written by Taylor - 37 Comments

I wrote about why you’re afraid of success. A rousing little debate ensued in the comment section of that post. Exactly what is “success”? Here at Men with Pens, we tend to talk about “success” as though it were synonymous with “being a freelancer”, mostly because that’s what this blog is all about.
(Read: this [...]

It’s All About You

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You’re freelancers, entrepreneurs, and nine-to-fivers. You’re single or you’re married or you have so many children that you don’t know what to do, just like the little old lady who lived in a shoe. You work in fields so varied that we couldn’t possibly list them all.
The one thing you have in common is [...]

How to Put Rumors to Rest

Written by Taylor - 21 Comments

I’d like you all to imagine a Jedi hand-wave right now, because that title doesn’t work nearly so well without it.
There is no ebook. There has never been an ebook. We never referred to it obliquely a few weeks back. We haven’t been keeping it under wraps. We haven’t even subtly slipped it into [...]

Special Fiction Writing Week: Creating Character Flaws

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In honor of the super-exclusive offer for Men with Pens readers only in regards on the Gamer Lifestyle Course, we’re turning our attention in this latter half of the special fiction week towards how to write realistically in fantasy worlds.
If you’ve missed the first posts in this special fiction writing series, you can read them [...]

Special Fiction Week: Your Exclusive Men with Pens Offer

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We’re going to ask you a serious question: Is copywriting really what you want to do to make money?
Because I’ll tell you right now, it’s not what I want to do.
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy copywriting immensely. It’s hard to find a better job than being a freelance writer. I like the hours, I [...]

Top Ten Blogs for Writers: The Results are In!

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Well, it’s a wrap, folks. The finalists are out for the Top Ten Blogs for Writers, and we’re pleased and honored to have made the grade again.
“Oh, come on, James. We all knew you’d be on the list…”
Well, to be frank, we didn’t. There are new sites for writers and writing blogs cropping up [...]

We Like Special Announcements. Here are Three.

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Special announcements are good. Everyone needs special announcements from time to time, right? Well, I have three for you today.
Top Ten Blogs for Writers Finalists
The 4th annual Top Ten Blogs for Writers contest is now closed for submissions, and the list of finalists has been posted.
Nearly 300 blogs were nominated, and we’re honored to [...]

In Which James Writes Something That Makes Him Squirm

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I’m going to do something today that I don’t normally do. I’m also going to be really clear that I’m doing it, so that no one thinks I’m being sneaky-assed about it:
If you click this link, you’ll get a sales page. You know, the long-copy ones. The ones with yellow highlighter and bold. The ones [...]

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