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	<title>From Diapers to Deadlines</title>
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	<description>Support, Advice, and Encouragement for Professional Writers Juggling a Career and Parenthood</description>
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		<title>On Hiatus &#8211; Check Back Soon!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meagan and Toni aren&#8217;t updating the site at this time, but we wanted to leave the archives up because we feel there&#8217;s some useful stuff there that writers with kids might find useful.
Great News! We&#8217;ll be updating the site again with new content and information on upcoming classes for freelance writers with kids. Click the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fd2d.wordpress.com&blog=1316738&post=68&subd=fd2d&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/on-hiatus/</link>
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		<title>Crossing Muddy Waters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today, after over eight years of work-at-home-mom-dom, I tried something new. I registered my two younger sons for part-time day care. This is a big deal for us, mostly because I&#8217;m a control freak, preferring the &#8220;mother&#8217;s helper&#8221; route, which allowed me to work, hover, and kiss boo-boos at home. 
Please know that I&#8217;m not here to diss [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fd2d.wordpress.com&blog=1316738&post=67&subd=fd2d&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/crossing-muddy-waters/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday Tip&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The blogging world is abuzz with posts about whether it&#8217;s right for writers to write (hey, aren&#8217;t I poetic!) for free and/or paltry pay. And though everybody has to start somewhere, we want to make sure new and new-ish writers understand that not all clips are created equal, and neither are all paychecks.
So you&#8217;re starting without a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fd2d.wordpress.com&blog=1316738&post=66&subd=fd2d&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/tuesday-tip-2/</link>
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		<title>Edits, Shmedits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something I didn&#8217;t give much thought when I was a newbie writer: where there are assignments, there will (usually) be edits.
 I was in for a rude awakening the first time I turned in a story to an editor, who was also a friend of mine, and she turned right back around and said (in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fd2d.wordpress.com&blog=1316738&post=65&subd=fd2d&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/edits-shmedits/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday Tip: Brazen Self-Promotion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we&#8217;re on the topic of networking, check out Penelope Trunk&#8217;s &#8221;5 ways to be better at self-promotion&#8221; on her blog, Brazen Careerist, one you should probably be reading every chance you get.
 Click here to read Trunk&#8217;s tips.
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		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/tuesday-tip-brazen-self-promotion/</link>
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		<title>Post-Conference Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote recently about three great writers&#8217; conferences, and wanted to tie that in with the benefits of networking at these conferences. I&#8217;m a two-time One-on-One veteran, and just sold an idea to an editor of a national magazine I met back in 2005.
The moral of that story is twofold: (1) yes, it&#8217;s worth the money [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fd2d.wordpress.com&blog=1316738&post=60&subd=fd2d&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/post-conference-networking/</link>
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		<title>Follow-Up Friday: Filing Fun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fun? Did I just call filing fun? Well, it can be if it&#8217;s pretty. Bear with me here.
Even though I&#8217;ve been freelancing at least part-time since 2003, this is the first year I feel I&#8217;ve developed a handle on tracking expenses and filing receipts. I really don&#8217;t enjoy keeping track of this sort of thing, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fd2d.wordpress.com&blog=1316738&post=59&subd=fd2d&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/follow-up-friday-filing-fun/</link>
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		<title>Three Conferences Worth Attending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freelancing gives us the freedom to work from home in our PJs, a babe in arms, Cheerios and notes from school strewn about the office. While this freedom enables us to support our families while remaining close to home to raise those families, writing is ultimately a solitary endeavor. Sometimes it&#8217;s too easy to forget the value of meeting face to face [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fd2d.wordpress.com&blog=1316738&post=58&subd=fd2d&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/three-conferences-worth-attending/</link>
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		<title>WTF Wednesday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Namely, WTF happened to Tuesday&#8217;s entry? Sadly, a confluence of a deadline and a dearth of child care meant&#8211;and will mean&#8211;an occasional hole in our weekday posting. Hopefully we&#8217;ll have a great WooHoo or two to share next week!
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		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/wtf-wednesday/</link>
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		<title>Marketing Your Business Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this Fortune Small Business article on marketing your business online; it&#8217;s especially helpful if you have a specialty you&#8217;d like to market, like, say, green business, a humor column, or combining writing with raising kids.
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		<link>http://fd2d.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/marketing-your-business-online/</link>
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