Monthly Archives: July 2011

  • Freelance Writing Jobs

    Posted on 2011/07/27 by Allena Tapia in For clients, For fellow writers, Jobs and opportunities, Scheduling.

    Well, many of my readers know that I am recently done with a four-week teaching assignment with the Upward Bound program at Michigan State University. Although I absolutely adored some of my students, who had ambition, drive and strong, sparkling personalities, I am happy to be back to my freelance writing. In that vein, I’ve […]

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  • The Joy of Blogging

    Posted on 2011/07/20 by Allena Tapia in For clients, For fellow writers, Personal stuff.

    I had a pat-myself-on-the-back moment earlier today. As you may or may not know, I teach a summer program at MSU. I have 35 high school students to whom I teach composition and literature. For their last project, I decided to have them start blogs on a topic of their choice. The great moment of […]

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  • The Unpleasant Need to Set the Record Straight

    Posted on 2011/07/14 by Allena Tapia in Uncategorized.

    Well, I have my first unhappy contractor. It’s been 6 years of hiring writers and translators from all over the world, though, so I shouldn’t complain too much. And I won’t. I do, however, have to set the record straight. I owe one contractor $150. The due date was Monday. The contractor began dragging my […]

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