LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This. It's great for helping with typos and formatting. But I can't see myself ever promoting it as some service I provide. #FreelanceFriends 140
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I haven't, but I'd be interested in hearing how it goes! #FreelanceFriends 020
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026That's what I don't get. If you learn how to market yourself, you will never be left with no cash and no prospects. #FreelanceFriends 210
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm with you, Dava. I don't think AI belongs in a writing business as a service. 230
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've seen it, but I won't promote AI as part of my services. I've spent far too many hours "revising" someone's AI-generated slop into something coherent and not plagiarized. AI for writing is not an added value, in my opinion. #FreelanceFriends 030
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Another freelancer and I were talking today. Do #freelancers not know how to market? Not a new thing, but the number of people we see who are struggling decades into a career who have like two clients. When those clients disappear .... #FreelanceFriends 220
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I can't stand that. We had a pizza place in town -- Pats Pizza, missing the apostrophe. I refused to go there. It shut down. I'd love to think it's because I took a stand on punctuation. #FreelanceFriends 240
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm Lori, freelancer for 20+ years with a blog full of marketing stuff and b*tching about freelancing. #FreelanceFriends 040
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hi Andy! No, I've not. I'm on the semi-retired side of things, but I can't see any need for AI beyond Otter for transcription and others for help in searching #FreelanceFriends 010
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Hi, Paula! Thanks for the reminder. :) #FreelanceFriends 120
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I feel this too, Paula. Worse, we made an estimated tax payment in April that DID NOT GO THROUGH. And no one notified us. Not IRS, not the bank, no one. Now we owe double plus the penalty. Ugh! #FreelanceFriends 440
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Late again, but I made it! Hi everyone! Lori here, Philly-area writer who's easing into retirement (okay, a bumpier "easing" than intended). #FreelanceFriends 240
Reposted by LwBeanEve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026tanka weekly #poetry challenge August 20, 2026 this week’s prompt: milestone write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry #tanka resources to develop your practice: Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.orgtankasocietyofamerica.orgTanka Society of AmericaWelcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our print journal, Ribbons, our membe... 12212
Reposted by LwBeanPaul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#submissioncall for speculative poetry ... 034
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Off to the chiropractor! Glad I could hang out with you all for even a short time. Have a great week! #FreelanceFriends 150
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026That is BRILLIANT! He didn't even have the chance to ask you to write it for him. LOL #freelancefriends 160
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Or want to brag about something they're working on. Or, in far too many cases, I'll interview a source who will say, "THIS is the story you should write instead!" Really? How about I let you tell my editor that? #FreelanceFriends 360
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I remember every third month. Oy. Sorry! #FreelanceFriends 020
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026LOL I've heard this from people who wanted to "hire" me to do all the work and get paid via the magazine or royalties. How about this -- you pay me first, then I'll let YOU wait for royalties. #FreelanceFriends 160
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Or sitting there waiting for the phone to ring. ;) #FreelanceFriends 140
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A3: I kind of get a kick out of saying, "I'm a writer" and then watching their faces change as I tell them no, I don't write novels, I write about insurance. I do write novels, but they don't need to know that. Besides, I don't want to hear another, "Oh, I'm writing a book ..." #freelancefriends 270
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A1: I call myself a freelance writer and editor. If I add the word consultant, which I don't do often, I just tack it on after "freelance writing and editing." If they can't figure it out from there, they are not my clients. LOL #FreelanceFriends 180
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026#FreelanceFriends Very late to it today -- a lot going on that's not work-related! I'm a semi-retired freelance writer and editor, suburban Philly, where it's sweltering and finally rainy! Sun is out right now, but the clouds are building. 280
Reposted by LwBeanAngela Tague @angelatague.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Q2: Has your business label changed in the past year or so? Why? Did you make a pivot in your business, change your offerings or do you simply feel more aligned with new wording or labeling? #FreelanceFriends 432
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I'm SO late to this, but my pivot happened naturally. Industry I worked in suddenly needed info into a brand-new area. I became the marijuana queen (ironic) because it was suddenly legalized in some states. #freelancefriends 370
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Market every day. Doesn't matter if it's connecting and sharing with potential clients on social media or an email checking in/introducing yourself. Be present and available but not overselling. Never assume work will always be there. Plan like you're down to you last client! #FreelanceFriends 141
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Understand exactly, Don. Our income shifted upward and I'm paying double premiums. Ugh. #FreelanceFriends 040
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I'm late to the dance, but I remembered the dance. Progress! #FreelanceFriends 040
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Same here, Don and Sandy. I have three clients. I'm sliding slowly into retiring. Any more than three and I'm running to catch up. To think I used to have nine! I have no idea how I kept up. #FreelanceFriends 260
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Just wait until it's Medicare. Any ideas you might have about it being better than what you have now ... forget it. I pay so much more out of pocket, it's crazy. #FreelanceFriends 230
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026A2: I could be better at this. I wrote a blog post yesterday and have yet to share it on the socials. #FreelanceFriends 150
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Is it possible to just say, "My latest article will be in the print edition of Emmy. This month, I talked with ..."? #FreelanceFriends 250
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Sandy, I do a lot of interviewing, so I keep note of things sources say that could be follow-up articles or potential client pitches. I use paper/pen. So modern of me. :) #FreelanceFriends 250
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Otter is amazing. Another good use for AI. #FreelanceFriends 240
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A good use of AI, and one I used one time, is when you have a rambling interview and you can't quite connect what the person is trying to say. Many of my sources get to review before publication, so I'm able to phrase it better, run it by them, and not lose my mind guessing. #FreelanceFriends 230
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Right?! Pexels, Pixabay anyone? I cringe every time he talks about the "image I created using A - I" because he didn't "create" it. It was an amalgamation of images that already existed. Hence my cringe. #FreelanceFriends 130
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026He was a creepy little dude. Ew. I'm having a little early Windows PTSD! #FreelanceFriends 030
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026That's a clear line in the sand. You're wise to dump them. A client of mine did that, too. I told them the original was better. It was. And I knew where those words came from, so guess which one I'm endorsing? #FreelanceFriends 040
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Monk in my meditation group is obsessed with using AI to create images for his presentations to our weekly group (about 12-15 people). I've already warned him about using AI images for any work where he earns money. Copyright infringement is nothing to play with. #FreelanceFriends 170
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A2: Personally, I would not. AI-generated content could contain plenty of plagiarized phrases, copyrighted slogans, you name it. No way I'd stick my hand in that flame. 110
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A1: I have a writer friend who was asked to train AI, and another of her clients "told" her she'd be editing their AI-generated content. She declined both. #FreelanceFriends 120
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Ah, kitchen questions and dilemmas. Nice chatting with you all today! #FreelanceFriends 140
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Pretend you're writing it for a client. :) #FreelanceFriends 250
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026If they have a dozen pages and they're on sale, they're coming home with me. :) #FreelanceFriends 151
LwBean @ibeanwrite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I'm a big fan of marketing every day. Doesn't have to be constant promotion, but getting in touch with someone, sharing something, reaching out to past clients, introducing yourself to a prospective client .... make yourself known. Make yourself a resource. #FreelanceFriends 172
