My Work

You Never Know What Will Happen to the Work You Send Out Into the World

Quite a while ago, I wrote an article about web typography, “10 Web Typography Rules Every Designer Should Know, for WebDesignerDepot.com. To be frank, I’d forgotten about the article for the most part — while it’s a topic near and dear to my heart, it’s not one that I’ve written about recently. But a few [...]

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What I Learned From 4 Free Ebooks

Offering the four free ebooks I’ve published here over the past *ouch* two months has been a learning experience. I’ve published ebooks before, usually for a set price, but this was a very different experience. In short, it took a lot longer than I expected. The individual facets of the project — writing, design and [...]

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Free Ebook: Time Management for Writers

The second of the four free ebooks I’m creating is now available! This ebook covers time management strategies that will help you make sure that there is room in your calendar for your writing. I’ve written a lot about productivity (several of my clients have been productivity blogs) and, as a result, I’ve tried a [...]

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I’m Thankful For…

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This week is Thanksgiving, at least in the U.S. In addition to thinking about all the amazing food I plan on eating on Thursday, I’ve given a little thought to why I’m so thankful to be able to make a living off of my writing. There are no limits on what I do, except those [...]

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A Post in the Life of Thursday Bram: How I Write Multiple Blog Posts Each Day

I write on plenty of sites: I have a client list that keeps me hoping, this blog, the blog for my consulting and a couple of other projects. That means that I write — a lot. This morning, Chris Brogan published a post titled, How to Write Three Blog Posts a Day. I commented with [...]

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Ask Me Anything: I Still Want Your Questions!

If you saw my post on Wednesday, you’ll know that I’m looking for your big questions — the stuff about running a business based on writing that I can’t answer in one short blog post. Please click back to that post and let me know what questions you have.

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Where the Creativity Toolbox is Headed

Last month, Ali Hale and I had the pleasure of launching The Creativity Toolbox. It was only on the market for one week — we were looking for a few initial buyers who, in exchange for a lower price, would help us put the final polish on the resources we created. Well, we’ve done just [...]

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Clients Come First — Or How to Go Crazy the Thursday Bram Way

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I haven’t been spending as much time writing for this blog as I would like over the course of this summer. This isn’t an excuse — just a simple fact. That’s because this summer hasn’t been as simple as I’d hoped and, when things get crazy, I have to focus on work for clients first. [...]

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Constructively Productive: Teaming Up With Other Freelancers

As you might have guessed from my recent ebook, I launch projects of my own every so often. Sometimes, I have the opportunity to work on a particularly cool project with another freelance writer. I’m launching just such a project today, with the incredible Ali Hale. Ali is a freelance writer and operates her own [...]

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My Latest Ebook: The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Passive Income

As a freelance writer, there are days when I feel like I’m banging my head against the wall. No matter how many new clients I land, there’s an upper limit on how much I’m going to earn. There are only so many hours in the day and, honestly, I’d rather not work all of them. [...]

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