I am pleased to announce that I have two seconds of fame in the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. My quote about The Rink, the longest running black-owned roller skating rink in Chicago, was published thanks journalist Maureen O’Donnell who contacted me at the recommendation of photographer Lee Bey, whom I’m equally grateful. This experience exemplifies the…
Category: The Writing Life of Marcie Hill
Takeaways from My Interview with Felicia Pride
Do you know who Felicia Pride is? I didn’t either until I had the pleasure of interviewing her for the April 2020 edition of Sistah’s Place magazine and she is absolutely amazing!! I fell in love with her creative spirit while conducting my pre-interview research. Felicia is the epitome of creativity. She’s a TV and…
Watch My 3-Minutes of Fame in Women Making History Today
My friend, Zernul R. Shackelford Jr., created an amazing series for women history month. Sign up to get updates from his Facebook page and YouTube channel, Darque Syde of D’Lyte Productions, Inc, to learn about every day women doing extraordinary things.
6 Pricing Mistakes to Avoid
Pricing is one of the biggest challenges for freelancers and entrepreneurs. This happens for many reasons. But one of the main reasons we get stuck in this rut is because we doubt ourselves and allow other people to think for us. I’ve done it many times before. In fact, I sometimes still listen to other…
Lessons Learned from My Inbox
Lessons Learned from My Inbox After amassing nearly 2000 emails in my inbox, I had to get rid of those messages. As I cleaned out my box, I started thinking about how the failure to clean my box had affected me emotionally. I was frustrated by the large number of messages. Anger kicked in when…
I’m Back! Here’s What Happened While I Was Away
I’m back and ready to blog. As I told you before my break, although I wasn’t going to be blogging, I was still going to be busy. Following is a list of things that happened while I was on break. I’ll elaborate on a few of them in future posts. Professional Accomplishments My Blogging Success…
Heads Up: Decluttering Article Drafts on Marcie Writes
I’ve been decluttering my office and have tons of paper to get rid of. Most of my clutter is drafts of article ideas, some from over five years ago. Although my papers are filed away neatly, it is really organized chaos. In my defense (kinda), I was holding on to article ideas with the excuse…
I’m Back from Blogcation
I took a blogcation in July and I’m pumped and ready to get going again. Even though I wasn’t blogging, I was still working my writing life. Following are my projects during my blogcation. Freelance Writing Niche After months of agonizing over a freelance writing niche, I decided to write user manuals and articles for…
Pick a Niche Already!
If it sounds like I’m yelling; I am. But not at you. I’m yelling at myself because after months of trying to determine which niches I want to serve, I still don’t know. Ugh! So frustrating. What is a niche and why I need to pick one? A niche is a specialized market. Specialization makes…
Coming Soon: Blog Series on My Mistakes
I’ve embarked on a personal mission to speak to as many of my social media connections as possible. If verbal conversations are not possible, I would at least like to engage them in “getting to know you better” emails. This past Friday I spoke with a young lady who is writing for peanuts. I didn’t…